ONE MONTH UNTIL THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:



SIMM-POSIUM: 2nd Research Symposium on Social Impact of Making Music

(SIMM) 2017



Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, 8-9 July, 2017



Closing date for proposals and expressions of interest: 15 February, 2017

http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/research/whats_on/simm_posium_2017/



This symposium will bring together researchers, practitioners interested

in research, and policymakers concerned with social welfare, to build and

strengthen a network of professionals wishing to deepen rigorous and

evidence-based understanding of how active participatory music making may

be used to bring measurable social benefits to groups of individuals in

diverse situations.



This network is one strand of activity of the newly formed International

Centre for Social Impact of Making Music <http://www.musicfund.eu/simm/>,

directed from the University of Ghent, Belgium, but intended to involve

institutional partners in various countries, which will support a

programme of collaborative research training and development under the

guidance of international experts in the field.



In order to preserve a lively and fully participatory dialogue, the number

of participants will be restricted to 60, based on written expressions of

interest. There will be provision in the programme for up to 30 brief

(10-15 minute) presentations of research or research-related work in

progress (or critical reflections on research), which will be curated into

thematic panels of four to five presentations followed by a plenary

discussion.



Presentations on any aspect of making music¹s social impact will be

welcome, but we hope to include sessions on the following topics:



* Making music in the complex social ecology of the metropolis:

opportunities and challenges for London and other mega-cities

* Experiences from the global south: impact of context and culture

* The role of conservatoires and other higher education institutions in

delivering social impact of making music



A keynote address will be given by Samuel Araujo, Ethnomusicology

Laboratory, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro.



The programme will be overseen by a scientific committee whose members are:



Geoffrey Baker, Royal Holloway / Institute of Musical Research

Susan Hallam, UCL Institute of Education

Jennie Henley, Royal College of Music

Francois Matarasso, Writer and Researcher

Lukas Pairon, SIMM Centre, University of Gent

John Sloboda, Guildhall School of Music & Drama



Registration



Registration fee for the entire event (excluding meals but including tea

and coffee) will be ￡50.



Call for participants



Expressions of interest should be sent by email to John Sloboda

<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ([log in to unmask]) as early as

possible, but no later than 15 February, 2017. This should include name,

institutional affiliation, current professional role(s) and a 250 word

statement of relevant professional experience and background (why you wish

to attend this symposium).



Those wishing to make a presentation should additionally include a title

and a 200 word abstract. Participants experiencing financial hardship may

be eligible for a limited number of SEMPRE bursaries to cover travel and

accommodation expenses, and should indicate their interest in such support

along with their expression of interest.



Successful applicants will be notified no later than 30 March, 2017, and

will then be invited to register and pay the symposium fee.