CFP: 10th International Music Theory Conference PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC COMPOSING: SACRAL MUSIC

10TH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC THEORY CONFERENCE
PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC COMPOSING: SACRAL MUSIC
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
20-22 OCTOBER 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

Sponored by Lithuanian Composers’ Union, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

The purpose of the conference is to give new impulses to the development of musicological thought, which could serve to compositional practice and teaching process. The nine preceding conferences took place in Vilnius 1999-2009.

This year the conference will celebrate its 10th anniversary. For this occasion the special program and events are planed.

Sub-themes:
1. The conception of sacral music as a composing object (etymology, criteria, theoretical conceptions, attitudes of church authorities, pronouncements etc.)

2. Composing technique as a sign of music sacrality and secularity (historical-theoretical outlook).

3. Features of sacral music composing (liturgy, relation between text and music, the interaction between vocal and instrumental principles etc.).

4. Characteristics of Western and Eastern sacral monody. Gregorian chant (genesis, performing, notation and restoration, compositional structures, types etc.). The influence of Gregorian chant on the European music composing practices.

5. Genres, forms and composing principles of sacral music during the peak of Christian era (Missae ordinarium, Requiem, Psalmus, Magnificat, Antiphona, Responsorium, Hymnus etc.).

6. Sacral music in liturgy and beyond – the universalising of cult and concert composing practices.

7. Acoustic expanses of sacral music composing, performing and psychological suggestibility.

8. Current issues of composing Church liturgy repertoire in Lithuania and other countries.

9. Sacral music in the scope of contemporary music composition theory and practice.

Paper proposals (abstract together with a short biography) should be sent to Mr. Marius Baranauskas: pmc@lmta.lt . The abstract must not exceed 500
words. The duration of papers will be limited to 20 minutes. Please indicate whether your proposal belongs to one or more of the conference sub themes.

The deadline for proposal submissions is June 6, 2010. The proposals will be reviewed by members of the organizing committee and all applicants will be notified of the outcome until the end of June 2010.

The main language of the conference is English.

The material of the conference – abstracts and papers will be published.

Coordinator of the conference Marius Baranauskas: pmc at lmta.lt

http://pmc.lmta.lt

CFP: Region State, Nation, Community - New Research in Scandanavian and Baltic Studies (Seattle, Washington)

REGION, STATE, NATION, COMMUNITY: NEW RESEARCH IN SCANDANAVIAN AND BALTIC STUDIES
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BALTIC STUDIES (AABS)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
22 - 24 APRIL 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

The 22nd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) will take place from April 22-24, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. The conference will be particularly innovative in being the first joint conference with the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS).

AABS welcomes papers, panels, and roundtable presentations for the first joint conference of Scandinavian and Baltic Studies in the United States. The conference aims to highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic space, are equally welcome. Papers and panels devoted to individual states are also welcome. Contributions are encouraged from disciplines including (but not limited to): anthropology, architecture, communication, cultural studies, demography, economics, education, environment, ethnic relations, film studies, fine arts, gender studies, geography, history, international relations, law, linguistics, literature, memory, political science, psychology, public health, religion, sociology, tourism, and advancing Baltic and Scandinavian studies. Presentations are not to exceed 20 minutes in length.

Proposals from Ph.D. students will be considered for a Presidents’ Panel on Scandinavian and Baltic Studies that recognizes the most accomplished and innovative work of new scholars.

Paper and panel proposals must include an abstract (no more than 250 words) and a one to two-page curriculum vitae. Send this material embedded in the body of an e-mail (no attachments) to Aldis Purs at (aldisp at u.washington.edu) by December 11, 2009. Paper submissions can be mailed to:

22nd AABS Conference Chair
University of Washington,
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420

Conference Website: http://depts.washington.edu/aabs/

CFP: Principles of Music Composing - Orchestra as Phenomenon (Lithuania)

9TH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC THEORY CONFERENCE: PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC COMPOSING - ORCHESTRA AS PHENOMENON
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
22 - 24 APRIL 2009

Sponsored by the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

--Orchestral conceptions:
a) Approach of musicology to orchestra and orchestral nature (conceptions, notions, terminology);
b) Possibility for the definition of orchestra (orchestra – ensemble – soloist).

--Orchestra as a cultural tradition:
a) Orchestras of world regions (symphonic, gamelan, gagaku, ‘ethno‘, etc.);
b) Specific features of orchestral playing;
c) Possibilities for symbiosis of orchestral cultural types.

--Historical signs in the evolution of orchestra (orchestral school, style, genre, work, arrangement, etc.).

--Orchestra in the field of researches in acoustics and psychological perception.

--Functional and timbre possibilities of orchestra (orchestral structure, instruments, synthesis of timbres, etc.).

--Principles of orchestral thinking in contemporary music.

Paper proposals (abstract together with a short biography) should be sent to Mr. Marius Baranauskas: mbaranaus at yahoo.com . The abstract must not exceed 500 words. The duration of papers will be limited to 20 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for questions and discussions. Please indicate whether your proposal belongs to one or more of the conference sub themes.

The deadline for proposal submissions is March 8, 2009. The proposals will be reviewed by members of the organizing committee and all applicants will be notified of the outcome in the middle of March 2009.

The main language of the conference is English.

The material of the conference – abstracts and papers will be published.

For more information about the conference contact: Lithuanian Composers’ Union, Mickeviciaus 29, LT-08117 Vilnius, Lithuania. Coordinator of the conference Marius Baranauskas: mbaranaus at yahoo.com , tel. +37068302267. www.mxl.lt