Artistic Researcher in Music

Contemporary Arts Theorist

Jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, spacedrum

Composer

Educator

Yoga teacher

NGO Project leader and manager/ activist



Formal Education:

Doctorate in Art Theory- Transdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Arts and Media

2017-2022

Doctorate in Art Theory- Transdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Arts and Media Singidunum University | Belgrade, Serbia (officially approved dissertation proposal, expected time for defence: summer semester 2022)


MA in Music Composition

2006 - 2008

York University | Toronto, Canada


BA in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Teaching

2000 - 2004

Franz Liszt Music Academy, Jazz Department | Budapest, Hungary



Other Education and Courses


2020

Music Management Training - MOST EU Project

2019

Artistic Research in Music - an introduction Certificate - Orpheus Institute, KU Leuven

2019

Feminist School Seminary Certificate - Female Scientists to Female Scientists | Belgrade

2015

Seminary for Writing a Project for Creative Europe Program - Creative Desk Serbia | Novi Sad

2014

Master Course for NGO Leadership, Advocacy and Gender Equality Certificate - REC, SIDA | Belgrade

2013

Master Course for NGO Advocacy and Social Justice Certificate - REC, SIDA | Tallinn

2011

Course for Operational Trainer of Yoga Diploma, College of Vocational Studies for Sport Trainers | Subotica

2010

Course for Yoga Instructor Certificate, Bihar School Of Yoga | Rikhia, India

1996 - 1997

Conservatiro de Musica Pernambucana | Recife, Brazil



Published Scientific Articles


Jovićević, Jasna. “Flow Vertical: Composing and Improvising Original Music Inspired by Bodily Sound Vibrations.” Leonardo Music Journal, Vol.29 (2019) 78–82 - Link


Jovićević, Jasna. „Composing the Actual: Brainwave Sonification as Materialized Intensity of Virtual Relations.“ Journal of Art and Media Studies. No.23 ( 2020) 29-44 - Link


Jovićević, Jasna. „Mapping of the Performative Body in the Practice of Jazz Improvisation.“ Music in The body - The Body in Music: Corper an der Schnittstelle von musikalischer Praxis und Diskurs. Göttinger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft. Ed. Christine Hoppe and Sarah Avischag Muller. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York: Georg Olms Verlag. (2021) 255-272


Jovićević, Jasna, „Gender Perspectives of Instrumental Jazz Performers in Southeastern Europe.“ Musicology, No.30 (2021), 149-164, DOI: 10.2298/MUZ2130149J


Jovićević, Jasna. „The Pale Image of the Jazz Women in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.“ The Routledge Companion on Jazz and Gender. Ed. Monika Herzig and Michael Kahr. London and New York: Routledge. (2022) - in print


Jovićević, Jasna.„Yoga in Sport.“ Quality of Life in Pandemic - Thematic Collection of Articles from 12th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference „Horizon 2021.“ Ed. Zoran Milic. Subotica: VSOVSU (2021) 210-2019



Awards, Honours, Grants (Selective List)


Nov.2021-Jan.2022

Erasmus+ Mobility Traineeship - JAM Music Lab, Private University Vienna | Vienna

2020

Smithsonian Institute Research in Jazz Award Winner, JEN & Ella Fitzgerald Foundation | Washington D.C.

For the project Media Representation of Jazz Female Instrumentalists Best Music Video Awards for Walking Meditation (Sounding Solitude Artistic Research): Best Art Music Video - Munich Music Video Awards, Art Music Video Winner - Best Music Video Awards (London)

2020-2021

Winner in Best Jazz Song and finalists in the Video for Art Music - MVA (International Music Video Awards) | Munich, London

2020

Serbia Creates Competition for the Best Artist Video / Winner

2019

I-Portunus European Commission, Mobility for artists | Croatia

2019

Giant Step “Women Action Music” Awarded Musician | San Francisco

2019

National Winner AI Lab EU Project by Ars Electronica | Belgrade

2008

Karabekos Student Award - York University | Toronto

2006

International Student Scholarship - York University | Toronto

2005

1st Price on International Ethno Music Competition | Milan

2005

2nd Price Balkanart International Festival | Ljubljana

2004

3rd Price for the Best Jazz Composition in Hungary | Budapest



Presented Studies as a Speaker on Scientific Conferences ( Selective List)


2022

Jazz Research Conference (forthcoming on June 9th) Young female jazz instrumentalist in the Southeastern Europe: self-esteem and self-efficacy in the context of tokenism, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Graz

2022

Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network Conference (forthcoming on May 6th) Gender Identity Representation in Open-social Space of Free Jazz Improvisation Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University | Brisbane, Australia (hybrid)

2022

Jazz Research Group Lecturer Series - online | Budapest Semi-Peripheral Status and Identity of Southeastern European Female Jazz Players

2022

Gender and Musicianship Study Days - online Double Standards for Female Jazz Instrumentalists - Southeastern European Research Uniarts Helsinki and Music Academy Helsinki | Helsinki

