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                                        <p><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">2nd Annual Synthposium

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                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">SAE Institute, Melbourne Australia

Monday 14</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:5pt">th </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">of November 2016, 9am-9pm

Call for papers

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                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Synthesizers: Meaning through Sonics

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                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">The synthesizer as an instrument has evolved rapidly over the last 50 years,

conveying different meanings in musical culture at various times in its history. Post-

punk and new wave acts used synths to signify their embrace of futurism and

modernity. Earlier psychedelic bands sonically represented mind expansion through

synths while prog acts signposted their lineage to the classical avant-garde. Techno

artists used synths to escape the strictures of acoustic music in parallel with rave

culture’s desire for escapism from the mundanity of daily existence. Today the

synthesizer is seemingly ubiquitous in modern pop music production.

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                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">At Synthposium we wish to explore how sonic meaning(s) is conveyed through

synthesizers. We welcome paper and poster presentations that address the

following:-

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">How has the synthesizer’s cultural role changed in different musical contexts

over time?

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">Where does the synthesizer sit amongst modern instrument choice options?

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">Is the synthesizer now another instrument in a broad palette or does it retain

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">a unique qualitative character?

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">Has electronic music come to an end as an autonomous domain of musical

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">practice?

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">In addition to the above questions, we welcome papers which explore any other

issues relating to the use of synthesizers in music production, composition and

performance. Let’s step away from nerdy discussion of VST design and look at the

bigger circuit board at Synthposium.

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Key Dates

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">Paper presentation submissions should be abstracted to 200 words and

poster presentations outlines abstracted to 150 words.

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">Submit abstracts in PDF format to <a href="mailto:n.wilson@sae.edu" target="_blank">n.wilson@sae.edu</a> by <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">31st of July 2016.

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Attendance Cost

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                                                        <p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">$40 full day access inc. paper and poster presentation

$20 full day concession<br>

$10 evening workshops and jam session </span></p>

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</div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>carlos palombini, ph.d. (dunelm)<br>professor de musicologia ufmg<br>professor colaborador ppgm-unirio<br><a href="http://www.proibidao.org" target="_blank">www.proibidao.org</a><br><a href="http://goo.gl/KMV98I" target="_blank">ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2" target="_blank">www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2</a><br><a href="http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAAJ" target="_blank">scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAAJ</a><br></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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