The 4th International Conference for Research in Music Education April 5-9, 2005, School of Education, University of Exeter Call for Papers - Deadline October 31 2004 The aim of the conference is to gather together researchers, teachers and practitioners to share and discuss their research which is concerned with all aspects of teaching and learning in music: musical development, perception and understanding, creativity, learning styles, pedagogy, curriculum design, informal settings, music for special needs, technologies, instrumental teaching, teacher education, gender and culture. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr Margaret Barrett - University of Tasmania, Australia Professor Wayne Bowman - Brandon University, Canada Dr Liora Bresler - University of Illinois, USA Dr Goran Folkestad- University of Lund Professor Tia de Nora - University of Exeter Professor Nigel Osborne- University of Edinburgh Professor Graham Welch - Institute of Education, London University, UK Call for Papers - Deadline October 31 2004 * Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted with an indication of the mode of presentation i.e. paper presentation, poster, symposium. * Paper presentations should be 20 minutes in length to be followed by 10 minutes chaired discussion time. * Practical workshops linking research to practice are especially welcome. * If you are interested in organising a symposium please contact the conference director before submitting an abstract. * Criteria for acceptance will include: original, well-conducted and reported research; relevance to international audience and the field of music education; command of English (it may be possible to provide some support for this). * A short curriculum vitae should be attached. On successful acceptance of abstracts, authors will be invited to submit an extended summary of 1,000 words, which will be published in the conference proceedings on CDROM. Papers to be considered for publication in the journal will be subject to anonymous review by two referees. Papers should be between 5,000-6,000 words and conform to normal submission requirements. (see www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/cmueauth.asp) Journal submissions can be made prior to or at the conference. All submissions should be made electronically in RTF as an attachment, or on disk, to Sarah Hennessy at the School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK. EMail: [log in to unmask]