The next International Symposium on Performance Science will be hosted by the University of Toronto on 24-27 August 2011.
The ISPS 2011 theme, Models of Performance, is intended to encourage discussion and debate on issues ranging from ‘models’ of good practice (e.g. research into inspirational performers, teachers, or learners) to scientific ‘models’ of performance processes and products. Specific research topics, fields of study, and methodological approaches have been left open intentionally to encourage interdisciplinary exchange.
Submissions detailing original research are invited from across the performing arts, as well as the natural, social, and applied sciences. Those whose primary interests lie outside of the arts, but whose work nonetheless offers implications for the performing arts and/or for performing artists, are also encouraged to submit proposals.
KEY DATES
1 December 2010: Paper/poster abstract submission deadline
1 February 2011: Notification of submission decision
1 March 2011: End of early registration
15 April 2011: Deadline for papers for the ISPS proceedings
24 August 2011: Start of ISPS 2011
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are invited for
- Spoken papers
- Poster presentations
- Symposia and workshops
Detailed instructions for submissions are available via the conference website: www.performancescience.org. Submissions should be made electronically to cps@rcm.ac.uk by 1 December 2010.
GRADUATE AWARD
The Scientific Committee is keen to encourage the attendance of students, as well as established researchers and practitioners. Therefore, the ISPS 2011 Graduate Award will be offered to one graduate student to present a keynote paper at the conference.
REVIEW PROCESS
Each submission will be reviewed anonymously by the Scientific Committee according to its originality, importance, clarity, and interdisciplinarity. Corresponding authors will be notified by email of the Committee’s decision by 1 February 2011.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATION
Accepted paper, poster, and symposium/workshop submissions will be published as 6-page papers in the Proceedings of ISPS 2011 (complete with ISBN), available in hardcopy at the conference and subsequently downloadable via the conference website. Details of the procedure and format for submitting published papers will be provided when authors receive notification of acceptance. Final papers for publication will be due on 15 April 2011.
REGISTRATION
Full and one-day registration options are available. Members of the following affiliated societies are eligible for a registration discount:
- European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS)
- International Society for Music Education (ISME)
- Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA)
- Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC)
Online registration will open on 1 December 2010.
For further information about the venue, submissions, graduate award, and registration, visit the conference website: www.performancescience.org.
The official language of the conference is English.
(I attended and presented at ISPS 2009 in Auckland and can highly recommend the event. C.Aggett)
The Sydney Chapter of the MSA will be holding its Annual Student Symposium on Friday October 1 at the University of Western Sydney. The Symposium is open to all students and will include a session of undergraduate and Honours papers. This year there will be two prizes awarded: best paper by an undergraduate or Honours student and best paper by a postgraduate student. A keynote entitled ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Music’ will be given by Associate Professor Hart Cohen (UWS).
Abstracts should be submitted by September 3 for postgraduate papers or by September 15 for Honours or undergraduate papers. Please email abstracts of approximately 250 words as an email attachment (Word document) to Daniel Bangert (Secretary) d.bangert@unsw.edu.au
ASPAH 4th Annual Conference and AGM, Melbourne, VIC
By · CommentsAustralian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare
4th Annual Conference and AGM
22nd – 24th October 2010
Melbourne, Victoria
Sponsored by VCAM
Presented at The University of Melbourne’s
Faculty of the VCA & Music, Southbank.
The conference and workshops will be of interest to teachers, performers and healthcare professionals with an interest in the performing arts as well as all students of dance, music, and theatre.
The conference will feature:
Friday 22nd: Pre-conference workshop for health professionals and conference opening ceremony and performance evening.
Saturday 23rd: Full day conference with academic paper presentations and ASPAH Annual General Meeting.
Sunday 24th: Morning and afternoon workshops.
FRIDAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP FOR HEALTH PROFESIONALS
Details forthcoming
FRIDAY OPENING CEREMONY AND PERFORMANCES
Details forthcoming
SATURDAY CONFERENCE
Papers (20 min duration) and posters are invited on topics concerning clinical and educational research and practices that address issues of injury management and prevention or holistic healthcare education for those in the performing arts, including instrumentalists, vocalists, actors, dancers, circus and physical theatre practitioners.
Please complete the accompanying abstract template for both papers and posters (indicate which) and email to the ASPAH Secretary, Dr Paul Duff, secretary@aspah.org.au by Friday 23rd July, 2010
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
Workshop proposals (1 hour 30 min – 2 hours duration) are invited concerning clinical and educational practices that address issues of injury, prevention and holistic healthcare education for those in the performing arts, including instrumentalists, vocalists, actors, dancers, circus and physical theatre practitioners.
Please forward an abstract (250 words) of your proposal, as well as any space or equipment requirements. In addition, a brief biography must be attached outlining qualifications and past experience in relation to the workshop topic (50 – 100 words) to the ASPAH Secretary, Dr Paul Duff, secretary@aspah.org.au by Friday 23rd July, 2010
August 23-27, 2010
University of Washington
School of Music
Seattle, WA
The International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition is an interdisciplinary conference devoted to the dissemination of new, unpublished research relating to the field of music perception and cognition.
The conference is relevant for university and industry researchers and graduate students working in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, music theory and composition, psychophysics, music performance, music education, music therapy and music medicine, neurophysiology, ethnomusicology, developmental psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer technology, and other related fields of inquiry.
The 11th biennial meeting of the conference will be held in Seattle, Washington on the campus of the University of Washington.
Submission deadline: 31st March.
Summer School starts: 11th Aug
An opportunity is open to students who have just finished their master’s degree studies and have started or are planning to start a doctoral programme in music research:
General Description
The International Summer School in Systematic Musicology (ISSSM2010) will take place in Jyväskylä, starting on the 11th of August, 2010. The theme of the Summer School is ‘Beauty in Music – Musical Aesthetics Revisited’ and it focuses on the most advanced and up-to-date topics of musicology through an interactive and cooperative learning approach. Topics include empirical methodology, musical aesthetics, contextual and cultural issues in music research, music information retrieval, music
and interactive media, music and emotion, embodied music cognition, as well as gesture research and interactive media.
The scientific program consists of lectures and workshops, new experiments, and student poster presentations. Students will have the opportunity to participate in all stages of empirical research, learn about the most advanced and current topics and methods in the field of systematic musicology, and discuss their research proposals/project with an international body of teachers.
Applications
A maximum of 30 students will be admitted to the course. The main target audience are students in musicology, but students of music research from other fields (computer science, psychology, information science, mathematics, physics, etc.) are also encouraged to attend. Direct beneficiaries are students who have just finished their master’s degree studies and have started / are planning to start a doctoral programme in music research. Teachers of the course will evaluate all applications.
Applications should include the following documents in pdf format:
Curriculum vitae (CV), max. 1 page, in English
Certified copy of academic degree
Summary of the (PhD) research proposal, max. 2 pages
Application deadline is 31st of March, 2010. Applications are to be
sent via e-mail to the Summer School Assistant:
kaisa.m.johansson@jyu.fi
Notification of acceptance will be given by the 21st of May, 2010.
More Information
https://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/musiikki/en/summerschool
Summer School Assistant Kaisa Johansson
e-mail: kaisa.m.johansson@jyu.fi
mobile: +358 40 247426
UNESCO Observatory E-Journal – Volume 1 Issue 6
By · CommentsUNESCO Observatory, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning,
The University of Melbourne
Call for Papers – Singing: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a natural human expressive outlet
Submission deadline: 1st March 2010
Guest Editor: Larry O’Farrell
This issue will focus on the origins and implications of singing, a natural, human expressive outlet. Linked to social, cultural, and biological development, singing draws on many disciplines and submits to many forms of analysis and specific explorations. Submissions are invited reflecting multidisciplinary knowledge about singing from the perspectives of psychology, music, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, education, and other disciplines. Submissions may relate to one of the three themes around which the issue will, provisionally, be organized although other perspectives are welcome.
Theme 1: Development of Singing
- Acquisition of Singing – Determining universal, culture specific and idiosyncratic aspects of the development of singing.
- Singing and Speaking Comparisons – Defining the features that distinguish singing and speech acquisition.
Theme 2: Education
- Teaching Singing and Education through Singing Assessing and improving instructional methods for teaching singing and learning songs, and by using singing to teaching and learn the curricula of other disciplines.
Theme 3: Singing and Well-being
- Cultural Understanding through singing – examining the role of teaching songs of foreign cultures to children to promote lifelong cultural understanding of others and themselves.
- Intergenerational Singing – Determining how singing increases individual physical and psychological well-being and community well- being, with a special focus on intergenerational singing where elder members of a society teach children songs of their culture.
- Singing and Health: Specific health benefits of singing as in breathing exercise compliance in lung disease through singing.
Text: Annabel J. Cohen Ph.D., AIRS Project Director, University of Prince Edward Island. Used with permission.
For guidelines for contributors please visit the website: www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/unesco/ejournal/.
Please submit articles directly to the Guest Editor.