1st Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland

CALL FOR PAPERS
1st Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland
www.smei.ie
An Chéad Chomhdháil Bhliantúil de chuid Cumainn Ceoil Oideachas na hÉireann

The Society for Music Education in Ireland (SMEI) will host its first annual
conference at the School of Music, University College Cork 11-13 November
2011.

Keynote Speaker: Phil Mullen, Goldsmiths University London
The conference organisers invite paper, poster or workshop proposals that
address one or more of the following general areas:

* Music learning and teaching
* Music development
* Music, community, culture
* Music education policy
* Music, education, society
* Music education and theory

Proposals should include:

a) a cover page with presenter name(s), institutional affiliation(s), an
email address for correspondence and a biography for each presenter of no
more than 50 words; this page should also indicate clearly whether the proposal
is to be considered for inclusion as 'Paper only', 'Paper or Poster', 'Poster
only' or 'Workshop';

b) an abstract of 250-300 words for papers or posters; submissions for
practice-based
workshops should include a detailed proposal of up to 500 words

The conference organisers welcome individual, joint and group submissions.

Proposals should be submitted electronically on or before 15 September 2011
to Michelle Finnerty at finnerty.michelle@gmail.com

All proposals will be subject to a blind review process. Notification of
the status of paper/poster/ workshop proposals will be made by 30 September
2011

Papers will normally be allocated twenty minutes for presentation followed
by 10 minutes for questions. Workshops will be normally be one hour in duration.

Posters will be allocated a maximum space of 3? x 4? (90cm x 120cm)

SMEI Conference Organising Committee:
Michelle Finnerty, Mairéad Berrill, Daithí Kearney, Gráinne McHale, Gwen
Moore, John O'Flynn

Further details on the conference will be uploaded later on www.smei.ie

Jazz and national identities conference, Amsterdam, September 2-4 2011, CFP

Rhythm Changes: Jazz and National Identities

2-4 September 2011, Amsterdam

The first Rhythm Changes conference will take place in September 2011
and will be hosted in partnership with the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
The three-day conference will explore the theme of 'Jazz and National
Identities' and will include presentations from an international line up
of jazz researchers.

Conference outline

Throughout its history, jazz has played an important part in discourses
about national identity, politics and cultural value; indeed, the music
continues to play a complex role in the cultural life of nations
worldwide. Within this context, jazz is an ideal cultural form from
which to explore a number of critical questions bound up with national
identity, from the development of national sounds and
ensembles to the politics of migration and race, from the impact of
globalisation and the hybridisation of musical styles to the creation of
social institutions and distinct communities, from jazz's shifting
aesthetic status from popular to canonical 'art' music.  Jazz has
developed in a range of national settings through different influences
and interactions, so is ideally placed to explore wider issues
surrounding identity and inheritance, enabling unique perspectives on
how culture is exchanged, adopted and transformed.

Call for papers

Rhythm Changes is a three day multi-disciplinary conference that brings
together leading researchers in the fields of jazz studies, media and
cultural studies.  The Conference committee invites papers and panel
proposals that feed into the Conference theme and is interested in
featuring perspectives from a range of international contexts.  Although
not restricted to specific themes, possible topics could include:

*       National identity and jazz
*       Trans-national or post-national jazz sounds
*       Jazz nationalism and nationalistic movements
*       The musical McDonalds?  Jazz and the politics of globalisation
*       Migration and trans-cultural exchange
*       Jazz as quintessentially American music
*       Media dissemination and the spread of jazz culture
*       Jazz as classical, folk or popular music
*       Venues, festivals and the dynamics of culture
*       Jazz and the cold war
*       Exploring sonic identities (African American, the Nordic Tone,
South African jazz)
*       Jazz and 'frontier' myths
*       National jazz criticism
*       Jazz in urban and rural spaces
*       Interrogating the 'Afrological' and 'Eurological'
*       Jazz racisms, censorship and propaganda
*       Cultural memory and jazz
*       National ensembles and/or trans-national collectives
*       Postcolonial settings for jazz
*       Origins, mythology and the construction of jazz history
*       Modernism, postmodernism and jazz

