CFP: Colloquium on Artistic Research in Performing Arts (Helsinki)

KUVA (LAAJENNETTU METATIEDOSTO)
COLLOQUIUM ON ARTISTIC RESEARCH IN PERFORMING ARTS
THEATRE ACADEMY, HELSINKI
19 - 21 NOVEMBER 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

Artistic research, art-based research, practice-based research, practice-led research, performance as research – these are just some of the terms and approaches that have been developed to describe knowledge production originating from artistic concerns. This colloquium is the first in a series of biannual colloquia, organised by the Performing Arts Research Centre at the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, aimed at addressing the problems and possibilities of artistic research, particularly those involving the performing arts. The term ‘performing arts’ is here understood in a broad sense that encompasses a variety of different creative practices. The purpose of these colloquia is to contribute to the development of research practices in the field of the performing arts and to foster their social,pedagogical and ecological connections.

The question we wish to begin with is:
How does artistic research change us? Artistic research does not only produce knowledge; it also changes us as individual and collective beings – artists, pedagogues, spectators, citizens, consumers. In what ways can this kind of change be the object of research? Could the change itself serve as a criterion for the relevance of the research?

We invite researchers to join the colloquium and to participate in the discussion by sharing their experiences on the transformative dimensions of their artistic research practice.

The colloquium will be organised to take account of the special features of various artistic research practices: research can realise itself in its own concrete set up; cooperative action and collective reflection can function as a means of producing knowledge; the definition of the role and place of the observers or participants in a situation can be an essential part of the research arrangements, etc. The colloquium can also serve as the site of the research itself.

The colloquium will take place over three days. On Thursday, presenters will have the possibility to hold day-long workshops for other colloquium participants and the doctoral students of the Performing Arts Research Centre. Friday and Saturday are reserved for all kinds of presentations,including the possible presentation of the workshops, and discussions.

We kindly encourage you to submit presentation, demonstration and workshop proposals on your practice and your experience with artistic research related to the performing arts. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should include 50 words of biographical detail on the presenter.

We suggest that you outline the ideal format for your presentation (research arrangement,workshop, installation, paper etc.) including length, venue and mode of participation. The language of the colloquium is English.

Please send proposals via email to Research Coordinator Annika Fredriksson at
Annika.Fredriksson@teak.fi no later than 15.5.2009.

Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by 15.6.2009 and asked to confirm their participation by 1.9.2009.

The Colloquium Venue:

The colloquium will be held at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki. The Academy is situated near the centre of the city. It is well served with public transport from the airport and the main railway station and is easily reached by metro, tram or bus. http://www.teak.fi/

Further Information:

For further information on the colloquium, please contact:
Professor Esa Kirkkopelto esa.kirkkopelto@teak.fi or
Professor Annette Arlander annette.arlander@teak.fi

The Performing Arts Research Centre (Tutke), Theatre Academy, Helsinki
Teatterikorkeakoulu Teaterhögskolan Theatre Academy
Haapaniemenkatu 6, PL 163, FI-00531 Helsinki
tel. +358 (0)9 431 361, fax. +358 (0)9 4313 6200
http://www.teak.fi

Job Posting: Lecturer (2 posts) - University of Leeds

JOB POSTING
LECTURER (2 POSTS)
SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
CLOSING DATE: 14 April 2009.

The School of Music invites applications for 2 Lecturer posts. Qualified to Doctoral level you will be an outstanding scholar who has research outputs of international significance (or the potential to develop) and be able to make a significant contribution to the research culture of the School and contribute to a lively postgraduate community. With excellent teaching skills, including experience at HE level, and the ability to demonstrate these in an appropriate choice of delivery techniques and assessment methods you will participate in specialist undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision.

Post 1: Lecturer in Music with specialism in Composition (any style)
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery and coordination of specialist Composition modules and be able to contribute to the degree programme in Popular and World Musics.

Post 2: Lecturer in Music with specialism in Music Technology
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery and coordination of specialist Music Technology modules and contribute to a broader range of subjects within the School’s portfolio and contribute to both the BA Music and BA Popular and World Musics programmes. Knowledge of the wider musicological, historical, aesthetic, scientific, compositional and/or performative aspects of music technology and computer music would be desirable.

These posts are available from 1 September 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Lecturer 7/8 (£29,704 - £43,622 p.a.) according to qualifications and experience

Informal inquiries about the post may be made to Professor Derek Scott, School of Music, email d.scott at leeds.ac.uk

To download an application form and job details please visit www.leeds.ac.uk and click on jobs. Alternatively these may be obtained from email vpaempl at leeds.ac.uk tel +44 (0)113 343 7003 or +44 (0)113 343 3731.
Closing date: April 14th, 2009.

CFP: Angles: An Interdisciplinary Postgrad Conference on Cultural History (Birkbeck)

ANGLES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL HISTORY
BIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
20 JUNE 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

The aim of the conference is to bring together a range of postgraduate perspectives on cultural history from across the disciplinary spectrum. The focus will be on unusual topics or unconventional approaches to otherwise familiar topics. For instance, papers might deal with cultural practices that have been neglected by traditional history, or engage with emerging fields, trends or themes that may have been overlooked by existing scholarship. We would especially welcome papers that reflect on the challenges of dealing with discipline-specific responses to the way in which you approach your topic, or the particular advantages or limitations of taking on an unusual topic.

