Fwd: CMMR 2025 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' - tutorials, demos and workshops tracks now live

Please do consider forwarding on this message to all those who you think might be interested within the computer and music technology, and music education fields.

 

In particular, I wanted to draw your attention to the tutorials track. These will be held on the first and last days of the symposium programme. Tutorials provide an excellent opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present teaching and learning content on topics relevant to the Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research community.

 

CMMR attracts a wide range of individuals from varied national and professional backgrounds. Represented disciplines include computer science and engineering; performance, composition and musicology; cognitive science and psychology; neuroscience and physiology; education; and design and interaction. Participants are drawn from various roles including established academics, post-doctoral and early career researchers; doctoral and graduate students; independent researchers and artists; industry practitioners and developers; and educators and accessibility advocates. 

 

So, if you would like to promote or popularise a particular tool or technology, then the Tutorial format could be the perfect vehicle!

 

More information can be found here:

https://cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/call-for-tutorials/

 

Tutorial proposals should use the templates available here:

https://cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/tutorial-submission-guidelines/

 

Many thanks!

Ross

 

 

Full information on CMMR 2025:

CMMR 2025 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' - tutorials, demos and workshops tracks now live

 

17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2025) - this year's theme is 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' hosted by UCL in East London, 3 - 7 November 2025 

 

Conference website:

https://cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/

CMT submission site:

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CMMR2025  

 

CMMR 2025 welcomes contributions focusing on the multidisciplinary intersection of sound, music, and computing. 

Under this year's theme 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' we particularly encourage submissions that engage with the spatial and situated dimensions of sonic practice. 

The conference is hosted by UCL's internationally renowned departments of  UCL Anthropology (within the forward-thinking UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries) and the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

 

The conference is co-organised with the CNRS-AMU PRISM laboratory (Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music). 

CMMR creates an open and inclusive space dedicated to sharing a wide range an in-person event; all presenters are required to attend and present onsite.  of insights and innovations that bridge sound, music, and computing. CMMR 2025 will feature a diverse range of activities across the following tracks: regular papers, demonstrations, sound & music works, tutorials, and workshops.

Important Dates (deadlines are set at midnight Pacific Time (PT) on the specified dates.) 

Demo Track deadline: 21st July 2025

Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025 

Tutorial track deadline: 25 July 2025

Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025 

Workshop Track deadline: 25 July 2025

Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025 

Sound & Music Track deadline: 25 July 2025

Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025 

Registration 

Early registration: 22 August - 6 October 2025 

Normal registration: 7 October - 26 October 2025 

Late registration: 27 October - 7 November 2025 

Conference dates: 3 - 7 November 2025 

CMMR 2025 is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming conference environment. We especially encourage submissions from individuals traditionally underrepresented in computer music,  including women, people from the Global Majority, LGBTQIA+ communities, disabled people, non-traditional scholars (such as those in industry or otherwise outside academia, or from interdisciplinary fields), and individuals from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and educational backgrounds.  

Further information including submission requirements can be found online. Conference logistics will follow soon. 

For all enquiries, including accessibility needs, please contact us at: cmmr25@ucl.ac.uk 

We look forward to your submissions! 

 

The CMMR 2025 Organising Committee 

 

Fwd: SYNTHposium - Call for Participation

***Call for Participation***
The Synthesizer Research Network (SyReN)
***DEADLINE*** FOR PROPOSALS: 31 JULY 2025
SYNTHposium, Saturday 11 October 2025
School of MUSIC, University of LEEDS, UK.

The Synthesizer Research Network invites participation in a one-day symposium event.
Participation can be in the form of a paper presentation, or performance-demonstration.
https://synthresearch.org/symposium

***Rationale and context***
The synthesizer is an instrument with a long history that has played an important role in popular and experimental music from the late 1960s onwards. The Synthesizer Research Network (SyReN) will initiate dialogue and collaborations between musicians, academic researchers, non-academic scholars, software and hardware engineers, composers, and other expert groups. These different communities share a common interest in the history, design, or musical practice of synthesizers. SyReN aims to provide an organised route for exchange of knowledge between these groups to explore how we can expand our understanding of how synthesizers are used by musicians (both past and present) and potentially use that knowledge to inform the design of future instruments.

Themes or questions for critical discussion:
Synthesizer practice: performance, composition, sound design
* How has synthesizer performance practice evolved over time, within specific genres?
* To what extent is the full potential of specific instruments exploited by musicians?
* Do specific categories of synthesizer have archetypal sounds and styles of performance practice that can be defined?
* What gaps currently exist in our knowledge of synthesizer practice?
Industrial design and musical practice
* Do variations in synthesizer design have an impact upon musical practice?
* Why are certain parameters or functions used more than others by musicians?
* What are the musical impacts of changes to synthesizer specifications?
* What gaps exist in our knowledge of synthesizer design?
Exploring the history and music of the synthesizer
* Has the perception of the synthesizer changed over time within different academic, professional, industrial, and enthusiast communities?
* How may our view of the synthesizer be augmented by broader cultural studies, including (but not limited to): race, disability, gender, sexuality and social class?
* What gaps currently exist in synthesizer scholarship and musicology?

Additionally, the over-arching question for all SyReN activities will be:
How can the network enhance synthesizer research and facilitate new discoveries that will be valuable to musicians, academics, engineers, and non-academic experts?

The deadline for submissions will be: 31 July 2025.
Please apply using the form available to download from our website: https://synthresearch.org/symposium
Forms and enquiries about the event should be emailed to Ewan Stefani - e.j.stefani@leeds.ac.uk with "SYREN 2025" in the subject line before the deadline.

Fwd: Participate in groovy music research study (US-based only)

Hi ya'll,

We are looking for volunteers for a scientific music research study. This study is an exploration of groove—how and why we feel a beat the way we do. Your participation would help us advance our scientific and musical understanding of groove. We'd love it if you would be willing to help us out!

The study will only take 15–20 minutes of your time to complete. All you will do is listen to some rhythmic patterns and tap buttons on your keyboard. Unfortunately, there would be no compensation to you, other than the good feeling of helping science.

Only adults (18 years or older) who are currently inside the USA may participate. If you are interested in participating, please use a computer (i.e., a device with a keyboard) to navigate to https://ccml.gtcmt.gatech.edu/Exploring_Groove.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. And feel free to forward this email to others!

Nat Condit-Schultz

Director of Graduate Studies

Georgia Tech School of Music

Principal Investigator, Computational and Cognitive Musicology Lab