The Conference committee welcomes individual papers and proposals for
panels and round table discussions.  For individual papers, abstracts of
no more than 300 words should be submitted.  Panels and round table
proposals should include a session overview, participant biographies and
description of individual contributions.  Abstracts and proposals (as
well as event queries) should be sent to Professor Walter van de Leur (
W.vandeLeur@uva.nl <mailto:W.vandeLeur@uva.nl>  ) by 25 February 2011.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Bruce Johnson (Universities of Macquarie, Turku and Glasgow)

Professor Ronald Radano (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Conference Committee

Nicholas Gebhardt (University of Lancaster), George McKay (University of
Salford), Walter van de Leur (Conservatory of Amsterdam and University
of Amsterdam), and Tony Whyton (University of Salford).


Rhythm Changes is a HERA EUFP7 project:
http://www.rhythmchanges.net <http://www.rhythmchanges.net/>
http://www.heranet.info/

Conference: CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND GAMES AND SONGS IN THE NEW MEDIA AGE - Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 - 12.00-5.00

 

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SOCIETY FOR MUSIC PERCEPTION AND COGNITION CALL FOR PAPERS

Tenth Biennial Meeting
August 11-14, 2011
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

Due date to submit an abstract for consideration: February 1, 2011

Submitted abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should
describe the motivation, methodology, results, and implications of
the research to the degree that this information is available at the
time of submission. For those submitting experimental work, the
description should describe the stimuli and participant groups used,
the experimental methodology, and data collected. For those
submitting theoretically based work, the description should give a
sense for the approach used and should make a case for why the
work is relevant to the field of music perception and cognition in its
aims, methods, and/or results.

Submissions should be sent by e-mail to: smpc2011submissions@gmail.com

Please type the abstract directly into the body of the e-mail, rather
than submitting as an attachment. In the body of your email, please
list all authors and affiliations, and please indicate preference for
presentation as a talk or poster.

Conference information is available at http://www.esm.rochester.edu/smpc2011/

Feel free to contact the chair of the Program Committee at the same
address if you have questions about your submission.

Program Committee: Peter Pfordresher (University at Buffalo, chair),
Erin E. Hannon (University of Nevada, Las Vegas),
Carol Krumhansl (Cornell University),
Justin London (Carleton College),
Elizabeth Margulis (University of Arkansas),
Peter Martens (Texas Tech University),
Devin McAuley (Michigan State University),
Frank Russo (Ryerson University),
Mike Schutz (McMaster University).

Conference Organizers: David Temperley and Elizabeth Marvin (Eastman School)
Conference questions should be directed to David Temperley:
dtemperley@esm.rochester.edu

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ARTS IN SOCIETY

9-11 May 2011

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany

http://www.Arts-Conference.com/

The International Conference on the Arts in Society and the International Journal of the Arts in Society provide a scholarly platform for discussions of the arts and art practices, enabling an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. They are intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world - in studios and classrooms, in galleries and museums, on stage, on the streets and in communities.

As well as an impressive line-up of plenary speakers, the conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in The International Journal of the Arts in Society. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this conference, we also encourage you to present on the Arts in Society YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details. Additionally, please join our online conversation by subscribing to our monthly email newsletter and subscribing to our Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at http://www.Arts-Conference.com/.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 21 December 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found on the conference website at http://www.Arts-Conference.com/.

Leeds International Jazz Conference 2011: CALL FOR PAPERS and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

 LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Leeds, United Kingdom

 

CALL FOR PAPERS and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

 

Leeds International Jazz Conference 2011:

Time Captured - Jazz composition, composing and composers

Thursday & Friday 7- 8 April 2011

 

The 17^th Leeds International Jazz Conference takes place at Leeds College of Music from Thursday 7 to Friday 8 April 2011. LIJC is an annual event focusing on jazz research, education, performance and composition. It is the only conference of its kind in the UK and offers a unique forum for musicians, academics, educators, students, and arts organisers to engage with the latest sounds and ideas in jazz. Along with paper presentations, workshops, performances and jam sessions, there are opportunities for discussion, networking, information exchange, and professional development.

