Jazz progressions: voicing theoretical and historical perspectives

14 February 2025 - Amsterdam Blue Dock

On the occasion of Barbara Bleij’s defence at the University of Amsterdam of her dissertation, ‘An Annotated Theory of Tonal Jazz Harmony’, the Music Research Division organises an international symposium on Friday, 14 February 2025.

The symposium will highlight different layers of Barbara’s research: the development of jazz harmony as a musical practice, a pedagogical practice, and a research field. In addition to Barbara herself, members of her international doctoral committee, colleagues and students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam will also contribute to the symposium.

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Programme

9.30	Walk-in and registration	Mezzanine
10.00	Opening by Michiel Schuijer	Amsterdam Blue Dock
10.15	Joris Roelofs - What is improvisation?	Amsterdam Blue Dock
11.00	Coffee break	Mezzanine
11.15	Walter Stuhlmacher - Let the Dolphin Dance: A Music-Theoretical Exploration of the Poetry in Herbie Hancock's Classic
12.00	Leonardo Boccardo (CvA student) - Inverted pedal points in Mark Turner's Improvisational language	Amsterdam Blue Dock
12.45	Lunch break	Mezzanine
13.45	Keith Waters - Postbop Procedures in Two Kenny Wheeler Compositions
14.30	Tony Whyton - Jazz, Dissonance, Resolution: reflections on the place of music theory in New Jazz Studies research	Amsterdam Blue Dock
15.15	Tea break	Mezzanine
15.45	Barbara Bleij - Okay, but does it also work in theory?	Amsterdam Blue Dock
16.30	Music: Nicolò Ricci (tenor sax), Emanuele Pellegrini (piano), Anja Gottberg (bass), Giacomo Camilletti (drums)	Amsterdam Blue Dock
17.00	Closing by Walter van de Leur	Amsterdam Blue Dock
17.15	Drinks	Mezzanine