Hosted by

Delta Hotel | Montreal
May 11-14, 2017

2017-05-11 19:00:00

Agenda

Printable version of the IOC agenda → Download

Mon, Feb. 24
Tue, Feb. 25
Wed, Feb. 26

09:30 10:00	Opening	• Svein Harberg – Chairman, Culture Committee of the Norwegian Parliament • Gerd Kristiansen – President, LO • Hans Ole Rian – President, MFO • John Smith – President, FIM
10:00 10:15	Keynote	Simon Steyne – “Music against Child Labour” Initiative, ILO
10:15 10:45	FIM international survey on orchestras	Presentation of results and analysis Colin Marchika (France) – Study engineer, EHESS
10:45 11:15	Coffee break
↓ SESSIONS INVOLVING MUSICIANS & MANAGERS START HERE ↓
I. MODERN ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
11:15 13:00	1. Future of symphony orchestras: new concepts, new working practices	With the reduction of the number of orchestras and the decline of full-time jobs, can alternative forms of orchestra organisation, i.e. casualisation, represent new career opportunities?	Renate Böck (Austria) Dario Broccardo (South Africa) Laurent Bayle (France) Rolf Lennart Stensø (Norway) Mod: Beat Santschi (Switzerland)
13:00 14:00	Lunch
14:00 14:10	Keynote	Ray Hair – President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
14:10 15:45	2. Decision making in orchestras: top-down or bottom-up?	The involvement of musicians in the decision making process may be a way to enhance job satisfaction, well-being and performance quality within the orchestra.	Carla Lehmeier (US) Nicolas Papageorgiou (Cyprus) François Bou (France) Paul Hughes (UK) Mod: Déborah Cheyne (Brazil)
15:45 16:15	Coffee break
16:15 17.30	3. Orchestras in crisis: is there a political solution?	While some orchestras are impacted by a drop in resources or by budgetary cuts, other continue to develop and flourish: what responsibility do politicians have?	Bruce Ridge (US) Yves Sapir (France) Sture Carlsson (Sweden) Mark Pemberton (UK) Mod: Anders Laursen (Denmark)

II. HEALTH AND WELFARE
09:00 09:10	Keynote	Luis Cobos, conductor (Spain) – President, AIE
09:10 10:45	4. Ageing and performance: access to training and adapted workload	Even the most focused musicians may not be able to maintain the same level of performance forever. Is it compatible with the roll-out of a full professional career?	Bill Kerr (UK) Kristin Haagensen (Norway) Dr. Christoph Stahl (Germany) Gita Kadambi (Finland) Mod: Tania Hardy Smith (Australia)
10:45 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 13:00	5. Organisation of the workload to avoid excessive strain and stress	Recent studies show that an inappropriate organisation of work is at the origin of most health problems of orchestra musicians. Mindsets must be changed.	Antonio Muñoz (Spain) Bo Olsson (Sweden) Bongani Tembe (South Africa) Razvan Ioan Dinca (Romania) Mod: Diane Widdison (UK)
13:00 14:00	Lunch
↓ SESSIONS INVOLVING MUSICIANS ONLY START HERE ↓
14:00 15:45	6. Wrap-up session	Items I to V to be wrapped-up in an open discussion Moderator: John Smith (UK) – FIM President
15:45 16:15	Coffee break
III. THE ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS
16:15 17:30	7. Re-auditions: wrong tool	With the alleged objective of higher quality, some managers or conductors may decide to impose collective re-auditions. This is unacceptable, sometimes also illegal.	Déborah Cheyne (Brazil) Reinhard Pirstinger (Austria) Hiroshi Sato (Japan) Gerald Mertens (Germany) Mod: Horace Trubridge (UK)

09:00 10:45	8. Labour conflicts and industrial action	When all ways of dialogue are exhausted, industrial action may become necessary. What are the most efficient forms of action? Can the support of the audience be ensured?	Theodoros Lazarou (Greece) David Morales (Spain) Howard Manley (Australia) Loris Grossi (Italy) Mod: Jay Blumenthal (US)
10:45 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 13:00	9. Balance between protection of jobs and raising levels of pay	Whilst adequate levels of pay and good working conditions remain key objectives, the need to safeguard jobs in deteriorated environments may lead to delicate decisions.	Arto Hoornweg (The Netherlands) Renee Rasmussen (Norway) Boris Postovnik (Serbia) Fernando Lozano (Mexico) Mod: Gerald Mertens (Germany)
13:00 13:30	10. Adoption of a final declaration

Share This