CFP: The Piano Trio: History, Technique, Performance (IMR, University of London)

THE PIANO TRIO: HISTORY, TECHNIQUE, PERFORMANCE

SENATE HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL RESEARCH

12 - 13 NOVEMBER 2010

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The piano trio is a relatively late arrival on the scene in the history of chamber music. When in the late eighteenth century, the first piano trios as we now understand them – with emancipated string parts that are assigned near-equal partnership with the keyboard – appeared, the string quartet was already well established as a genre. The development of the piano trio has been contingent upon the ways in which changes to the construction of keyboard instruments affected the nature of the inter-relationships between instruments and composers' responses. This conference aims to bring together researchers working on the historical, technical and performative aspects of the piano trio genre.

The keynote presentation will be given by David Owen Norris.

Proposals (250 words) for individual papers (20 minutes, with 10 minutes discussion), lecture-recitals and performances /demonstrations (30 minutes maximum, with 15 minutes discussion) or panels (three of four papers, each to be 20 minutes maximum, with 10 minutes discussion) are invited.

For details of the topics for which proposals are requested please see http://music.sas.ac.uk/imr-events/imr-conferences-colloquia-performance-events/the-piano-trio-history-technique-performance.html#c1446

DEADLINE for proposals: 5pm (GMT), Monday 1 March 2010

Notification of acceptance and preliminary programme: 15 April 2010

Final programme issued: 15 July 2010

Registration opens: 1 August 2010

Please submit by email, in an attachment including your full name and contact details, to the IMR Administrator Mrs Valerie James, at <>.

Proposals will be judged anonymously. Paper proposals from students are especially encouraged.

Conference Committee:

Mine Dogantan Dack (Chair – Middlesex University)

John Irving (Director of the Institute of Musical Research)

Peter Fribbins (Middlesex University)

Mieko Kanno (Durham University; Orpheus Institute)

Ferenc Szücs (Irish World Academy of Music and Dance)

Marianne Tyler Brown (Middlesex University)

Job Posting: Lecturer in Sound and Music Processing (Queen Mary, University of London)

JOB POSTING: LECTURER IN SOUND AND MUSIC PROCESSING
QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
SCHOOL OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
DEADLINE: 14 AUGUST 2009

The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science was established on 1 August 2008 as a result of the merger between the Departments of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. The merger created one of the largest Schools within the College, with 60 members of academic staff and a vibrant community of undergraduate and postgraduate students. The School is committed to excellence in research and teaching, and offers a lively and stimulating environment for both staff and students.

The School is now looking to appoint a full time, permanent member of academic staff in the area of Sound and Music Processing.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a strong background in at least one of the Centre for Digital Music's (C4DM) current activities, for example, areas such as music information retrieval, rhythm analysis, music ontologies, semantic systems for musicology and music archives, and DSP of music and audio. Future research areas are expected to be in the science, engineering and technology of sound.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses such as Machine Learning and Music & Speech Processing as well as undertaking appropriate administrative duties.

Applicants should have a Postgraduate degree or a relevant professional qualification (or equivalent professional experience). Evidence of ongoing high level research activity and the ability to contribute (individually or collaboratively) to grant funding applications is essential. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate an ability to effectively organise their time between research, teaching and administration.

The post will be available from 1st September 2009 and the post holder would be expected to start as soon as is reasonably practical thereafter. Salary will be in the range of £37,332 - £46,518 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. Benefits include 30 days' annual leave, plus four College closure days, an interest free season ticket loan, childcare voucher scheme and a contributory final salary pension scheme.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.

Further details and an application form can be obtained from the Human Resources website on: http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies

For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Prof Mark Plumbley, Email: mark.plumbley@elec.qmul.ac.uk.

Completed application forms together with a copy of your CV, quoting reference no 09213/KR, should be returned to Julie Macdonald , Room CS/310, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, or by e-mail: applications [AT] eecs.qmul.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 14th August 2009.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th August 2009.

