AGENDA

MUSIC ART TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH TOPICS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

•    Composition with an emphasis on the field of virtual art (new media), integration of the digital visual world for music applications, web creation, video art, sound installations, etc.
•    Technology and creativity, developing computational-system-based environments for concert musical needs.
•    Pedagogy in a musical context based on innovative technology and the development of interactive learning environments.
•    Integrative research on synchronization among autistic adults and its implications for their social functioning: joint drumming as a platform for measuring brain, physiological, and motor synchronization.

TALKS AND INVITED LECTURES:

  1. Ornoy E., Cohen S. (2023). The International Symposium on Performance Science. "The effect of mindfulness meditation on the vocal proficiency of music education students". Warsaw, Poland 17 - 20 August 2023.
  2. Ornoy E., Cohen S. (2023). International Conference: Perspectives of Performing Arts Pedagogy. "Assimilation of late 19th-century performance features among currently active violinists". The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel. June, 14-16, 2023.
  3. Cohen S., Azaryahu L., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). Music & Math - Computerized Tests for Collecting Multidisciplinary Data. CADGME (Conference on Digital Tools in Mathematics Education) Jerusalem College of Technology. Israel, 12, September 2022.
  4. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. "Musimath": Creative thinking via Music, Math, and Technology in elementary school. Mathematics and its Connection to the Arts and Science International Symposium (MACAS 2022). Université de Moncton, Campus de Shippagan in Shippagan, New Brunswick on August 16 – 19, 2022.
  5. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). The Wonders of STEM and STEAM Education: What, Why, and How? "MusiMath" - Promoting Creative Thinking via Music, Math and Technology". International Online Conference. July 5-6, 2022.
  6. Cohen S. (2022). "Voices from the Killing Jar" by Kate Soper: a study in contemporary composition. ContComp Conference on Contemporary Composition, the Dr. Hecht Center for the Arts, University of Haifa, Israel. Sunday, May 22, 2022.
  7. Cohen, S. (2022). "Who does not play the dice?". The 7th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR), 9/10/11 May 2022, Marseille, France.
  8. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). The 22nd Conference on Education Research. "Musimath and Creative Thinking". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  9. Cohen S., Ornoy E. (2021). The 20th Virtual Summer-Autumn Conference. "Tool for real-time automatic evaluation of a singing voice performance". The Israel Musicological Society, Israel.
  10. Cohen S. (2021). "Who pulls the strings" - the artist or the machine? Lecture series on "Relationships and Emotions", Faculty of Humanities, Bar Ilan University.
  11. Cohen S. (2021). Goethe-Institut Israel, Discourse on Contemporary Music International Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music.
  12. Cohen S. (2021). Two hours documented Interview and conversation with Kornél Fekete-Kovács, the artistic director of Modern Art Orchestra in Hungary, including a world Premier of my music compositions for the "Art Of Virus invitation-based online composing-initiative that includes: György Kurtág, Péter Eötvös, and 486 artists from 42 countries. The event was sponsored by the Embassy of Israel in Hungary and Jewish Art Days.
  13. Cohen S. (2021). The 21st Conference on Education Research. " Tool for real-time automatic evaluation of a singing voice performance". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  14. Cohen S. (2021). Guest Lecturer at the “Multimedia Composition Class” in Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Germany.
  15. Cohen S. (2020). SIG 05 Conference 2020, Early Childhood Education: Growing Up in Dynamic and Changing Times. “Emergent Musical Creativity in People Suffering from Dysmusia”, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
  16. Cohen S. (2020). The 20th Conference on Education Research. "Seven Cadenzas, for the string quartet, electronics and the radiophonic voice of composer Joseph Tal". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  17. Cohen S. (2020). Neuropedagogy at Achva Academic College. "Creative freedom in a space of uncertainty". Achva Academic College, Israel.
  18. Cohen S. (2019). VOX FEMINAE 2019.  "Voices from the Killing Jar" by Kate Soper: a study in contemporary composition. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
  19. Cohen S. (2019). The 19th Conference on Education Research.  “Issues in musical temperaments as part of choral singing, planning, and building a working environment for student demonstrations and practical practice”. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  20. Cohen, S. (2018). "Analysis of Contemporary Violinist Recordings of the Nineteenth Century Repertoire: Trends and Influences", Conference of the Israel Musicology Association, Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  21. Cohen, S. (2018). "Feelings, Emotions, and Thoughts in the Virtual, Real and Hybrid Era", ContComp Conference on Contemporary Composition, the Dr. Hecht Center for the Arts, University of Haifa.
  22. Cohen, S. (2018). The 18th Conference on Education Research. Study of orchestration and arrangement using music notation software. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  23. Cohen, S. (2018). The 13th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies. Music Composition and real-time improvisation with mobile technology. The Open University of Israel.
  24. Cohen, S. (2017). Pushing the Boundaries of Musical Expression, an international conference on research in music and creativity. Compositional analysis and synthesis in search for artistic potential. Bar-Ilan University.
  25. Cohen, S. (2017). The 17th Conference on Education Research. Closed and open systems in composition, technology, and education. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
  26. Cohen, S. (2016). The Asian Composers League (ACL) festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Vietnam.
  27. Cohen, S. (2015). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Slovenia.
  28. Cohen, S. (2015). The Asian Composers League (ACL) festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. The Philippines.
  29. Cohen, S. (2014). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Poland.
  30. Cohen, S. (2015). The Asian Composers League (ACL) Festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Singapore.
  31. Cohen, S. (2013). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Vienna, Austria.
  32. Cohen, S. (2012). The Asian Composers League (ACL) Festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Israel.
  33. Cohen, S. (2012). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Belgium.

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