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DMRN-06: DMRN Doctoral Research Conference 2006

Goldsmiths College, University of London
22 - 23 July 2006
http://www.dmrn.org/events/dmrn06/

Introduction

Following the success of last summer's event in Glasgow, the Digital  Music
Research Network is pleased to announce this years conference  aimed at
promoting the work of doctoral researchers in the field of  digital music.

This conference is organised by and primarily designed for those who  have
not yet gathered full results to support their theses, but whose  work is
nonetheless at a stage where it could prove interesting to  other
researchers. The conference proceedings will be documented,  providing an
excellent opportunity to secure a first publication.

Those that fit this description may not be subscribed to all of the  usual
lists, so please pass this call on to anyone likely to be  interested.


Call for Paper Abstracts

Submissions will initially take the form of an extended abstract of
between 500-750 words giving an overview of the intended content. In
addition to this, primary authors are asked to indicate their status  as
one of the following:

Young researcher (year of PhD study)
Research assistant (year PhD obtained)
Academic
Other (please specify)
Although paper acceptance will depend on relevance to the conference  and
academic merit, preference will be given to those submissions  where the
primary author is a doctoral researcher.

Authors will be invited to present their work either by oral  presentation
(20 minutes) or as a poster. The conference committee  will decide this
allocation; however, authors may specify a  preference when submitting
their abstract.

The DMRN Doctoral Researcher's Conference 2006 solicits contributions  from
the following topics:

Digital music content generation
Sound synthesis, virtual instruments
Audio analysis: machine recognition of music
Signal processing tools for music analysis
Music data structures and representations
Music notation, musicology
Psychoacoustics, perception, cognition of music and audio
Human computer interfacing for music and audio
Non-western musicology, analysis and performance
Aesthetic Attitudes in Compositional Practice
Abstracts should be emailed to [log in to unmask] no later than
Wednesday 31st May 2006. Authors will receive email confirmation of
whether their proposal has been successful by Friday 9th June 2006.

Authors will then be asked to submit a camera-ready version of their  paper
(in PDF format) by Friday 30th June 2006. Latex and Word  templates are
available on the website. Final PDF submissions should  not exceed 4 pages.
Guidelines on creating PDF files can be found on  the website.


Call for Pieces

The Digital Music Research Network invites the submission of musical
pieces to be performed in during the DMRN Summer Conference 2006.

The conference aims to promote pieces by young and professional  composers,
born or living in the United Kingdom, that use digital  technology in their
creative process. Pieces will be scheduled into  either the main conference
concert or a composition workshop. The  conference committee will decide
this allocation however composers  may specify a preference when submitting
their work.

Pieces selected for the main concert will be performed through an 8-
channel loudspeaker system in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths College.  In
contrast, the composition workshop will be a chaired session, and
composers will be expected to contribute to discussion regarding  their
work. All composers participating should attend the conference  and perform
their pieces themselves.

Submissions should take the following format and fulfil all  conditions in
order to be eligible:

Acousmatic pieces:
format: audio CD
duration: no less than 5 minutes and no longer than 15 minutes
provide a technical description of requirements for the performance
biography of the composer and program notes
The conference committee will consider multi-channel works;  submission
should be in stereo format with a description of technical  requirements
and map showing speaker configuration. Works involving a  performer will
also be considered although allocation is subject to  technical and
performance availability. Submission of this type  should take the
following format:

Mixed pieces:
works for soloist and electronics (tape + instrument or live- electronics)
pieces duration: more than 5 minutes and no longer than 15 minutes
recording of the piece and score
provide a detailed technical description of requirements for the
performance of the piece
biography of the composer and program notes
Deadlines

Wednesday 31st May 2006 - Deadline for submissions of pieces
Friday 9th June 2006 - Notification of acceptance of pieces

Submissions should be sent to:

Adam Stansbie
70A Fountain Road
Tooting
London
SW17 0HQ

Dates

Submissions of paper abstracts and pieces: 31 May 2006
Notification of acceptance (papers and pieces) :9 June 2006
Submission of camera ready full papers: 30 June 2006

Venue

The conference will be held at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

For further information, see http://www.dmrn.org/events/dmrn06/


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