Dear Sir
I wondered if you could announce the following call for contributions to
your members:-
Conference Title: Vocal Sound and Style 1450-1650
Call for Contributions, deadline 14 April 2018
Date: 20-21 October 2018
Website:- http://bremf-nema-conference-20185.webnode.com/
Location: Brighton, immediately before the Brighton Early Music Festival
Description: This is the first of a series of three conferences. It will
focus within the early modern period from roughly 1450-1650 which saw the
performance of polyphony in both secular and sacred contexts, the increasing
demands made of singers in the expression of text, the rise of solo song,
recitative and opera, and the consequent development of new vocal techniques
and ornamentation. Treatises and accounts appeared specifically addressing
vocal style, colour and technique. The conference will be designed, not as a
talk-fest for academics, but to appeal to the widest possible public, with
workshops attracting solo and choral singers, students and the general
musical public, as well as academics. It is expected that the conference
will attract heads of institutions' vocal studies as well as private singing
teachers. Proposals are invited for papers, workshops, lecture recitals and
themed sessions such as round table discussions, of interest to amateur
singers and instrumentalists, as well as professionals.
Submission Information: Send a proposal of no more than 500 words as an
email attachment to BREMF Artistic Director Deborah Roberts (deborah -at-
bremf.org.uk), with copies to Festival Producer Cathy Boyes, BREMF (cathy
-at- bremf.org.uk, telephone 01420 86267) and NEMA secretary Richard Bethell
(richardbethell -at- btinternet.com, telephone 01293 783195 ). Include in
the body of the email the author's name, paper title, institutional
affiliation or city of residence, technical requirements, contact details
including phone number(s) and e-mail address, plus a short biographical note
of up to 100 words on the speaker. Indicate whether the proposal is for a
paper, lecture recital, workshop or other group event. Submissions will be
acknowledged by email only.
Regards, Richard Bethell (Secretary, National Early Music Association)
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