CFP: Arvo Pärt and Contemporary Spirituality Conference (Boston University)

ARVO PÄRT AND CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
26 - 27 MARCH 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference website: http://www.bu.edu/apcsc/

To celebrate the 75th birthday of Arvo Pärt (born 11 September, 1935), Boston University is hosting a conference entitled ‘Arvo Pärt and Contemporary Spirituality’. Jointly promoted by the School of Theology and the School of Music, with cooperation from CAS/GRS and the Boston University Humanities Foundation, the conference will examine Pärt’s music using and developing cross-disciplinary methodologies drawing on media studies, theological studies and different analytical approaches to music. By working on issues of interpretation it endeavors to bridge the traditional gap between scholars and performers, and it directly addresses the largest group of people who come across Pärt’s music: the audience.

Abstracts of around 300 words are invited on any topic related to Pärt’s music. Papers will be 25 minutes long followed by a 10 minutes Q&A. Please send your abstract by 1 October 2009 to the conference administrator (details below). Please include your name, contact information and institutional affiliation (if any). Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Conference sessions will be grouped around themes which might include: Pärt’s life and works, analyzing and defining ‘tintinnabula’, Pärt and contemporary culture, Pärt and contemporary spirituality, Pärt and film music.

Timetable:
1 October 2009 Abstracts due
1 November 2009 Notification of successful abstracts
1 December 2009 Finalization of conference program
1 March 2010 Circulation of papers by attendees

Program Committee
Andrew Shenton, Chair (Boston University)
Sander van Maas (University of Amsterdam)
Robert Sholl (Thames Valley University, London)
Karen Westerfield Tucker (Boston University School of Theology)
Jeremy Yudkin (Boston University College of Fine Arts / College of Arts and Sciences)

Conference administrator (to whom all questions should be addressed and all abstracts sent): Holly Reed [reedhg at bu.edu]

Ph.D. Studentship in Musicology (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Ph.D. STUDENTSHIP IN MUSICOLOGY
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

The Musicology Research Unit of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven invites applications for a Ph.D. studentship as part of the project, “Music and Theology in Reformation Germany: The Case of Leonhard Päminger”. The position, which begins on 1 October 2009, is for four-years, full-time, and is fully funded (including a living wage). The successful candidate will be expected to complete a doctoral thesis on the music of Leonhard Päminger (1495-1567).

Project abstract:
“Music and Theology in Reformation Germany: The Case of Leonhard Päminger”

This project examines the relationship between music and theological doctrine during the most turbulent period in European religious history, the Reformation. The project focuses on the output of Leonhard Päminger (1495-1567), one of the period’s most fascinating figures for investigating this question. Päminger was not only an extremely prolific composer, but also a major poet and theologian who was directly caught up in the musical and theological debates of the Reformation. He spent much of his life in the Catholic city of Passau, where he held important positions at one of the city’s principal educational establishments, the school of St. Nikola, yet, despite this employment situation, he was himself a Lutheran and maintained direct links with major reformers, including Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, and Veit Dietrich. More than 700 of his works are currently known to survive. His compositional output and his broader historical context thus offer extraordinarily rich material for research into Renaissance music in general and into the music of the Lutheran Reformation in particular. The project will relate Päminger’s sacred music with the theological ideas that both he and his contemporaries expressed in writing.

Further information for applicants:
The applicant should hold, or be about to complete, a relevant Master’s degree. Knowledge of Dutch is not a pre-requisite.

Desirable (though not essential) qualities:
- experience in Renaissance music at Master’s level
- background knowledge of the history of the German Reformation
- knowledge of German and Latin

Applications should include:
- a letter of motivation
- a CV
- a work-sample (Master’s thesis or Master’s coursework)
- 2 letters of reference, under separate cover
The deadline for receipt of applications is 10 August. Applications should be addressed to:
Prof. dr. David Burn
Afdeling musicologie
Faculteit Letteren, Bus 3313
Blijde-Inkomststraat 21
3000-Leuven
Belgium
Applications may also be submitted electronically (as .pdf or word documents), to: david.burn [at] arts.kuleuven.be

For further information on the project, and for any other enquiries, please contact David Burn, at the above address.

CFP: Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship (Boston University)

FORUM ON MUSIC AND CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

26 - 27 FEBRUARY 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship seeks proposals for its upcoming annual meeting, which will take place at Boston University from February 26 to 27, 2010.

Papers on any topic pertaining to music and Christian scholarship are welcome. Likewise, we invite submissions representing a variety of approaches and perspectives: history, theory and analysis, philosophy and theology, ethnomusicology, critical theory, and the like. Papers will be 25 minutes long. Proposals for panels are also welcome. For more information about the FMCS and about previous conferences see the webpage: www.fmcs.us

Please send an approximately 300-word abstract which includes your name, affiliation, and contact information to the Chair of the Program Committee: Siegwart Reichwald (siegwart.reichwald at converse.edu)

Deadline: October 1, 2009

Forum on Music & Christian Scholarship (Upcoming conference, Notre Dame)

FORUM ON MUSIC & CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP
2009 ANNUAL MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND THEOLOGY
27 - 28 FEBRUARY 2009

The 2009 annual meeting of the Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship will be held in McKenna Hall (the Center for Continuing Education) at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The program features a keynote address by Peter Jeffery of Princeton University and a plenary session based on issues raised in Karol Berger’s book _Bach’s Cycle, Mozart’s Arrow_ (University of California Press, 2007), with a response by Prof. Berger. The ten paper sessions will address a broad range of topics.

Complete information, including:
* registration forms
* program information
* abstracts of papers (available later this month)
* accommodation information
* travel information
is available at the web site: www.fmcs.us/2009

For further information, please contact:

Timothy H. Steele
Associate Professor of Music
Calvin College
ths3 at calvin.edu
tel. 616-526-8523

For local arrangements, please contact: Mary E. Frandsen: frandsen.3 at nd.edu