ABSTRACT
Music technology is, by definition, the systematic study and development of tools and techniques for music research, production, and education. One of the biggest challenges in music scholarship is the connection of research findings that can offer a coherent body of knowledge for professional practice. The quantity and quality of research in the fields of music cognition, neuroscience, and neurocognition of music that has been generated in this decade alone is overwhelming, and by appearances, disconnected from each other. This presentation will discuss such options as developing a cross-listed database of research findings or setting up an electronic pegging system that would develop a credible baseline of research across these fields.
ABOUT FRED REES
Dr. Fred J. Rees is Professor of Music, Chair, and Advisory Board Chair of the Department of Music and Arts Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He came to Indianapolis in 1999 from the University of Northern Iowa, where he developed the first graduate music education degree program in the country to be broadcast at a distance over the state's interactive television network. He has contributed to adapting the Master of Science in Music Technology as a live, videostreamed degree program with worldwide student enrollments. He has also designed the Bachelor of Science in Music Technology degree program, that integrates music technology throughout the curriculum. Prior academic appointments included New York University and the University of Queensland (Australia). His career interests have included distance learning, string education, double bass and piano performance, and music technology.
Dr. Rees holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a performance certificate in double bass from the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam).