Yaroslav Senyshyn (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Determinacy and Indeterminacy of music performance and its implications for philosophy of education

Just as music is prevalent in societies, with its definition and semiotic intent, so is musical expression that may be predetermined in performances related to music texts. The tradition and educational systems of Western classical music seek determinacy and are intolerant of performances that deviate from music texts. Alternatively, Indian classical music performances are independent of texts and find their expression in constant and ever-changing improvisatory statements in the subjective fluidities of an individual performer. Western jazz and possibly AI performances find themselves in circumstances that point to interesting possibilities for education.

Yaroslav Senyshyn is Professor of Music Philosophy and a Steinway Artist at the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. He is an acclaimed international Canadian pianist who records for Albany Records, New York, and is a recording artist for the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague. His academic approach draws on existential and other areas of philosophy of music, anxiety, subjectivity, and objectivity. His international research and musical collaborations include working with universities and orchestras in Europe, Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, and Australia. His publications are reflective of his interdisciplinary research interest in the arts with respect to creative music performance.