Call for papers: Getting it right? New music/new technologies

Call for papers for Guildhall School of Music & Drama/LSO creative forum

Getting it right? New music/new technologies
Keynote Speaker: Professor George Lewis, Columbia University, New York
Convenor: Professor Julian Anderson

Submissions are invited for papers and proposals (including practical presentations, workshops, performances etc.) on the theme of New Music/New Technologies for a one day forum to be held at Milton Court Concert Hall on 20 March 2019 under the joint aegis of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Practical, theoretical and aesthetic issues will be examined, with a focus on the use of technology in new or recent creative work. The full diversity of musical work with technology is welcome, including notated or improvised music, site specific art and sound sculpture, and creative applications in concert hall and opera. We also encourage proposals exploring practice in communities, music being used as a tool for social mobility, cross arts projects looking at gender and sexuality, and work which engages with disabled groups.

We invite 250 word summaries for papers, practical presentations, practice-based demonstrations, performances or workshop activities, which are 15-30 minutes in length. Please also include:

• A short biography of the proposed participants.
• An indication of both the technologies covered and the equipment needed to deliver your proposal.
• An indication of the approximate duration.

In our considerations we will be looking for a balanced programme and encourage proposals from non-academic practitioners, particularly those working in a community setting.

Please send abstracts and proposals to research@gsmd.ac.uk by Friday 30 November 2018.

Creative forum in Milton Court Concert Hall, 20 March 2019

Getting It Right? New Music/New Technologies
Keynote Speaker: Professor George Lewis, Columbia University, New York
Convenor: Professor Julian Anderson
Part of LSO Futures

This exciting day of talks, performances, debates and seminars presented by the Guildhall School together with LSO Discovery, will address creative musical uses of new technology in concert hall, opera, improvisation, site specific music, sound sculpture and more. Calling on expertise from world-class composers and conductors, the event will explore current issues within creative technological research looking at topics such as individual creativity, community, identity, gender and sexuality. The Keynote speaker will be pioneering composer Professor George Lewis, also a renowned trombonist and improviser, with experience of technology in a wide range of different creative contexts.

Tickets: £25 (£5 concessions), on sale from December 2018.