[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Music and the Asian Diaspora

[Carlos Palombini]

Please forward this call for papers to all who might be interested:

Call for Papers

Music and the Asian Diaspora

Westminster Choir College of Rider University

Princeton, NJ

April 8-9, 2006

Westminster Choir College of Rider University (Princeton, NJ) is pleased
to announce a symposium on “Music and the Asian Diaspora” to be held
April 8-9, 2006. The symposium will feature:

    * a keynote address by Ajay Kapur (University of Victoria). Mr.
      Kapur has performed on percussion instruments for 14 years while
      studying world rhythms, composition, Indian classical theory, and
      computer-based music theory. He is currently working on developing
      intelligent music and media technology. His recent article,
      “Digitizing North Indian Performance,” won the Journal of New
      Music Research Distinguished Best Paper Award in 2004
    * a screening of short films by Korean-American filmmaker Jay Koh
    * a Saturday evening concert that features traditional Asian music
      as well as contemporary Asian-American music

Proposals for papers (30-minute presentation plus 15-minute question
period) on topics related to “Music and the Asian Diaspora” (broadly
defined) are currently accepted. This symposium seeks to be inclusive,
and welcomes proposals from the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology,
music education, and performance.

Papers on the following topics are particularly encouraged: (1) music in
“overseas Asian communities,” (2) the teaching of Asian musics in North
American and European schools and universities, and (3) Asian-influenced
music by non-Asian composers. Proposals should be in the form of an
abstract of no more than 500 words (including a list of AV equipment
needs), and must be submitted via email to Eric Hung (ehung em rider.edu)
by February 1, 2006.

Presenters at this symposium will have the opportunity to publish their
papers in a special interdisciplinary issue of Visions of Research in
Music Education.

Additional information about the conference, including registration
forms and transportation/lodging options, will be posted on the
conference website, http://musicandtheasiandiaspora.com on January 1, 2006.

Westminster Choir College is a residential college of music located on a
23-acre campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Our student body includes 330
enrolled in the four-year undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor
of Music and Bachelor of Arts in Music degrees, 110 graduate students
working toward the Master of Music degree. We also offer two
summer-study degree programs: Master of Music Education and Master of
Voice Pedagogy.

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Eric Hung
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
ehung em rider.edu

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carlos palombini
diretor
centro de pesquisa em música contemporânea
universidade federal de minas gerais
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