We invite all interested contributors to submit proposals for 20 minute papers. Please send a 200 word abstract, including your name, designation, institutional affiliation and thesis title (if applicable) to angles.postgrad@gmail.com no later than Saturday 4 April 2009.

Co-organisers:
Rachel Richardson, Thomas Turner, James Emmott
(Birkbeck)

Supported by
School of History, Classics and Archaeology / www.bbk.ac.uk/hca
In association with the London Consortium / http://www.londonconsortium.com/

It's no Topsy Turvy, D'Oyly Carte Prompt Books Digitised

D'OYLY CARTE PROMPT BOOKS -

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

THEATRE & PERFORMANCE COLLECTIONS

From Act I Prompt Book of the Pirates of Penzance available from the V&A Theatre Collection

The Victoria and Albert Museum's Theatre & Performance Department has digitised several of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's original prompt books, which were used in the end of the 19th century at the Savoy Theatre in the productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

Some of the prompt books digitised include The Mikado, Princess Ida and the Pirates of Penzance which all date from the 1880s. It will undoubtedly serve as a useful tool for those researching musical theatre of London in the late 19th century.

One could speculate that Mike Leigh, the director of the movie Topsy Turvy or a member of his production staff, might have consulted these very prompt books to give an air of authenticity to their movie.

"Three Little Maids" Trio from The Mikado available from the V&A Theatre Collection

To see the full range and download a copy visit the V&A site: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/theatre_performance/objects_theatre_performance/doyly_carte/index.html

King's College London Summer School

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON SUMMER SCHOOL

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON

6 - 24 JULY 2009 AND 27 JULY - 14 AUGUST 2009

We invite students and others who want to learn from all over the world to join King's for our university summer school. This year our programme of study includes two university-level courses in music with outstanding, research-based teaching and the added experience of world-class cultural institutions in London.

The courses offer a high quality intensive learning experience. Visits to London's concert and opera venues, libraries and archives, and interviews with leading artistic directors and management (subject to course) are integrated into the study programme.

July, 6th - 24th: royals and royalties: MUSIC AND SPECTACLE IN LONDON

http://www.blogger.com/www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/summerschool/arts/prospectus/session1/musicroyals.html

July, 27th – Aug, 14th: BBC PROMENADE CONCERTS: MUSIC, MEDIA AND CULTURAL IDENTITY

http://www.blogger.com/www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/summerschool/arts/prospectus/session2/proms.html

Course Leader: Dr. Wiebke Thormählen PhD (Cornell University), MMus (KCL)

Courses will be available for credit, subject to the agreement of your home university.

For general enquiries or to see a syllabus, please contact: summerschool at kcl.ac.uk

CFP: Pop Culture Tools in the Music Classroom (publication)

POP CULTURE TOOLS IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM

DEADLINE: 1 AUGUST 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit potential contributions to an essay collection on using popular culture in undergraduate- and graduate-level music courses. The essays should focus on teaching and learning tools derived from popular culture, and may also include generalized considerations of popular-culture texts. The collection is intended to serve as a framework for course design or as a supplementary text in either pedagogy or music classes. Approaches
concerning methods of using popular culture to address either art or vernacular musics, from the disciplines of musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis, and performance studies are welcome. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• electronic media such as mp3s and other digital audio; Ipod culture; streamed radio
• multimedia sources, including YouTube, music videos, television shows, movies, soundtracks
• videogames such as Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Dance Dance Revolution, and others
• online environments such as Second Life
• covers, versioning, parodies, mashups

Essays should be 6,000-10,000 words in length and conform to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines. Authors will be responsible for acquiring any necessary permissions for copyrighted materials included in their works. Text should be submitted as Word files (.doc or .rtf format), with musical examples in .tif, .pdf, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp format (.tifs are preferred).

The collection will be published by Scarecrow Press in 2010. Materials should be submitted electronically to Nicole Biamonte at by August 1, 2009. Please include:
1) a cover letter or message, including the author's name and essay title
2) an abstract of approximately 200 words
3) the proposed contribution, with author's name and other identifying information omitted
4) a brief biography (50 to 100 words)
5) a current cv

Job Posting: Lecturer/Professor (Musicology - University of Sydney)

JOB POSTING

SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC - UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

LECTURER/PROFESSOR, MUSICOLOGY

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, a college of the University of Sydney, has an academic vacancy in Musicology which is being advertised at the level of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor. Applicants at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level are required to have a specialist knowledge of music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

For full details and access to the the online application facility, please search for position 151095 at the following site:

http://positions.usyd.edu.au/jobtools/JnCustomLogin.Login?in_organid=14743

CFP: Systemic Musicology 2009 (Ghent, Belgium)

SYSMUS09
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STUDENTS OF SYSTEMIC MUSICOLOGY
GHENT, BELGIUM
CALL FOR PAPERS

http://www.ipem.ugent.be/sysmus09

Important dates:
Submission of papers: May 29, 2009
Notification of paper acceptance: August 17, 2009
Camera-ready submissions: October 9, 2009
SysMus 2009: November 18-20, 2009


