Showing posts with label forum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forum. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

FORUM Essay Prize 2010: Music and Literature

FORUM ESSAY PRIZE 2010: MUSIC AND LITERATURE
FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
DEADLINE: 31 JANUARY 2010


The General Editors of Forum are pleased to announce that, in memory of the distinguished musicologist and Forum editor Peter Branscombe, the 2010 Forum Prize is on the subject of music and literature. Articles of up to 6,000 words are invited for the competition: the winning article will be published in the journal and the author will receive the sum of £200. Reflective, polemical articles on music and literature are especially welcomed and may relate to any area and period of English, French, German, Iberian, Italian, Latin American and Russian literatures, languages and cultures. For the purposes of the Forum Prize, the subject of music and literature is defined in its broadest sense.

Professor Peter Branscombe (1929-2008) is best known for his work on Viennese musical theatre, and on Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Wagner. He was Professor of Austrian Studies at the University of St Andrews and was for many years a valued contributor to and editor of Forum.

Application: Articles should be submitted according to Forum style and to the General Editor (articles) by 31 January 2010, marked "For consideration for the Forum Prize". Entries may be submitted online via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fmls. Forum's normal peer review processes will pertain, and short-listed articles will also be judged by additional subject specialists. The prize article will be announced and published in the July 2010 issue. Forum may publish other very strong submissions in subsequent general issues. For further details about the Prize, see www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/formod/forum_prize.html

Saturday, 13 June 2009

Upcoming Conf: Trumpet Forum (RSAMD)

TRUMPET FORUM
ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
14 JULY 2009


The RSAMD is pleased to present a range of world-leading researchers and artists at its first Trumpet Forum on 14th July 2009. Among the speakers for this one-day conference are internationally-renowned brass specialists John Wallace, Trevor Herbert, Reine Dahlqvist and Arnold Myers.

Our special guest will be John Webb, who will be bringing a selection of instruments from his personal collection which will be heard in performance by musicians from the RSAMD.

Programme and booking details are now available on the conference
webpage: www.rsamd.ac.uk/academy/research/brass/
 
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