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Música na comunidade em Portugal (1980-2021)
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, HelenaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020; Desde a década de oitenta, tem-se assistido, em Portugal, ao aumento de práticas de música na comunidade (MC). A criação de uma licenciatura em MC, em 2007, contribuiu para o aumento de massa crítica nesta área. No entanto, existe uma grande discrepância entre a aparente prevalência da prática e o volume de escrita académica/relatórios sobre a mesma. Neste artigo irá teorizar-se...
Video-based categorization system and frequency analysis of gestures in saxopho...
Moura, Nádia; Fonseca, Pedro; Graça, Jorge; Trovão, Philippe; Goethel, Márcio; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo; Serra, SofiaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020 PD/BD/150617/2020; The study of gestures in music performance provides valuable insights for instrumental learning. However, gestural vocabularies vary depending on the instrument being played, due to its postural and technical specificities. The goals of this study were twofold: first, to create a gesture categorization system for saxophone players, and second, to analyse their ...
Constraints and creativity
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, Paulo Maria; Rodrigues, Helena; Sverre Knudsen, JanUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020 PD/BD/150617/2020; This article explores how the Portuguese ensemble Companhia de Música Teatral (CMT) adapted their live performance PaPI – Opus 8 for Zoom in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which severely limited in-person gatherings and artistic events. Originally planned for a nationwide tour, PaPI – Opus 8 faced major challenges due to pandemic restrictions, promptin...
Here and now
Graça, Jorge; Maria Rodrigues, Paulo; Rodrigues, HelenaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020 PD/BD/150617/2020; Context Companhia de Música Teatral’s (CMT) performing pieces are communication experiences that often involve a high degree of interaction between performers and audiences. Such is the case of a set of small musical-theatre pieces called PaPI (Portable Play to Play). These are multidisciplinary performances where artists explore the common ground between art a...
Chamar as coisas pelos nomes
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, HelenaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020; Uma dificuldade apontada por investigadores de Música na Comunidade (MC) é a ambiguidade do termo. Uma revisão de literatura sobre a prática demonstra a carência de uma definição concisa e directa do que é MC, e a que projectos se aplica. A própria Community Music Association define a prática através de uma lista de características ambíguas partilhadas entre os projectos. No ent...
Different shades of Community Music in Portugal
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, HelenaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020; "Background: Community Music (CM) practices have seen a rise in the last decade. Investigating these types of practices carries steep time and financial investment. As such, holistic studies of the practice are rare (Anderson & Willingham, 2020), with most being focused on specific projects (case studies) or spaces of action (Faria, 2013). A study about the International Journal...
Música e Comunidade
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, HelenaUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020
Syncretic Musical Experiments #19
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, Helena; Maria Rodrigues, Paulo; Vences, Mariana; Paixão, Luís; da Silva, Maria; Miguel, Mariana; Ferraz, Miguel; Moreira, ÉlioUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020 PD/BD/150617/2020; Companhia de Música Teatral’s (CMT) work is strongly based in collaborative creative processes and often involves close interaction between performers and audiences. In 2020, due to the pandemic, several of CMT´s planned activities were limited or outright forbidden. New paths had to be discovered and the Zoom™ video-conference platform became an important tool...
Projecto X
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, Helena; Rodrigues, PauloUIDB/00693/2020 UIDP/00693/2020; This article analyses and reflects upon a community music project that occurred in 2016 in Portugal. It involved a community of people with disabilities and a group of artists from different fields. The project’s promotors aimed to create a space in which differences were abated, social well-being was nourished and individual desires were fostered. This article endeavours to und...
Writings on "Community Music" in Portugal
Graça, Jorge; Rodrigues, Helena; Maria Rodrigues, PauloUID/EAT/00693/2019 PD/BD/150617/2020; "The development of Community Music projects has been increasing in Portugal. However, the quantity of academic writings about the theme has not proportionally followed this trend. A search in institutional archives reveals only 2 doctoral theses that dive into the theme (Faria, 2013; Lopes, 2017). Likewise, the quantity of literary writings is low, and mostly done by the s...