CFP: Teaching Music History Day 2009 (Edinboro Univ, PA)

TEACHING MUSIC HISTORY DAY 2009:

CRITICAL QUESTIONS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

12 SEPTEMBER 2009, 8.00 - 17.00

www.edinboro.edu/departments/music/ams-tmh-day-2009.dot

The Pedagogy Study Group of the American Musicological Society, the Midwest Chapter of the AMS, and Edinboro University announce the sixth Teaching Music History Day, to be held Saturday, September 12, 2009. Teaching Music History Day is a forum for exchanging ideas on effective teaching, and is open to all who have an interest in teaching music history. We extend a special invitation to those whose primary discipline lies outside of musicology who teach music history, music appreciation, or related courses.

Call for Presentations

As the universe of what might be included in a music history course continues to expand, so does the challenge of charting a student’s exploration of that universe. What constitutes a representative sample of our musical world, if that is even possible? Should we neglect one quadrant in favor of another? For example, what should music students know about popular music idioms and their interface with other music? Does it make sense to scale back coverage of some of the canonic periods to make more time for popular music, new music, “world” music, or other areas? Most importantly, what are the goals and objectives of teaching music history that should determine such decisions? Similarly, the rise of new media and online pedagogical tools constitute new maps and new vehicles for exploration. With their focus on the Western canon, are music history textbooks the most relevant and effective tools? How can teachers employ blogs, wikis, and other Web 2.0 applications to help students create their own map of the musical universe?

The program committee (Matt Baumer, Daniel Burdick, Mary Paquette-Abt, Colin Roust, and Pamela Starr) welcomes papers, presentations, or teaching demonstrations that focus on these critical questions or new technologies. Please submit a brief 250-word abstract in the body of an email to mbaumer at iup.edu describing the question you wish to address and the mode of presentation. The deadline for submissions is July 24, 2009. Accepted proposers will be notified no later than August 15.

PhD Studentships: Music Related Research (Open University)

INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN MUSIC

OPEN UNIVERSITY (MILTON KEYNES)

DEADLINE: 21 JULY 2009

The Open University offers up to two full-time, 3 year PhD studentships (to start 1 October 2009)

Music-related research at the OU encompasses a wide range of approaches (including historical, social, empirical and technological methods) with a distinctive emphasis on innovation and interdisciplinary research. We welcome applications for PhD studentships in any of our areas of strength, which include

* Social and cultural theory and analysis (including ethnomusicology,sociology, social psychology, human geography)

* Historical study (including documentary and archival research)

* Empirical investigation of performance

* Music computing (including Music Computing and Pervasive Interaction; the design and evaluation of new tools for performance, composition, analysis &education)

* Musical acoustics

* Music education and pedagogy

Projects which will benefit from supervision across traditional disciplinary boundaries (e.g. ethnomusicology and psychology, acoustics and historical musicology, or music computing or sociology) are particularly encouraged. Also encouraged are proposals with links to one of our existing research groups or collaborative projects (for details of these, and of our research facilities, go to the web address below).

Potential candidates are urged to make contact as soon as possible, in order to discuss and develop a project with support from potential supervisors prior to submission. Informal enquiries are encouraged to Prof. Martin Clayton, Director of Music Research (m.r.l.clayton@open.ac.uk)

For detailed information and to apply email s.a.parsons@open.ac.uk or telephone 01908 653280.

Further details of music-related research at the OU can be found at http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/music/research/

Closing date: 21 July 2009

Equal Opportunity is University Policy

CFP: Puerto Rico Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (Puerto Rico)

PUERTO RICO CONFERENCE ON MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PUERTO RICO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
7 - 9 AUGUST 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Panel: "Disciplining Entrepreneurship in Music Higher Education"

America's music schools are adopting entrepreneurship education at a steady rate. However, the lack of an accepted definition or conception of "entrepreneurship" has spawned a diverse range of curricular structuring. Concurrently, a lack of scholarship concerning these efforts has buttressed perceptions of "entrepreneurship education in music" as "business education for music students."

With new and progressive literature on entrepreneurship emerging from the economic, cognitive and social sciences, many Music Entrepreneurship programs (and students) have yet to reap the rewards of this scholarship. As this field emerges, developing a solid intellectual foundation is critical to the success and sustainability of these efforts.

The Puerto Rico Conference on Music Entrepreneurship invites papers that address Entrepreneurship education in American music training. We are particularly interested in papers that explore:

1. Theoretical or philosophical structuring
2. Curricular and program design
3. New approaches to pedagogy
4. Interdisciplinary connections
5. Conceptualizations of "Entrepreneurship" in the context of Music training
6. Continuities and discontinuities of entrepreneurship education in business and arts
curricula

Please send a 250 word abstract by email to Kevin Woelfel, PRCOME Director of Academic Programs: . Deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2009. Papers will be limited to 10 minutes (approximately) 8 pages, double spaced. Inquiries concerning submissions are encouraged. Conference registration within one week of acceptance notification is required for full paper acceptance.