 

LIJC 2011 focuses on the under-explored subject of jazz composition, composing and composers. In keeping with this overarching theme we are delighted to welcome two eminent keynote presenters:   

 

Mike Gibbs, distinguished composer, arranger and trombonist is our Jazz Keynote. He will address us on composing, compositional process and the influences contributing to his own distinctive voice and methods. He also offers a workshop for small groups and jazz orchestra. Mike Gibbs has worked with many music luminaries including Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Gary Burton, John Dankworth and Laurie Anderson. Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) he was awarded scholarships to attend Lenox School of Jazz and Tanglewood Summer School where he studied with Aaron Copland, Gunther Schuller, George Russell, J.J.Johnson, Lukas Foss and Iannis Xenakis. He has several Melody Maker Awards, including First Composer, Best Big Band, Musician of the Year, First Arranger and his own album In the Public Interest was voted Best Album of 1974. He continues to write and arrange for the major European jazz orchestras. A newly commissioned piece will feature in LIJC 2011 with the LCM Jazz Orchestra.

Our academic keynote speaker is Tony Whyton Reader in Music within the School of Media, Music and Performance at Salford University, UK. His first book, Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010, and hot on its heels is a second book Beyond A Love Supreme (Oxford University Press). In his tenure at Leeds College of Music (1998-2007), Tony set up the Centre for Jazz Studies and was founding editor of the international journal The Source: challenging jazz criticism, the first peer reviewed interdisciplinary journal for jazz studies. He now co-edits the internationally peer-reviewed Jazz Research Journal. Tony Whyton has recently been awarded just under €1 million to lead a three-year, collaborative, pan-European project entitled Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities. His work champions the relationship between theory and practice and encourages performers, composers and musicologists to engage critically with music as a discursive cultural practice.

 

Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals

 

The conference committee invites proposals for research papers, workshops, lecture-recitals, panels and roundtable discussions. The deadline for the submissions of proposals is Monday 10 January 2011. We welcome presentations that advance the field of jazz composition and composition education, and the emergence of cross-disciplinary thinking and the development of new jazz scholarship. While we invite proposals on any area of jazz research and practice from within any discipline, preference will be given to topics which accord with the conference theme, and may address:

 

Defining composition, defining jazz composition

Performance and jazz composition

The changing compositional language of jazz

Jazz improvisation and composition

Improvisation and the jazz composer

Teaching and learning jazz composition

Critical evaluation of jazz composition

Precedent and tradition in jazz composition

Composition for small and large jazz ensembles

Jazz composition on record

The cult of personality and the jazz composer

National identities and jazz composition

Jazz composing and issues of notation

Jazz arranging techniques and aesthetic choices

Aesthetics and jazz composition

Inspiration and jazz composition

Influences on composition from outside jazz

The limitations of jazz scholarship for understanding composition

 

Individual presentations should be no more than twenty minutes in duration. There may be opportunities for longer slots for lecture-recitals and workshops. Proposals should take the form of a title followed by an abstract of not more than 200 words, and should include details of each presenter(s) including brief biographical description. The deadline for submissions is Monday 10 January, and decisions will be notified shortly after this date.

 

Any queries about a proposal should be directed to the LIJC 2011 Conference Director: Louise Gibbs l.gibbs@lcm.ac.uk

 

Submissions should be addressed to: Caroline Stephenson, Academic Administrator, c.stephenson@lcm.ac.uk  or sent to her at:

 

Leeds College of Music

3 Quarry Hill

Leeds

LS2 7PD

United Kingdom

 

For more information and to make a booking for the conference go to:

http://www.lcm.ac.uk/research-conference/leeds-international-jazz-conference.htm

Queries about attending LIJC 2011 should be addressed to: Louise Wood l.wood@lcm.ac.uk

