15:55   Special Session 4-KzZ – Music & Emotion
Chair: Benjamin Knapp
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20 mins 		Measurement of Motion and Emotion during Musical Performance
R Benjamin Knapp, Javier Jaimovich, Niall Coghlan
Abstract: This paper describes the use of physiological and kinematic sensors for the direct measurement of physical gesture and emotional changes in live musical performance. Initial studies on the measurement of performer and audience emotional state in controlled environments serve as the foundation for three pieces using the BioMuse system in live performance. By using both motion and emotion to control sound generation, the concept of integral music control has been achieved.
16:15
20 mins 		Using Dimensional Descriptions to Express the Emotional Content of Music
Roddy Cowie, Cian Doherty, Edelle McMahon
Abstract: Dimensional descriptions are used in computational research on music and emotion, but the approach has potentially much more power and subtlety than many applications use. Two main kinds of refinement are considered – description of moment-by-moment change, and the use of more than the two or three best known dimensions.
16:35
20 mins 		Measuring entrainment in small groups of musicians
Antonio Camurri, Giovanna Varni, Gualtiero Volpe
Abstract: This research is concerned with synchronization (or entrainment), and in particular on emotional synchronization, which is likely to be an important driver of collaborative processes. We focus on ensemble musical performance, an ideal test-bed for the development of models and techniques for measuring creative social interaction in an ecologically valid framework. Ongoing work and early results on the automated analysis in real-time of non-verbal cues related to expressive gesture in social interaction is briefly presented.
16:55
20 mins		 Musicology's Dialogue with Emotion Studies: Analysing Musical Structure
Michael Spitzer
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20 mins		 Discussion