CFP: Music for Stringed Instruments - Music Archives and the Materials of Musicological Research in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Cardiff Univ)

MUSIC FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - MUSIC ARCHIVES AND THE MATERIALS OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
23 - 24 JUNE 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS


The call for papers can be read in full at the conference web page, URL:
http://stringeditions.leeds.ac.uk/news.htm

Broad topics for papers may include, but are not limited to:
* 19th- and early 20th-century music publishing history
* Plate number chronologies
* Creation and significance of digital resources for research in the field
* Comparative studies: editions and performance practices
* Manuscripts
* Editions with significant MS annotation
* Music archives
* Studies of individual editor-performers
* The use of early recordings
* Illustrated papers exploring the practical application of this research

The conference will include a performance given by the LUCHIP ensemble (Leeds University Centre for Historically Informed Performance), followed by a round table discussion. It is hoped to provide assistance for postgraduate students to attend.

Please email proposals for papers to Dr. George Kennaway, at g.w.kennaway at leeds.ac.uk, no later than March 15th 2010.

CFP: Symposium on British Museum Citole - New Perspectives (British Museum)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM MEDIEVAL CITOLE
BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
NOVEMBER 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

The British Museum is pleased to host a symposium to highlight recent research related to the medieval citole in its collection. This is the first international symposium on this unique instrument, and celebrates recent work done by scientists at the British Museum as well as significant new research by scholars in many fields.

The British Museum citole (formerly known as the ‘Warwick Castle gittern’) is one of a small handful of medieval stringed musical instruments to have survived, providing an invaluable link between iconography and reality. Equally, it is important as one of the most extraordinary examples of craftsmanship and decorative arts from the fourteenth century, prominently displayed in the newly renovated medieval gallery of the Museum.

A rich post-medieval existence is indicated by an engraved silver plate which links the instrument to Queen Elizabeth I and her favourite, Robert Dudley. The instrument was modified into a violin, receiving a new soundboard, fingerboard, tailpiece, peg arrangement, and other fittings. The history of these later accretions yield valuable insights into the violin and violin making in Britain.

By taking as its focus the single extant instrument, it is hoped that this symposium will promote research and discussion about a number of diverse topics. We invite participants to submit paper proposals relating to any aspect of the British Museum citole. The following list of topics, which is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive, may serve as an inspiration:

• Iconography and morphology of citoles
• Citoles in documents and literature
• Citole performance practices
• The artwork on the British Museum citole
• The craft of the medieval instrument builder
• Stringed instruments in the medieval period: performers, producers, and patrons
• The violin fittings on the British Museum citole
• Music and musical instruments of Elizabeth I

Papers should be 20 minutes in length, and the symposium will feature time for questions as well as roundtable discussions with researchers, makers, and players of this instrument type. It is intended that the conference proceedings will be published.

Abstracts of 300-400 words and a brief CV should be submitted by 15 January 2010, as Word attachments to an email to the address below. For further information, please contact Naomi Speakman, Project Curator of Medieval Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG, 44-(0)20-7323-8467 (phone), 44-(0)20-7323-8496 (fax) or email: nspeakman at britishmuseum.org.

CFP: Organologia: Instruments and Performance Practice (essays)

ORGANOLOGIA: INSTRUMENTS AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
PENDRAGON PRESS
CALL FOR ESSAYS

Pendragon Press is seeking submissions of monographs and collections of essays to be published a new series, Organologia: Instruments and Performance Practice (http://www.pendragonpress.com/books/booksinseries.php?SERIES_ID=47). The series is intended to present texts and studies of musical instruments and performance practice in all cultures and from all periods. Its terms are defined as inclusively as possible, embracing all kinds of music technologies and any type of performative act involving music.

See our Submissions Guidelines (http://www.pendragonpress.com/info/submissions.php) for specific requirements on submitting a manuscript for consideration. If you have any questions, contact Organologia's General Editor, Ardal Powell, at organologia[at] pendragonpress.com.

CFI: Revision of New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (OUP)

REVISION - NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CALL FOR INPUT

Oxford University Press intends to publish a second, revised and expanded edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, originally issued in 1984. Reflecting advances in scholarship during the past quarter-century, the second edition will encompass a greater range of subjects in more detail, thus serving a larger community of readers worldwide.

Your assistance is invited in enhancing the usefulness, accuracy, and diversity of articles in the forthcoming GDMI, which will appear both in print and incorporated into Grove Music Online. Notice of errors and omissions in the previous edition and its derivatives, bibliographic updates, and suggestions for improvement especially in
coverage of non-European and electronic instruments, can be e-mailed to the Editor-in-Chief at the address below. All substantiated recommendations will be considered in planning new articles and revisions.

As a cooperative enterprise of encyclopedic scope, the GDMI second edition aims to represent the current state of instrument studies as comprehensively as possible while also preparing a platform for future expansion. Timely advice from musicians and music historians, instrument makers and collectors, ethnomusicologists, organologists, teachers and students, and specialists in related fields is earnestly solicited.