The Place and Purpose of Popular Music in Higher Education

Call for papers: 'The Place and Purpose of Popular Music in Higher Education' The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London, UK will be hosting a conference on July 8 and 9 2010, entitled 'The Place and Purpose of Popular Music in Higher Education'. Popular music has a growing presence in universities and other institutions of Higher Education, yet its relevance and purpose in the sector tend to remain on the fringes of academic discussion. Popular music occupies a minority niche at many music education conferences. At popular music conferences, education is rarely mentioned. The objective of this conference is to address this imbalance by providing a platform for scholarly exchange and debate. Papers are invited on topics relating to the conference theme. The submission process is open for spoken papers and poster presentations. Papers may address, but are not limited to, the following subjects: Place * The value of studying popular music * What does a popular music graduate do? * To what extent and in what ways is popular music perceived as an alternative to traditional music in Higher Education programmes? * What does popular music education look like around the world? Purpose * What do we teach when we teach popular music? * What do students learn when they study popular music? * Curriculum and course design * What do popular music programmes expect of graduates? * The function in society of the popular music conservatoire * Directions for research in popular music and popular music education Abstracts should be between 100 and 150 words in length. Please state your name, institutional affiliation and preferred contact email address. Please state whether your abstract is for a poster presentation or a spoken presentation. Abstracts should be submitted via email to: conference@icmp.co.uk The closing date for the submission of abstracts is 15th March 2010 Notification of acceptance for presentations will be by April 8th For information about the conference, please visit: www.icmp.co.uk/conference

Call for papers: 11th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition (ICMPC)

CALL FOR PAPERS
11th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition
Seattle, WA, August 23-27, 2010
University of Washington School of Music
USA

The International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition is an
interdisciplinary conference devoted to the dissemination of new,
unpublished research relating to the field of music perception and
cognition. The conference is relevant for university and industry
researchers and graduate students working in psychology, cognitive
neuroscience, music theory and composition, psychophysics, music
performance, music education, music therapy and music medicine,
neurophysiology, ethnomusicology, developmental psychology, linguistics,
artificial intelligence, computer technology, and other related fields of
inquiry. The 11th biennial meeting of the conference will be held in
Seattle, Washington on the campus of the University of Washington.

Submissions are invited for:
* spoken papers
* poster presentations
* symposia and
* workshops

All submissions should relate to the cognitive sciences of music. Authors
are kindly requested to submit their abstract by filling in the appropriate
online form available at: http://depts.washington.edu/icmpc11/index.html.

The maximum abstract length is 400 words. The submission deadline is
December 15, 2009. The conference language is English and spoken papers,
posters, conference proceedings, and publications will all be in English.
All paper submissions will be considered for both spoken paper and poster
presentation unless the author specifically requests that the submission
only be considered for one or the other. Information about paper
presentations, poster dimensions, deadlines for the proceedings document and
other requirements will be communicated to authors following acceptance.

IMPORTANT: The organizers would like to provide equal opportunities to each
of the conference applicants. If you wish to present multiple papers as the
first author, please consider submitting your proposals under different
formats (i.e., symposium, spoken presentation, poster presentation,
workshop). We believe that the format by itself does not represent the
quality of contribution. However, exceptions may be allowed when the
organizers acknowledge the value of multiple contributions.

Submission guidelines
1) Spoken papers and Poster presentations Spoken Papers will be allocated 30
min, including 20 min for the presentation, 5 min for questions and answers
and 5 min for the preparation for the next presentation. Research Posters
will have designated time slots and presentation space assigned in the
conference schedule. There will be dedicated sessions for poster
presentations at the conference that do not conflict with any other
activity. Poster presenters may display their work starting in the morning
of the assigned day and then be present with their poster during the
assigned time. Poster sessions provide an excellent opportunity for
conversation and socializing. NOTE: All submissions will be considered for
both a spoken paper or a poster unless the author(s) specifically request on
the submission form that they only be considered for one of the two.

2) Symposia will consist of a set of integrated spoken papers related to a
theme. The total time allocated for a symposium will be 90-120 minutes,
typically consisting of three to four papers and a discussion. Symposium
conveners are asked to coordinate the submission of papers under one
heading. A discussant should also be provided. Thus, the Symposium
organizers should provide the following information: a) a 350-word general
description of the organized session with its significance for the
conference audience; b) authors and title and abstract of each contribution;
c) name of discussant. It is not mandatory but preferable that the symposium
consists of speakers (including a discussant) from at least two different
countries to promote international viewpoints and discussions.

3) Workshops will provide an opportunity to demonstrate various practical
aspects related to educational and therapeutic methods and settings. The
time allotted for workshop sessions is 60 min/session.

