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Personal profile
Particulars
Franziska Schroeder is a saxophonist, theorist, and a Reader at the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University Belfast. She is a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy in the UK). She serves on the peer review panel for the UK's AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) and is a registered expert for the EU's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Franziska was awarded her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2006, and has since written for many international journals, including Leonardo, Organised Sound, Performance Research, Cambridge Publishing and Routledge. She has published a book on performance and the threshold, an edited volume on user-generated content and in 2014 a book on improvisation entitled "Soundweaving".
Franziska has performed with many international musicians including Joan La Barbara, Pauline Oliveros, Stelarc, the Avatar Orchestra, and Evan Parker. Franziska has released two CDs on the creative source label, a CD with Slam records, and a 2015 album (entitled 'Barely Cool" with improvisors from Brazil) on the pfmentum label.
Franziska is on the steering committee for the DRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts) conference, for which she was the Program Chair in 2010. She was the Artistic Director of the 2012 and the 2016 Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, and is the initiator for the annual symposium series that runs alongside the Sonorities Festival.
Franziska was an AHRC Research Fellow between 2007-2009, where she investigated network performance environments. In 2013 Franziska was awarded 1 of 5 prestigious HEA Prof Sir Ron Cooke International Fellowships to carry out ethnographic work on improvisation in Brazil. In 2016 A Santander Mobility Scholarship extended her ethnographic enquiry into free improvisation practices into Portugal.
Research Statement
Franziska' research interests include the intersection of critical theory and digital performance, the role of the body in the age of technological change, as well as free improvisation practices.
Teaching
BMus and BA Performance Module Convenor for Performance Modules.
School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast. All academic and administrative tasks.
Head of the Music Performance Programme, guiding over 145 performance students and liaising with around 40 tutors instrumental specialists and several community organisations.
Other
Languages: German (native), Portuguese (fluent), French (Baccalaureat, 1992)
Kodály musicianship training: 1995 - 1998 and 2008 Intensive summer course
Advanced Video and Audio Editing Skills
Interests
Music, Yoga, Bike and Food
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Projects
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R1059AEL: Creative Industries CLuster Programme AHRC 61760R
Alcorn, M., Delaney, F., FitzGibbon, A., Hanna, P., Mac Sithigh, D., Patterson, G., Rafferty, K. & Schroeder, F.
18/04/2019 → …
Project: Research
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Research output
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Accessibility of Musical Expression: Co-edited journal with Selected Papers of NIME2020. A special issue commissioned by MIT (Schroeder, editorial)
Schroeder, F. (ed.) & Michon, R. (ed.), 15 Jan 2021, (Accepted) In: Computer Music Journal. 44, 2, p. 0-180 180 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distributed Participatory Design: The challenges of designing with disabled musicians during a global pandemic. Special Issue on 'Socially Engaged Sound Practices'
Schroeder, F. & Lucas, A., 15 May 2021, In: Organised Sound. 26, 2, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enabling Communities of Practice Surrounding the Design and Use of Bespoke Accessible Music Technology
Lucas, A., Schroeder, F. & Ortiz, M., 15 May 2021, In: Computer Music Journal. 44, 2, 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Manyness in Music Improvisation - Fernando Pessoa’s multiplicities, his differing selves examined in the practice of music improvisation
Schroeder, F., 13 Jul 2021, Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts. Bertinetto, A. & Ruta, M. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-20: In Section 2, Aesthetics and Ethics of Improvisation 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Quarantine Sessions #41: A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation: Invited Performer to join distributed musicians Constantin Basica, Chris Chafe, Henrik von Coler, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano. Juan Parra, and Klaus Scheuermann: ----- Final published version:----- https://vimeo.com/517654503 ----- and https://ccrma.stanford.edu/live -----
Schroeder, F. & Kuzmenko, L., 28 Feb 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
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Datasets
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Improvisation Research
Schroeder, F. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 15 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.17034/a169d08a-f048-42de-9e4b-92bff6be8cdc, https://improvisationresearch.com/
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Prizes
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Arts and Humanities Research Board, Small Grant in the Creative and Performing Arts
Schroeder, Franziska (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland - New Work Commission Grant (£4k)
Schroeder, Franziska (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Arts Tasmania: commission grant for new saxophone/piano work (£3k; Australia)
Schroeder, Franziska (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Other distinction
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British Council Northern Ireland / China - UK artist exchange (£7k), 2012
Schroeder, Franziska (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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DAAD: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, One year Music Performance Study Grant
Schroeder, Franziska (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Future Screens NI Management Team Board Member
Franziska Schroeder (Board Member)
23 Mar 2021 → 2024Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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AHSS Winter School
Franziska Schroeder (Organiser)
01 Feb 2021 → 05 Feb 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Chair for the UKRI COVID Response Panel 2021
Franziska Schroeder (Chair)
25 Feb 2021Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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External Panel Member for the validation of partner provision in practice-based Audio Production and Music Business.
Franziska Schroeder (Consultant)
01 Mar 2021 → Jun 2021Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Queen's University Belfast: Arts, English and Languages (AEL) Online Showcase 2021
Franziska Schroeder (Invited speaker), Damian Mills (Speaker) & Leonid Kuzmenko (Speaker)
09 Mar 2021 → 12 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press / Media
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Queen’s Sonic Arts Research Centre hosts concert showcasing the works of musicians with a physical disability
06/11/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Being Human Festival interview on Belfast 89FM
10/11/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impact
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Being Human - a festival of the humanities (Northern Ireland Hub)
Franziska Schroeder (Participant), David Grant (Participant), Kurt Taroff (Participant), Cahal McLaughlin (Participant), Stefanie Lehner (Participant), Alex Murray (Participant), Sian Barber (Participant) & Paul Murphy (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Societial Impact
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Concert at Berlin Improvisation Research Group (BIRG)
Franziska Schroeder (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Cultural Impact
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Distributed Listening – socially engaged art
Franziska Schroeder (Participant) & Pedro Rebelo (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Quality of Life Impact, Societial Impact
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Performance Without Barriers - Designing inclusive music technologies to transform lives of disabled musicians
Franziska Schroeder (Participant), Koichi Samuels (Participant) & Alex Lucas (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Health Impact, Quality of Life Impact, Societial Impact
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Performance Without Boundaries - a Global Stage
Franziska Schroeder (Participant) & Pedro Rebelo (Participant)
Impact: Societial Impact, Cultural Impact