Laurence Libin
Editor-in-Chief
Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
198 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
lelibin [at] optonline.net

CFP: 45th Intl. Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo)

45TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

13 -16 MAY 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

The program committee for Musicology at Kalamazoo is pleased to announce the following sessions for the 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 13-16, 2010:

I. Motets and the Like;

II. Musical Instruments and Performance;

III. The Music Theorist as Polymath;

IV. Text(s) and Music, Music(s) and Text;

V. Chant and Liturgy;

VI. Performances: Indoors and Outdoors;

VII. Music and Visual Culture;

VIII. Medievalisms and Music: Yesterday and Today;

IX. Source Studies

We hope many if not all of these sessions can foster some real dialogue between musicologists and scholars in other areas, so we encourage specialists in fields other than Music to submit proposals. Please keep in mind as well that we intend these session titles mostly as "hooks" on which a multitude of proposals can be placed rather than limitations, so send us your best work (as the editors of JAMS are fond of saying), even if it doesn't precisely seem to fit one of these topics--we may be able to make it work anyway, and we'll try to find a place for as many good proposals as we can.

Abstracts should be sent by 13 September to Cathy Ann Elias, program committee chair, at the address below. Electronic submissions are welcome. Please write in the subject part of the e-mail the following: KZOO 2010 (Please send submissions to musicology.kzoo at gmail.com)

You'll also need to complete and submit the “Participant Information Form” from the conference website, available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html. This is very important, not only because it is your only chance to make A-V requests, but because it is required by the Medieval Institute. Please note that the form appears at the bottom of the page. Be aware that this is a PDF document; if you don't have Adobe Acrobat (the writer, not just the reader) on your computer, you cannot save a completed form, so you'll have to print it and send it via snail-mail or fax.

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Ann Elias. We look forward to seeing you in Kalamazoo next May.

Cathy Ann Elias

5429 S. Hyde Park Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60615

Phone: 773-955-0558

cathy.elias at gmail.com

Cathy Ann Elias (DePaul University)

Julia Wingo Shinnick (University of Louisville)

Mary Wolinski (Western Kentucky University)

Job Posting: Deputy Keeper - Musical Instrument Collection - (Horniman Museum)

JOB POSTING: DEPUTY KEEPER - MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTION
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
PART TIME POST - 2 DAYS PER WEEK
DEADLINE: 10 JUNE 2009
Salary £31, 957 pro rata

The Horniman Museum is a registered charity funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collections encompass and illustrate the world we live in, and are reflected in the Museum's subject specialisms: Anthropology, Musical Instruments and Natural History. Since its foundation in 1901, the Museum has collected and documented instruments from across the world through fieldwork. It is also noted for its fine historical collections which are particularly
rich in material from Britain and continental Europe. Its musical instrument collection now numbers over 7,500 examples and has been awarded designated status.

We are looking for a part time curator with expert knowledge in a specific collecting area, and a willingness to broaden their knowledge of the field. This post offers an excellent opportunity for a person with a degree, and either a postgraduate qualification or extensive experience in a music related area. At least two year's experience of curatorial or other relevant work is required.

The person appointed will be responsible for developing and documenting areas of the collection interpreting the collection through exhibitions, publications and presentations, developing links
with external academic institutions and representing the Horniman with national/international bodies.

If you would like to obtain a Job Description and Application Form, then please visit our web site at: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/more/vacancies.php

The closing date for completed applications is: Wednesday 10th June 2009.

The Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 802725

Job Posting: Curatorial Assistant and Research Assistant Positions (Phoenix)

JOB POSTINGS: CURATORIAL ASSISTANT AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) of Phoenix, Arizona is seeking a Curatorial Assistant for a full-time position providing clerical and research support for the Curatorial team.

Requirements include a minimum master’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in music or a music-related field. Prior work in professional and office environments. Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and other computer programs, including Microsoft Office suite and databases. Experience working with photo files and other media. Experience with online searching and research. Museum or library experience is desirable. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Job duties are to include assisting the curatorial team with clerical and research tasks related to: acquisitions and loans, collections records, research for exhibitions and publications, and general curatorial inquiries.

MIM is also seeking a Curatorial Research Assistant to do research related to music history, iconography, terminology, performance practice, organology and the cultural and social significance of musical instruments and traditions. The Research Assistant will also support communication between the Curatorial Department and other departments including Registration, Conservation, Exhibits and Multimedia.

Other information:

Both positions report to the Head of the Curatorial Team. As the museum evolves, some of the duties of this position may change. These are 1-year contract positions located in Phoenix, AZ. No relocation is provided.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and will be accepted until the position is filled. More information regarding MIM is available on the website at www.themim.org.

Qualified candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume or CV, and three professional references to:

Human Resources – Curatorial Assistant or Research Assistant

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) 

8550 S. Priest Drive

Tempe, AZ 85284