Communication

Opera and the student public: how to foster encounters?

This two-way communication will focus on a “school survey” conducted by students and supervisors of the Master’s “Music Mediation” at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, about the relationship between students from Toulouse at the Théâtre du Capitole, an operatic and choreographic institution. The observation established by the sponsors is that of great difficulty in forging these links, which nevertheless constitute an essential issue within one of the first university towns in France.

Conducted by master students who belong to the social group studied, the survey aims to make the sponsors aware of the representations of public (and non-public) students. Its restitution takes the original form of sound capsules, constructed from the material of the interviews. The ambition is to participate in reducing misunderstandings, the gaps between representations. In addition to the presentation of the premises and results of this survey, it will also be examined from a pedagogical angle, given its formative purposes.

Biography

Stéphane Escoubet has been an associate professor at the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès since 2004, and a member of the LLA-CREATIS research team. In the Music department, he is mainly involved in musical analysis, on the subject of current music (history, analysis) and SHS approaches to music. In 2015, he defended a thesis in musicology (Paris 4) on the subject of the legitimization of indie rock in France, and the role of the music press (Les Inrockuptibles). His research focuses more particularly on approaching the musical work in the light of its receptions (media, fans, social networks, etc.), examining the articulation between the representations and the practices which are the object of it.