All research involving meaning, description, and technological mediation of music can be related to musicology. However, the complexity of musical engagement in socio-cultural contexts engenders different networks of research and knowledge, with distinct interdisciplinary configurations, methods and specializations. Systematic musicology specifically deploys this methodological diversity so as to approach each musicological question with a distinct configuration of methods. In doing so, systematic musicology often bridges methodological foundations of sciences with the critical analysis from humanities. It promotes the study of aesthetics, semiotics, and cultural studies by incorporating empirical and data-oriented methods into the methodological framework. It relies on paradigms from different disciplines as diverse as the philosophy of aesthetics, theoretical sociology, semiotics, and music criticism, combined with strategies derived from empirical psychology, acoustics, physiology, neurosciences, cognitive sciences, computing, and others.

Unfortunately, the concentration of efforts on methodological diversity and broad re-search questions may lead students to superficial discussions, disconnected results or research that is alienated from the musical matter. One of the biggest challenges for researchers in systematic musicology, therefore, is to learn how to deal with the inter-disciplinary nature inherent to their own field. Several questions are raised by this problem:

- How to guide yourself through innumerable methods, resources, and uncertain methodological pathways?
- How to design and execute interdisciplinary research?
- How to communicate with our partners: engineers, psychologists, and musicians?
- How to build an active network of collaborations within this interdisciplinary field?

These questions, together with courses in presentation and conference skills, will be addressed in SysMus09.

SUBMISSION:

Submissions are solicited for spoken research papers or posters related to any subdiscipline of systematic musicology. Suggested topic areas include, but are not limited to:

Acoustics and psychoacoustics
Cognitive musicology
Composition and improvisation
Computer Music
Cross-cultural studies of music
Mediation technology
Memory and music
Multimodal Interfaces
Music and emotions
Music and evolution
Music and language
Music and meaning
Music and movement
Music and neuroscience
Music education
Music performance
Music therapy
Musical development
Musical timbre
Pitch and tonal perception
Rhythm, meter, and timing
Social psychology of music

Short papers in English (max. 2 pages) should be submitted on the conference website (http://www.ipem.ugent.be/sysmus09/) and must be presented in one of the two formats: oral presentations or posters. The templates required for formatting papers and posters will be available at the same address. There will be a double-blind review process by a committee composed of advanced PhD students.

Wishing you welcome in Ghent in 2009!

Organizing Committee - SysMus09
Director: Luiz Naveda
Co-Director: Prof. Marc Leman

CFP: Donald Tovey Memorial Prize

DONALD TOVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Board of the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford proposes to award the Donald Tovey Memorial Prize in Trinity Term 2009.

The prize (which will be of the value of £2,000 but may be augmented should the need arise, at the discretion of the Board) is open to men and women without regard to nationality, age, or membership of a university. It may be awarded either:

(a) to assist in the furtherance of research in the philosophy, history, or understanding of music. In this case, candidates must satisfy the judges that their programme of research lies within this field, and should provide: a brief statement of proposed research; two testimonials; and two examples of original work (essays, articles, book chapters, etc., whether published or not) which demonstrate their fitness to undertake it. Nine-tenths of the prize-money will be paid to the prize-winner at the time of the award, and the remaining one-tenth on approval by the judges of a brief report indicating fulfilment of the programme;

or

(b) to assist in the publication of a work already completed in one of the subjects mentioned above. In this case, candidates should submit one copy of the work concerned and explain why the prize is needed in order to ensure publication.

In either case, it is hoped that the prize-winner will agree to deliver a lecture in the Faculty of Music disseminating the findings of the research.

Entries, which should include a list of the expenses associated with the project for which the prize is sought, must reach the Faculty Administrator and Board Secretary, University of Oxford, Faculty of Music, St Aldate’s,Oxford OX1 1DB, no later than Friday 12 June 2009.

National Early Music Association Conference: Singing Music from 1500-1900 (Upcoming Conference) (York)

NATIONAL EARLY MUSIC ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE:
SINGING MUSIC FROM 1500 TO 1900
YORK EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
UNIVERSITY OF YORK
7 - 10 JULY 2009

This important conference (7th to 10th July 2009) will be a Singing Shop, not just a Talking Shop, with delegates invited to sing in four workshops. It is being hosted by the University of York Music Department, and will be convenient for delegates planning to attend the York Early Music Festival, which starts on 10th July. For programme, abstracts, and to book online, go to the University of York’s website at https://store.york.ac.uk/events/. You can book to attend the whole conference, including 3 nights B&B, all meals and all events, for an affordable 359 pounds sterling, if you register before the Early Bird date (4th May 2009).

For queries on website, booking or payment, contact Sian Fraser at conferences at york.ac.uk (phone: 01904 328431). Other queries to Richard Bethell, Conference Organiser, at richardbethell at btinternet.com (phone: 01293 783195).

For full programme information go to:
https://store.york.ac.uk/events/eventdetails.asp?eventid=8