The Puerto Rico Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (PRCOME) explores exciting career tracks beyond the traditional job pathways. Workshops, lectures and instruction will help you envision and forge a career as a music entrepreneur. The three-day conference offers sessions specifically tailored for performers, college faculty and administration, and music industry professionals.

This year's keynote speaker will be Blair Tindall, author of the controversial memoir, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, and a second keynote speaker TBA.

This international conference is located at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, the national music conservatory of Puerto Rico. It is located in a stunning brand-new facility in Miramar, near Old San Juan, overlooking the ocean and adjacent to the resort area, providing the perfect backdrop for the weekend conference. The Conservatory was created by Law 35 on June 12, 1959 under the artistic leadership of the illustrious Spanish cellist Pablo Casals.

PRCOME - COME to Puerto Rico! Join us for this thought provoking conference and learn how to envision and establish your own career while earning a living doing what you love - music.

Full details: http://www.prcome.org/

CFP: Music History Pedagogy (New Journal)

MUSIC HISTORY PEDAGOGY

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scholarly contributions are invited for a proposed journal focusing on the pedagogy of music history. Possible topics might include (but are not limited to): teaching philosophy, pedagogical theory, study approaches to specific works or topics, the development of specific courses (undergraduate, graduate, or general studies), and reviews of textbooks, teaching ancillaries, and other pedagogical materials. Selected essays will be collected as the inaugural volume of the journal, tentatively titled The Journal of Music History Pedagogy, to be submitted to potential publishers in the Spring of 2010. The first edition of the journal is projected to be published by Fall 2010.

DEADLINE
Review of submitted articles will begin on October 1, 2009.

FORMAT AND STYLE GUIDE
Please provide a cover letter with your name and the article’s title in addition to an anonymous copy of the paper with only the title. The journal will use The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003) as its style guide.

SUBMISSION
Electronic submission preferred to: balensue at depauw.edu

Printed submissions to:
Dr. Matthew Balensuela
DePauw University School of Music
Green Center for the Performing Arts #1105
605 South College Ave
Greencastle IN 46135

Editorial Board of the proposed journal currently includes:
Dr. Matthew Balensuela, DePauw University
Dr. José Antonio Bowen, Southern Methodist University
Dr. James Briscoe, Butler University
Dr. Jessie Fillerup, University of Mary Washington
Dr. Carol Hess, Michigan State University
Ms. Constance Meyer, University of Maryland
Dr. Mary Natvig, Bowling Green State University
Dr. Patrick Warfield, Georgetown University

CFP: 2009 Biennial Euro-Mediterranean Music Conference

2009 BIENNIAL EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MUSIC CONFERENCE
18-20 SEPTEMBER 2009
UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA, CYPRUS
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Cyprus Music Institute is pleased to announce this Call for Papers for its inaugural 2009 Biennial Euro-Mediterranean music conference. While many Mediterranean countries have active and well-established traditions of music scholarship, as yet there has been no attempt to bring scholars from across the Mediterranean region together under the auspices of a single conference. By providing a venue for intellectual exchange between academicians across the region, as well as scholars from any area whose research relates to Mediterranean musical traditions, the conference is intended to establish a forum that will engender a sense of shared academic community, facilitate the creation of personal and institutional networks, and generally promote intercultural exchange and peaceful dialogue.

Since the purpose of the conference is to bring together the whole range of music scholars from Mediterranean countries, as well as any scholars with an interest in the region’s musical traditions, it will not limit topics to any particular theme. However, all proposals should fall under at least one of the following thematic categories:
Musicology, broadly understood to encompass historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis, sociology of music, and musical aesthetics.

Music Education, broadly understood to encompass research in applied classroom teaching, instrumental and vocal pedagogy, and the philosophy and sociology of music education.

Mediterranean Music, understood to encompass any category of research relating to any Mediterranean music culture, past or present. Proposals addressing intercultural and region themes will be regarded especially favorably.

PROPOSALS:
Proposals of no more than 400 words should be sent as Microsoft Word attachments to Kenneth Smith, chair of the organizing committee: smith.k at unic.ac.cy

Presentations may take any of the following formats:

--20-minute papers
--Sessions of 3 thematically related 20-minute papers
--90-minute workshops

All proposals should include the name, affiliation, and contact information of the presenter(s). All personal information will be suppressed in the version distributed to the scientific committee.

Deadline: 10 April 2009. Applicants will receive a response no later than 30 May.