[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Improvisation: Analytical, Theoretical, and Critical Approaches

[carlos palombini]

Call for papers

The 9th International Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society for Music
Theory will be hosted by the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, The
Netherlands, on 23-24 February 2007. This year's conference theme is
"Improvisation: Analytical, Theoretical, and Critical Approaches".

Improvisation is a prominent feature in many of the world's musics, past 
and
present. Scholars studying improvisation in different genres, periods,
cultures, and disciplines encounter similar issues. The conference aims at
bringing together insights from these various perspectives. Papers
stimulating interdisciplinary discussion are therefore strongly encouraged.

All papers addressing improvisation from an analytical/theoretical
perspective are welcome. Papers fitting one of the following session themes
are particularly encouraged:
.    Analyzing performed improvisation
.    Historical developments in improvisational practices
.    Reconstructing historical practices of improvisation
.    Teaching and learning improvisation; applications of improvisation
in     teaching
.    The canonization of recorded improvisations and its impact on
performance practice
.    Improvisational elements within composed music
.    Musical improvisation in relation to other art forms
Prof. Dr. Bruno Nettl, Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present a keynote lecture
titled "On the Concept of Improvisation in the World's Musics".

Submissions for individual papers (20 minutes) are invited, as are 
proposals
for longer presentations/demonstrations involving the participation of
performing artists. Participants should take into consideration that their
prepared texts are meant to be heard, not read. Reworked, written-out
versions of the presentations will however be considered for publication
afterwards. The conference languages are Dutch, English, and German.

Abstracts (400 words) should be sent by e-mail to
jochem.valkenburg at arts.kuleuven.be and 
steven.vandemoortele em arts.kuleuven.be
before December 1, 2006. The reading committee will make a final decision
and notify contributors by December 15, 2006. Please include the name of 
the
applicant, the name of the institution, e-mail-address, post-address, and
phone number.

For more information, please contact the conference convenors.

Ruurd Salverda (r.salverda at pl.hanze.nl)
Jochem Valkenburg (jochem.valkenburg at arts.kuleuven.be)

Website:  www.vvm.ahk.nl

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