2021

Documenting Jazz Conference: Round table - Artistic Research in Jazz and Gender University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art | Edinburgh

2021

Female Leadership in Music Conference - Positioning of the Female Artistic Researchers Academy of Dramatic Arts | Belgrade

2021

2nd International Artistic Research in Jazz Conference - Jazz Practice Research: Transdisciplinary Methodologies of Artistic Research in Music Improvisation Case Study Birmingham Conservatoire, Jazz Department | Birmingham

2020

Jazz Educational Network Conference Online - Construction of Jazz Women Instrumentalists Stereotypes: Media Representation That Needs To Be Rewritten Round table - Gender in Jazz

2019

1st International Artistic Research in Jazz Symposium - Collaborative Event of Improvisation JAM Music Lab, Private University Vienna and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Vienna

2019

Rhythm Changes Conference “Jazz Journeys” The Concept of “Collaborative Time Zone” in Free Improvised Music Event University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Graz

2019

Music in the body - body in music: The body at the intersection of musical practice and discourse - Collective Free Improvisation: Music Event as a Sonic Mapping of the Performative Body Department of Musicology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen| Göttingen

2019

CGA Belgrade - Computer, Graphics and Arts conference | Belgrade Artistic research in Music and Neuroscience

2018

Nova Contemporary Music Meeting: Composing Music Today Free Music Improvisation as a Collaborative Creative Event Contemporary Music Research Group of CESEM at Nova University | Lisbon

2018

Central European Society Soundscape Ecology Conference The Sound of Birds - Gentle Artistic Voice for Protection of Endangered Bird Species Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design | Budapest (MOME)

2018

Arts+Science Conference Artistic Research and Ornithology: The Sound of Birds Faculty of Dramatic Arts and Centre for Promotion of Science | Belgrade



Professional Associations


INARJ

- International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz: Founding Member Women in Jazz Media

JEN

- Jazz Educational Network Jazz Research Group Hungar

CESSE

- Central European Society for Soundscape Ecology: Founding Member Centre for Culture and Contemporary Arts: Founding Member

INSAM

- Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music and Research

Serbian Yoga Association: Founding Member



Music Performance Projects as Leader and Composer (Selective List)


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Composing and arranging for string trio, string quartet, saxophone quartet, jazz combo, big band, free improv, free jazz

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Leader of: Jasna Jovicevic Sextet, Jasna Jovicevic Quinary, Jovicevic/Miklos/Wojcinski Trio, Super Saxophone Quartet, New Spark Jazz Orchestra.

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Performed original works on various festivals and clubs: Belgrade Jazz Festival, Ars Electronica, Nisville/ Nis, Women In Jazz Festival / Halle, Unterfarht Jazz Club /Munich, Ring Ring/ Belgrade, Novi Sad International Festival, Valjevo Jazz Fest, Timisoara Jazz Festival, Green Town Jazz Festival / Sombor, Kanjiza Jazz Festival, Budapest Jazz Festival, Zsambek jazz Fest, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Jazzy Colors/ Paris, Roulette Improv Nights/ New York, Cobi`s Place / New York, Color Festival /Dorset UK, Jazzire/ Subotica, Pula Jazz Festival, Rovinj Jazz Fest, Veneto Jazz Italy, Milan Ethno Fest.

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Collaborated with Hamid Drake, Mike Stern, Chico Freeman, Elisabeth Harnik, Annette Giesriegl, Dresh Mihaly, Olah Kalman, Al DI Meola, Reut Regev, etc…



Multidisciplinary Artistic Projects (Selective List)


2019-2022

Walking Meditation, Autonomous Machine Music Video Production: Screenplay, Music, Acting

2021         

Za kim zvono zvoni Music Fairytale (Audio Book): Music, Production, Postproduction

2016-2020

Imago Sonus - Dance and Music Improv, with Henni Varga and Denes Dobrei

2019-2020

Improvising Events - Site Specific Artistic Research: Conceptual Visual Arts, Dance, and Music with Annette Giesriegl, Zrinka Uzbinec and Andreja Kuluncic/ Contemporary Art Museum Zagreb

2020-2022

You betrayed the Party when you needed to help it - Site Specific Conceptual Multidisciplinary Work on Goli otok, with Andreja Kuluncic (author), Annette Giesriegl, Zrinka Uzbinec



Participation in Artist in Residency Programs


2019

Improvising Events - Museum of Contemporary Arts | Zagreb

2019

Music Action Women Residency - Giant Steps | San Francisco

2018

Artist Residency NS2021, University of Arts | Novi Sad

2010

Improv Kolektiv International Music Residency | Subotica

2009

Valparaiso Artist Colony | Mojacar Spain

2008

OMI- International Artist Residency | New York

2006

Djerassi International Artist Residency | San Francisco

2005

ArtsLink Residency | New York

2005

Banff Centre for the Arts - Long Term Artist Residency | Banff Canada

2004

Veneto Jazz Summer School by The New School | Bassano del Grapa Italy