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Symposium Theme: The Influence of New Cultural and Technological Paradigms on Traditional and Avant-Garde Musical Composition
Keynote: Peter Wiegold (Emeritus Professor of Composition, Department of Music, Brunel University)
Submission deadline: 23:59 GMT+8 (Taipei Time) Friday 15th April 2022
Announcement of selected papers and compositions : Saturday 23rd April 2022
Date and time of symposium: Saturday 21st May 2022 09:00 - 21:00 (including a concert of new chamber works by members of the Taiwanese chamber music ensemble Dominant Five, 19:30 - 21:00)
Venue: Online Symposium. Venue for the evening concert: Dept. of Ethnomusicology, Miaoyin Building, Nanhua University, No.55 Section One, Nanhua Road, Dalin Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan, with live online broadcast .
Participants: Scholars in any field of musical research, composers and performers
Categories of submission:
Conference Paper: 20 minutes (presentations on one's own composition, or research papers on any topic relating to contemporary art music)
Note: Subsequent to the conclusion of the symposium, presenters are requested to provide a complete 2000 word paper for publication in the Proceedings of the Symposium (to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
Musical Compositions: 5-10 minutes (Instrumentation: Piano Trio, or any combination of piano, violin and 'cello. Composers are especially encouraged to submit works for the full trio ensemble, but works for solo or duo combinations thereof shall also be considered.)
(Applicants can apply to participate in both categories. Please submit two separate applications.)
Presentation and application languages:
Presentations may be delivered in Chinese or English. Applications written in Chinese must be accompanied by an English translation.
Overseas applications:
Overseas applicants may apply to participate in the conference via webinar.
Method of Application:
Conference Papers: Please provide the title and abstract of your paper. If you use Chinese, please provide an English translation. For Chinese abstracts, the word count should be around 500 to 700 characters; for English abstracts, the word count should be around 300-500 words. Abstracts that are too long or too short may be rejected. Please also include presentation keywords, your current institution and your highest qualification.
Musical Compositions: Please provide the title of the composition and programme note in Chinese and English, the instrumentation and duration of the work, the full score, as well as your current institution and your highest qualification.
Please use the following link for your submissions:
https://forms.gle/Z8DAUU36RKGbF4fX9
Selection Process:
The academic committee is as follows:
TSENG Yu-Chung (Institute of Music, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
LI Si-Hsien (Department of Music, National Sun Yat-sen University)
Nils Vigeland (Department of Composition, Manhattan School of Music)
Andrew Toovey (Department of Composition, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
George Holloway (Department of Ethnomusicology, Nanhua University)
Conference papers and compositions will be judged anonymously on the basis of their contribution respectively to academia
and creative innovation.
The results of the selection process shall be announced on Saturday 23rd April, on the symposium website on the "selected participants" page:
Abstracts should lay out clearly the research argument, its relation to existing research into the topic, the materials and research method used, as well as its contribution and relevance to musical research.
Performers of the selected compositions:
Po Wei Lai (violin)
Yi-Chung Chang (violoncello)
Yun-Yao Kao (piano)
(Dominant5)
Please address any questions relating to the symposium to music.conference.nhu@gmail.com。
Thank you for your participation!
Department of Ethnomusicology, Nanhua University, Taiwan, February 2022
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