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Registration is open for the Fourth Performance Studies Network International Conference, 14-17 July 2016 Bath Spa University Newton Park, Bath, UK, BA2 9BN To register, please use the online sales system here. Early bird rates apply until 1April 2016. The aim of the conference is to debate theories, methodologies and practices of performance, and to engage with increasingly diverse, interdisciplinary developments in the field in order to encourage a more global perspective on performance studies. The conference programme is available here. Over one hundred speakers will present their work during the four-day conference, with sessions on such diverse topics as: - Creative experimentation - Networking technologies - Cultural identity - Folksong traditions - Analysis and performance - Historically-informed performance - Embodiment - Learning/pedagogy - Recording practices - Gestural meaning in performance - Electronic/electroacoustic music - Composer-performer collaborations - Cross-cultural/transdisciplinary collaborations - From score to performance - Performance philosophy - Conditions of performance - Virtuosity - Improvisation - Authorship and Agency - Concert programming The programme features keynote speakers: - Neil Heyde with the Kreutzer Quartet, Michael Finnissy and Laurie Bamon, on ‘Inventing an ensemble identity’. - Peter Wiegold with Notes Inégales and guest artists Hyelim Kim (Korean taegŭm flute) and Cheng Yu (Chinese pipa/Qu-chin), on ‘Leadership and ownership’. Both keynotes include concerts for conference delegates and there will be live performances during many of the conference sessions. Further information about the conference is available from the conference website: www.psn2016.org and from the conference director, Amanda Bayley ([log in to unmask]). Conference Programme Committee: Amanda Bayley (Chair), David Gorton, Roger Heaton, Laudan Nooshin, John Rink. Amanda Bayley Professor of Music Bath Spa University Newton Park, Bath, BA2 9BN www.amandabayley.co.uk | cmr.bathspa.ac.uk T: +44 (0)1225 876182 Visit: www.bathspa.ac.uk Join us on: Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn Think before you print Disclaimer If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions expressed in personal emails are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bath Spa University. Neither Bath Spa University nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan this email and any attachments for viruses.