Applicants who are not contacted by Monday 24th August 2009 should assume that they were not successful.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

CFP: The Symphony Orchestra as Cultural Phenomenon (IMR, University of London)

THE SYMPHONY AS CULTURAL PHENOMENON
INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
1 - 3 JULY 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

Edward Elgar described the symphony orchestra as ‘the mighty engine, the vehicle of the highest form of art ever known to the world’, and from the 1880s onwards this widely held belief gave orchestral music a prominent place in British musical life. In the 21st century, however, such a position is perhaps no longer tenable.

Call for papers: The Programme Committee warmly welcomes proposals focusing on economic, political, social and cultural developments connected with the symphony orchestra and their effects on composers, performers, conductors, producers, artistic directors, back-room staff, recording engineers, public and private broadcasters, recording companies, publishers, critics, scholars, audiences, listeners, viewers, fundraisers, patrons, arts councils, and so forth; or the ‘outcomes’ of their activity, including, but not limited to, such things as scores, recordings, concerts, lectures, essays, books, criticism, interviews, commissions and contracts. Those submitting proposals may also wish to address the relationship between historical context and place (such as venues, cities, and countries), or the formation and dissemination of ideas about the orchestra.

Proposals of 250 words maximum are invited for the following:

• Papers (20 minutes maximum, with 10 minutes discussion)

Proposals of 650 words maximum are invited for the following:

• Themed paper sessions of three or four papers (to include a proposal of 300 words maximum outlining the purpose of the themed session, along with brief explanations of each of the individual papers to be included – each paper to be 20 minutes maximum plus ten minutes discussion)

DEADLINE for proposals: 5pm (GMT), Monday, 30 November 2009

Results Announced: mid-January 2010

Preliminary Programme: mid-January 2010

Please submit by email, in an attachment including your full name and contact details, to the IMR Administrator Mrs Valerie James: [music at sas.ac.uk]

Proposals will be anonymised before consideration by the Programme Committee.

Programme Committee: Stephen Cottrell (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Rachel Cowgill (Liverpool Hope University), Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford), John Irving (Institute of Musical Research), Jann Pasler (University of California, San Diego), Julian Rushton (University of Leeds), Derek B. Scott (University of Leeds).

Convenors: Duncan Boutwood (University of Leeds), Roddy Hawkins (University of Leeds).

Please email Roddy Hawkins with any queries: r.w.m.hawkins at leeds.ac.uk

Details: http://music.sas.ac.uk/imr-events/imr-conferences-colloquia-performance-events/the-symphony-orchestra-as-cultural-phenomenon.html#c1420

CFP: International Conference - Hanns Eisler (IMR, University of London)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HANNS EISLER
INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
19 - 20 APRIL 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference convenors: Erik Levi (Royal Holloway University of London), Albrecht Dümling (International Hanns Eisler Society, Berlin) and Michael Haas (Jewish Museum, Vienna)

Keynote speaker: Professor David Blake, University of York

We welcome submission of papers on the work of Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), widely regarded as one of Schoenberg’s most talented pupils and a pioneer of applied music during the Weimar Republic. As an exile from Nazi Germany, Eisler spent most of the 1930s and in Denmark, England and finally the USA before returning to Europe to take up residency in the newly-founded German Democratic Republic.

The conference, probably one of the first on Eisler to be held in the English speaking world, has two broadly-based themes:

1) Eisler and England
2) topics of general interest related to the work of Eisler.

Proposals for papers are now invited. Papers should be of 20 minutes duration, and the proposal should be presented as an abstract of not more than 250 words. Please submit by email, in an attachment including your full name, contact details and (if applicable) your affiliation, to the IMR Administrator Mrs Valerie James, at music at sas.ac.uk

Proposals will be anonymised before consideration by the conference convenors.

DEADLINE for proposals: 5pm (GMT), 25 November 2009

Results Announced: mid-December 2009

Preliminary Programme: mid-December 2009

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