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SUMMARY:Webinars for Professional Development in the Arts Series 11: Virtu
 al performance on YouTube:  Expanding our concept of “ensemble” - Dr. 
 Christopher Cayari\, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the 11th series of webinars for Professio
 nal Development in the Arts.\n\nMusical ensembles are often synchronic\, h
 aving a uniqueness in time and location: orchestras rehearse together and 
 perform in halls\, choruses prepare their music under the direction of a c
 onductor and sing at concerts\, and rock bands jam in garages to get ready
  for their gigs at local taverns. Yet\, with the emergence of affordable a
 udio-video recording devices and editing software\, musicians are developi
 ng virtual ensembles that are not bound by location and time. Video makers
  are using websites like YouTube to produce virtual ensembles that are cre
 ated through asynchronous interactions and music making. From massive virt
 ual choirs to multitrack one-person bands\, YouTube has provided a space f
 or musicians to perform and share their music in ways that challenge our s
 ociety and profession to expand their conception of performance\, audience
 \, and ensemble. Virtual subsets of society have already embraced asynchro
 nous communications and music making into their performance practices. Thi
 s lecture problematizes these terms by exploring recent research and theor
 y in music education\, sound studies\, and media scholarship. By reconcept
 ualising traditional musical terms in a time when virtual interactions are
  so prevalent that we can expand our understanding of how musicians can pe
 rform in the digital age.\n\n*Christopher Cayari* holds a Ph.D. and M.M.E.
  in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign an
 d a bachelor’s degree in music education from Trinity Christian College 
 in Palos Heights\, IL. He is the director-producer of Wisconsin Singers an
 d an associate lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Christophe
 r’s research interests include mediated musical performance\, YouTube\, 
 informal music learning\, virtual communities\, and online identity. He is
  an avid YouTube video creator. Christopher regularly publishes online per
 formances\, tutorials\, and vlogs. He enjoys collaborating with his studen
 ts to make user-generated content for YouTube.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S4
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