Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Issue 53(5) of the Journal of New Music Research has been published


Issue 5 of volume 53 of the Journal of New Music Research has now been published!

 

The issue contains five articles, as follows:

 

There is also a short editorial introducing the articles.

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17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research
(CMMR 2025)
Location: University College London's East London Campuses
Dates: 3–7 November 2025
Website: https://cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr

Are you a postgraduate student passionate about sound, music and computing? Join
the team behind one of the leading conferences.

We are looking for volunteers to help with:
❖ Setup and logistics:
➢ Liaising with artists, venues, and organising committee members
➢ Set up registration desks, welcome areas and session rooms
➢ Maintain and organise presentation spaces
➢ Distribute conference packs, badges, programs and promotion materials
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➢ Answering logistical questions (rooms, Wi-Fi, catering, transport)
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➢ Quickly notify the tech team or organizers if major issues arise
Why volunteer?
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Monday, October 27, 2025

SIMM-posium 24-26 November in Brussels + deadline calls research seminars + calls for papers for publications in 2026






1. 10th SIMM-posium from 24 to 26th November in Brussels, is organised together with the academic Chair Jonet and the cultural centre Bozar. The keynote speaker will be Professor Lee Higgins, director of the International Centre for Community Music, York St John University. Here you can find the links to registration (in person or online), as well as to the programme and to all abstracts of the many papers which will be presented. This year's SIMM-posium is again an amazing programme!

2. In 2026, we plan at least the following 3 research seminars:

1. For the 12th SIMM research seminar (4-6 May 2026) we will be invited in Brussels by the contemporary music Ensemble Ictus to propose the 3rd edition of a 3-day research seminar which will focus on research findings on the role of composers and music composition in social and community music projects and programmes. Deadline for applications will be 15th January 2026. See info here.

 

3.  For the 13th SIMM research seminar (7-9 September 2026) we will be invited in Luxemburg by the Institute of Musicology and Arts of the Department of Education and Social Work of the University of Luxemburg, to propose the 2nd edition of a 3-day research seminar which will again bring together socially engaged practice-researchers from diverse arts disciplines. Deadline for applications will be 15th April 2026. See info here.   
 
4.  For the 14th SIMM research seminar, (11-13 November 2026) we will be invited in Ghent by the Chair Jonet (University of Ghent). This SIMM research seminar will again – following the 1st such seminar in 2021 in Porto at CIPEM/INET-md (Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical) – focus on research on music programmes in detention centres and prisons. Deadline for applications will be 15th April 2026. See info here.

3. In 2026 we will also co-edit 2 special issues of academic journals:

1. The Italian Journal Musica e Storia prepares together with SIMM a special issue on historical research on music as resistance and as oppression. I am guest editor together with Janie Cole (University of Connecticut). Deadline for contributions: December 31, 2025. See info here.  

2. The International Journal of Music Mediation (IJMM) prepares together with SIMM a special issue (nr 5) on participatory opera and music theatre. Deadline for contributions: May 31, 2026. Find info here.  
 
4. And if you want to find out about the SIMM-sessions we just organised this month as part of the world congress of the Toronto based Glenn Gould Foundation, you can find texts and recordings on this webpage.  


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Prof. Dr. Lukas Pairon

+32475445181

founder & managing director SIMM
article published in Circuit (Sept. 2024) on 'pluriversity' and participatory music-making
editorial of The Ensemble (June 2025) on the art of 'positive fatalism' in Kinshasa
6th October 2025: keynote speech on 'positive fatalism' at Promise of Music Congress of the Glenn Gould Foundation, Toronto
2026 publication new book on 'The Art of Positive Fatalism - lessons from Kinshasa' (in English by Routledge & in French by Editions Edern)




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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] Exploring the creative process in music and maths • MON, 24 Nov, 7-8:30PM @ KCL Strand

Dear all,

On Monday, 24 November 2025, 7-8:30PM, I will join Emily Howard, Marcus du Sautoy, and Lauren Redhead in a panel at King's College London's Strand Campus moderated by Rachel Bearon (Dean of King's Faculty of NMES) to discuss the creative process in music and maths. 


All are welcome; the event is free but registration (follow link below) is required. There will be an opportunity to mingle and chat over a reception hosted by Rachel Bearon afterwards.


Best wishes,

Elaine


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Monday 24 November, 19:00 – 20:30
Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand London WC2R 2LS
 
The connection between maths and music stretches back centuries, with maths inspiring new musical forms and music enabling mathematicians to expand beyond the limits of their craft to explore expansive soundscapes in their work.
 
Hear from a panel of distinguished academics and performers working at the cross-section of these two disciplines as they share insights on the connection between their creative processes.
 

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Elaine Chew | eniale.kcl.ac.uk
Professor of Engineering | King's College London
NMES: Engineering | FoLSM : BMEIS : Cardiovascular Imaging
Becket House, BH5.16 | 1 Lambeth Palace Rd, London, SE1 7EU, UK

PI, ERC COSMOS | cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk 
Founder/Director, Music Theranostics Lab | JCMB G.30
Member of the Music & Acoustics Research Centre | marc.kcl.ac.uk 

Seeing Music's Effect on the Heart is amongst the most-read recent articles in European Heart Journal

Putting One's Heart Into Music was a 2021 top 10 most downloaded EHJ Cardiopulse article

High blood pressure inhibits cardiovascular responsiveness to expressive classical music

Science of music-based citizen science: How seeing influences hearing
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