BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260531T214617EDT-8380gZb3O7@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260601T014617Z DESCRIPTION:The Doctoral Colloquium is open to all.\n\nDoctoral Colloquium:  Iza Korsmit\, Lena Heng\n\n\n\n Lena Heng\n\n Title: Perceived Affective In tentions in Music Listening: Acoustic and Musical Features\, and the Effec t of Musical Culture.\n\n  \n\n Abstract:\n\n \n The communication of affectiv e intent in music has been a topic of great research interest across many different disciplines. How musical affect might be perceived by listeners could be influenced by their musical backgrounds and the style of the piec e of music they are listening to. Another important question is how acoust ic and musical features influence listeners' responses in global judgement s of a short excerpt and when presented with a lengthy piece of music\, a phenomenon that is commonplace in normal music listening experiences.\n\n T he first part of this presentation discusses how acoustic features interac t and contribute to listeners' global judgement of perceived affective int ention and highlights the differences between listeners with different mus ical training. Next continuous response of listeners to a piece of orchest ral music are explored. Similar to the first set of experiments\, results on continuous rating of a lengthy piece of music also demonstrates the eff ect of training in different musical traditions (Western and Chinese music \, and nonmusicians). Arousal responses appear to be more universal and cu lture-independent\, while valence responses seem to be more tied to traini ng and experience in particular musical traditions. An exploration of the acoustic and musical parameters within the piece of music also reveals com plex interactions with the musical and narrative content of the music.\n\n Research Interests of Lena Heng:\n\n 'I am an interdisciplinary PhD candida te in the Music Perception and Cognition Lab at 91ºÚÁÏÍø\, superv ised by Prof. Stephen McAdams. My research interests revolve around timbre perception and musical communication. I am especially interested in how p rior experiences and knowledge shape the listening experience\, and how sh ared understanding as well as divergent interpretations emerge. My researc h looks at how timbre functions in the communication of affective intentio ns\, and listeners’ perception of affective intentions over the course of a piece of music. I am interested in how listeners with different musical backgrounds respond differently in perceiving musical affect. I also work on analyses of music\, focusing predominantly on aural analyses and on per former and listener interpretations of music. I am passionate about encour aging an openness to different ways of listening and enjoy talking and wri ting about music\, especially Chinese music. While acknowledging that this is but one musical tradition amongst the many around the world\, I do hop e that this will spark curiosity\, and new ways of thinking about and list ening to music.'\n\n \n \n Iza Korzmit\n \n\n Title: Musical affect: Effects of timbre\, affect locus\, and individual differences\n\n Abstract: \n\n The p ower of music to express emotions and alter the feelings of the music list ener is one of the main reasons why people play or listen to music. This p roject aims to further uncover theaffective effect of music. We focus on t he musical aspect of timbre\, but also widen our scope to examine the infl uence of affect locus (i.e.\, perceived/induced)\, individual differences\ , and different theoretical representations of affect. Timbre\, here\, is considered as it changes with instrument family\, but also with pitch heig ht. We examine affect locus\, because\, for example\, the sadness that is perceived in the music\, may not be similarly felt. Individual differences \, like personality traits or musical background\, may further influence t he affective response of the music listener. Finally\, there is an ongoing debate on the nature of human affect\, and consequently how to quantify t he affective response. We will compare the results from two affect models: dimensional and discrete.\n\n We set up online experiments in which partic ipants rated the perceived and induced affect of different musical stimuli and answered questionnaires on their individual differences. Comparing th e different theoretical representations of affect\, we find that in this e xperimental context\, two dimensions of valence and energy arousal best re present the affective experience of the listeners. Sources of individual d ifferences like musical background and personality influence how participa nts rate their perceived and induced affect. For pitch height\, we see tha t pitch is mostly related to affect in a u-shaped manner (e.g.\, the middl e registers are least angry and most positive)\, except for sadness and en ergy which show a linear relationship to pitch height. For instrument fami ly\, we find that pitched percussion stands out from the other instruments families as the most positive\, and least angry. For affect locus\, we se e that any affect that is considered unpleasant (like anger\, sadness\, ne gative valence\, or tiredness) is more strongly perceived than induced\, e specially in the lower pitch registers. Finally\, we find that especially the effect of instrument family is moderated by individual differences\, s uch as musical background\, pre-existing mood\, personality\, and musical preferences.\n\n Research Interests of Iza Korsmit:\n\n I am an interdiscipl inary PhD student at the Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory (MPCL)\ , supervised by Prof. Stephen McAdams. My interdisciplinary background is founded in musicology and cognitive psychology. The main motivation for my research is that I want to understand why and how music is so effectively able to express and induce feelings. Can you play a sad song on the banjo ? Why do I enjoy sad music\, and some people don't? How can I know what yo u are feeling? In my research\, I try to take a holistic approach by consi dering both the music\, the listener\, and the different theories and meth odologies related to affective processing. I am also doing research on the multidimensional nature of timbre perception and\, unrelated to music\, t he psychological disorder of misophonia\, which is characterized by extrem e aversive responses to specific environmental sounds. \n \n\n DTSTART:20221118T213000Z DTEND:20221118T233000Z LOCATION:C-201\, Strathcona Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\, 555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Doctoral Colloquium (Music): Iza Korsmit\, Lena Heng URL:/music/channels/event/doctoral-colloquium-music-iz a-korsmit-lena-heng-342644 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR