Category Archives: Studying popular music

XX Biennial IASPM Conference Registration open

Posted on by

Dear fellow IASPMites

On behalf of the Executive Committee and the Local Organising Committee, it is my pleasure to let you know that you can now register your forthcoming participation in the XX Biennial IASPM Conference at iaspm2019.com – accepted presenters should also receive a separate notification of this.

Please note that the early bird rate AUD 330 expires on 31 March, after which the fee is AUD 385. For students, unwaged and retired the rate is AUD 302,50 until the conference. On the website you will also find information regarding travels, accommodation, keynotes and the city of Canberra. In conference matters, please direct your queries to iaspmxx2019@gmail.com.

With best wishes,
Antti-Ville Kärjä
EC Member-at-Large, IASPM 2019 Conference Liaison

PhD course “Music Technology and Production”

Posted on by

PhD course “Music Technology and Production”, KF 612
University of Agder, Kristiansand/Norway
Faculty of Fine Arts, Institute of Popular Music
January – April 2019

The University of Agder invites applications for the PhD course “Music Technology and Production”. It will take place on 29 January, 12 and 26 February, 12 March and 9 April 2019. The course consists of lectures, workshops and seminars on specific problems of production and technology in the field of popular music and world music. The topics include: “Jan Bang: Lighthouse Serenade: Professor Bang wonders on creativity and discusses composing/production methods, playing examples from different recordings and from his own catalogue”, “Contemporary Music Production: A Review of Practices in Modern Music Creation”, “Analogue Synthesis: The Development and Design of Analog Synthesizers and Other Voltage-controlled Instruments Set in a Historical and Technological Perspective”. Lecturers: Prof. Jan Bang, Prof. Geir Holmsen, Jon Marius Aareskjold, Prof. Bjørn-Ole Rasch, Prof. Tor Dybo, Prof. Michael Rauhut. The course is free of charge and corresponds to 10 ECTS Credit Points. Please send your applications and inquiries to: michael.rauhut@uia.no
Continue reading →

Call for Articles: Popular Music Education in Wales (The Journal of Popular Music Education)

Posted on by

Call for Papers: Popular Music Education in Wales

As noted by the likes of Hobsbawm and Ranger (1992), Ellis (2000), Hill (2007) and Carr (2010), Wales has a unique landscape culturally, politically, linguistically and of course musically. Like other Small Nations, the country, which was devolved in 1998, has a distinct set of challenges in order to ensure it exploits the full potential of Creative Industries such as music. In terms of popular music education, this broader landscape is/has been informed via initiatives funded by Welsh Government (The Welsh Music Foundation), the Arts Council (Forté, the Music Industry Development Fund, Horizons 12, Community Music Wales), Wales Arts International (the International Development Fund) and local councils. Cardiff Council for example are working with Sound Diplomacy, who are developing a strategy to make Cardiff the UKs first ‘Music City’, while Rhonnda Cynon Taff co-fund the Forté project. All of these initiatives, some of which are co -funded by the likes of the PRS Foundation, The British Council and the BBC, are intended at least in part to ‘educate’ stakeholders within the Welsh Music Industry, from grass roots to international engagement.
Continue reading →

Call for Chapters: Perspectives on Music Production – Exploiting Music – Routledge

Posted on by

Call for Chapters

Perspectives on Music Production – Exploiting Music – Routledge
Deadline for proposals: 26 April 2019

In the spirit of the Perspectives On Music Production series, Exploiting Music will follow on from Mixing Music (2017), Producing Music (early 2019), Gender In Music Production (2020) and several monographs in the field.

Continue reading →

Call for Chapters: Perspectives on Music Production – Mastering in Music – Routledge

Posted on by

Call for Chapters

Perspectives on Music Production – Mastering in Music – Routledge
Extended Deadline for proposals: 5th January 2019

In the spirit of the Perspectives On Music Production series, Mastering in Music follows on from Mixing Music (2017), Producing Music (early 2019) and several monographs in the field – to be announced.

Continue reading →

cfp: Sound, Silence, Image and Technology

Posted on by

Call for Papers

We are proud to announce the 3nd International Conference on Sound, Silence, Image and Technology, to be held in Mataró (Barcelona) the next 3,4,5 of july 2019.
In collaboration with “La Creación musical en la Banda Sonora” (Musical Creation in the Soundtrack) the call has the aim to reflect about the role of music and sound in the audiovisual media. With an open and markedly multidisciplinary approach, the philosophy of this meeting is to encourage the confluence of points of view of theoretical paradigms and analytical models.

Continue reading →

cfp: Putting it all into practice: Performance as a research methodology

Posted on by

Putting it all into practice: Performance as a research methodology
Co-Convenors: Laurie Stras and Dana Marsh

Participants are warmly invited for this seminar scheduled for AMS Boston 2019. Proposals for papers that consider the topic as outlined below should be submitted via the proposal submission form, available at the AMS website after 15 December 2018. (Deadline: 15 January 2019). See the Seminar FAQ for more information: https://www.amsmusicology.org/page/BostonSeminarFAQ

Continue reading →

IASPM Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2018)

Posted on by

IASPM Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2018): Open Issue

You can find this issue here:
http://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/issue/view/66

Editor: Koos Zwaan
Assistant Editor: Raquel Campos
Additional Editors: Tim J Anderson, Sarah Raine
Review Editor: Sarah Raine
Layout Editor: Raquel Campos

Articles from: Emília Barna & Ádám Ignácz and Jan-Peter Herbst & Tim Albrecht
Reviews from: Paul Long, Caroline Kennedy, Iain Taylor, Karlyn King and Eveleigh Buck-Matthews

cfp: Columbia Music Scholarship Conference

Posted on by

CFP: Columbia Music Scholarship Conference, Columbia University March 2019
Topic: Sound in Struggle: Audible Resistances

Deadline for Abstracts: January 21, 2019

Date: Saturday, March 30, 2018
Location: Columbia University in the City of New York

The annual Columbia Music Scholarship Conference [CMSC] will be held at Columbia University in the City of New York on Saturday, March 30, 2019. We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker will be Alex E. Chávez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.

Continue reading →