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With apologies in advance for cross-posting… The second Oxford Conducting Institute International Conducting Studies Conference will take place from 21-23 June 2018 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. Please see below for the call for papers. The submission deadline is: 13 November 2017. OXFORD CONDUCTING INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING STUDIES CONFERENCE 2018 21-23 June, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford CALL FOR PAPERS Vocal and instrumental conductors and conducting are at the core of a multitude of musical endeavours across the globe, shaping musical practices and experiences in substantial ways. Scholars and practitioners have explored, and continue to explore, historical, philosophical, social and psychological aspects of conducting across a wide range of practices, and OCIICSC aims to bring together these diverse perspectives. OCIICSC 2018, following on from an extremely successful inaugural conference in 2016, is the second of what is hoped to be a bi-annual conference series that will develop and maintain an international network of conducting scholars. The conference will be held at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford from the 21st-23rd June 2018. Guest speakers are still being confirmed. Papers are encouraged from any discipline, including, but not limited to: musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and sociology as well as from practitioners. Some presentations from OCICSC 2016 and 2018 may be selected for publication in a special issue of Music Performance Research. The theme for OCIICSC 2018 is: The rehearsal process: historical and contemporary perspectives However, all topics are welcome and researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for individual papers (20min+ 10min for questions), as well as themed and panel sessions (90min including discussion) on the following and other topics related to conducting: - Critical approaches to pedagogy and mentorship - Leadership, power and authority - Verbal and non-verbal communication - Critical views on repertoire and programming - Enterprise, responsibility and accountability - The rehearsal and performance process - Students, amateurs and professionals - Historical views - Gender - Race - Aesthetics of conducting - Health and wellbeing - Views from the podium - Movement and gesture Please submit the following information as an email attachment to Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>: · Name, institution (if applicable), email address and A/V requirements · Individual papers: 200-word abstract and a 200-word biography · Themed and panel sessions: one 400-word abstract to include descriptions of the contributions of all speakers and 200-word biographies for each speaker Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Monday, 13 November 2017 by midnight GMT. Late proposals will not be accepted. Notification of acceptance will be sent by early December 2017. This conference is presented by the OXFORD CONDUCTING INSTITUTE in partnership with ST ANNE’S COLLEGE and the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FACULTY OF MUSIC. Organizing committee: Dr John Traill (University of Oxford), Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey (University of Oxford), Professor Fiona M. Palmer (Maynooth University) and Chris Kim (Director of Orchestras, Cornell University). Website: https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/ociconducting-studies-conference