Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Fwd: Midlands New Music Symposium - Call for Proposals (deadline this Sunday 15/03/20)


Hi all, 


Just a quick reminder that the deadline for proposals for the Midlands New Music Symposium is this coming Sunday, 15th March.


Please see below for further information.


Kind regards, 


Duncan. 


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Midlands New Music Symposium - Call for Proposals (presentations; lecture-recitals; recitals; and workshops).

 

Midlands New Music Symposium (May 8-9), University of Nottingham

Deadline for the Proposals: Sunday 15 March 2020 (23.59 GMT).

Details of the call and how to submit can be found here: http://symposium.nottfar.org.uk

 

Keynote Speaker: Simon Emmerson

 

Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research (NottFAR) are delighted to announce a Call for Proposals for the inaugural Midlands New Music Symposium (May 8-9) and accompanying Nottingham New Music Weekend (May 7-10).

 

The symposium seeks to explore and celebrate the diversity of current contemporary music and creative sound practices in the fields of composition, performance, and technology. The two-day symposium will include a series of presentations, lecture-recitals, discussions, workshops, and concerts.

 

The symposium themes are open to let practitioners and scholars set the agenda. As such, the committee invites a broad range of proposals (outlined below) from individuals in and outside of academia. Moreover, we welcome proposals that engage with the Nottingham New Music Weekend theme of Deep Sounds, namely low pitched instruments and/or electronics.

 

Proposal formats:

  • Papers (20 minutes)
  • Presentations (10 minutes)
  • Demonstrations (up to 20 minutes)
  • Workshops (up to 60 minutes)
  • Short recitals (15 minutes)
  • Lecture-recitals (30 minutes)

Details on the call and submission guidelines can be found online at: http://symposium.nottfar.org.uk 


Dr Duncan MacLeod

Assistant Professor of Music Composition


Department of Music, School of Humanities

University of Nottingham

University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD

nottingham.ac.uk/music | www.duncanmacleod.org 


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