FINAL CALL: Performance Studies Network Conference 2018, 5-8 July 2018, at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway.
The Call for Papers is open.
Deadline: 15:00 Central European Time (CET) on Monday 30 October 2017.
Full details on the Conference website: psn2018.org
Proposal Submission is via the website.
Proposals are invited for individual papers, research reports and special sessions on any subject in the field of musical performance studies, addressing as wide a variety of topics and methodologies as possible, including (but not limited to):
• Creative processes in performance: composed/improvised/memorised traditions
• Perspectives on performance: from composers/performers/listeners and including historical, analytical, psychological, pedagogical and philosophical viewpoints
• Modes of performance: Notated/recorded/live music including embodied and gestural approaches, the role of technology in experimentation, auditory streaming, visual music, multimedia, social media, intertextuality and intermediality
• Contexts for performance: performer/audience relationships, community music, music and familiarity, people and places
Proposals addressing any of these strands are welcome, but the committee will also consider submissions on any aspect of performance studies in music.
In addition, the committee invites proposals that harmonise with the following special theme:
• ‘Lebensmelodien’: A developmental project and performance presentation devoted to novel approaches to Schubert Lieder will be carried out over the course of the Conference.
Keynote performances by the pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, the improviser Ivar Grydeland, and the contemporary music ensemble, asamisimasa.
Deadline: Proposals should be submitted via the submission form on the conference website by 15:00 Central European Time (CET) on Monday 30 October 2017. Late proposals will not be accepted.
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