Suggested topic areas include:

* Acoustics and psychoacoustics Music and meaning
* Aesthetic perception and response Music and movement
* Cognitive modeling of music Music and neuroscience
* Cognitive musicology Music and personality
* Composition and improvisation Music and well-being
* Cross-cultural studies of music Music education
* Memory and music Music performance
* Musical development Music therapy
* Musical timbre Pitch and tonal perception
* Music and emotions Rhythm, meter, and timing
* Music and evolution Social psychology of music
* Music and language

Refereeing

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by members of the ICMPC11
Scientific Advisory Board. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the
corresponding author by March 1,

Important Dates

December 15, 2009 - Abstract submission due
March 1, 2010 - Notification of acceptance
April 30, 2010 - Early registration ends

ICMPC 11 Organizing Committee
Steven M. Demorest, Chair
Steven J. Morrison
Patricia Shehan Campbell

ICMPC 11 Conference Advisory Board
Mayumi Adachi
Anna Rita Addessi
Eugenia Costa Giomi
Roger Kendall
Scott Lipscomb
Jukka Louhivuori
Aniruddh D. Patel
Kate Stevens
William Thompson

3rd international conference on Narrative Inquiry Music and Education

From November 24–27, 2010, the School of Music at University of
Queensland will convene the 3rd international conference on Narrative
Inquiry Music and Education. Further information on the conference
might be found at the following website:

http://nime3.com/

Please distribute to your networks.

Call for Papers & Submissions.

Deadline May 15, 2010.

Abstracts or full papers may be submitted for consideration.

•Abstracts of 500 words should indicate preference for one of the
following three modes of presentation:
•Paper Session: Paper presentation, followed by chaired discussion.
Grouped papers (3) of 25 minutes presentation followed by group
discussion (15 minutes);
•Symposium: Three to five related papers by different authors
addressing a single topic or theme scheduled in one 90-minute session
and hosted by a moderator or discussant proposed by the authors;
•Narrative Gallery: The Narrative Gallery is a one-hour forum for
presentation of vignettes from ongoing inquiry or works in progress.
Presenters are asked to dialogue with conference participants during
the forum.
•Papers of 5000 words or more (excluding references) should indicate
either Paper Session or Symposium as described above.
•A brief curriculum vitae should be attached.

Submissions will be reviewed by a conference advisory board comprised
of international scholars in narrative inquiry and in music, the arts,
and education. Criteria for acceptance include use of narrative in the
conduct and reporting of inquiry, a clear theoretical framework, and
relevance to the fields of music, the arts, and/or education.

Conference presenters will be notified by June 15, 2010.

Submissions may be made electronically in RTF as an attachment to
nime3@uq.edu.au
Enquiries to Margaret Barrett, School of Music, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
Further information may be obtained from: www.nime3.com

Authors in all categories may also submit papers accepted for
presentation at NIME3 for consideration for publication in Research
Studies in Music Education. Papers must conform to the specifications
of the journal and are subject to review by the editorial boards.

Sociology of Music - International Conference - Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 July 2009

International Conference
SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC: TENDENCIES, ISSUES, PERSPECTIVES
Lisbon, Portugal, July 23-25 2009
www.sociologyofmusic2009.com

4th MERYC Conference

The 4th MERYC Conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Education, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna.

The Meryc 2009 Conference will be sponsored by: Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Department of Music and Performing Arts-University of Bologna, European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music (ESCOM), Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE).

The focus of MERYC 2009 is interdisciplinary discussion and dissemination of new, unpublished research relating to the field of music and childhood (0-8 years), in education (school and extracurricular contexts) and everyday life, both in theoretical research and innovative approaches to practice. MERYC2009 aims to promote the participation of researchers and educators from the East European countries, by network relationships and economic support. The main aim of MERYC is to improve European research and practice with young children and music. For this reason, only European people will act as presenters at the MERYC Conference. Educators and researchers from other continents can attend the Conference as participant not presenting.

conference website: http://www.meryc2009.scform.unibo.it/

The training of singing leaders

The training of singing leaders: a consultation conference, Trinity College London (April 2007)

This conference has been instigated at the request of the DfES to look at the needs of singing leaders. It comes at a time when there is increased government support for singing, with £9 million allocated to singing in the coming year.

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