‘Bringing New Music to New Audiences’
International Conference
Music, Technology and Innovation
Research Centre,
De Montfort University, Leicester UK
21-23 September 2018
‘Bringing New Music to
New Audiences’ is a three-day international conference which is intended to
bring together community artists and other musicians, educators, animateurs,
specialists within music and other cultural organisations, government policy
representatives and representatives from cross-cultural projects who are
involved with initiatives related to the conference title. Of course, project
participants, non-academics and others are most welcome.
By ‘new music’ what is
meant is original innovative works of music, including the sonic arts, which
largely reside outside of the commercial sector. The goal is to share and
debate different forms of good practice relating to how new music can be used as
the means of engaging with new communities and ways through which new music can
reach underrepresented
communities.
The conference will focus on a selection of community arts and
pedagogical initiatives related to participation and community-action. It will
offer diverse workshops and performances and introduce conference participants
to a wide range of programmes within this area. Subjects will include, but not
be limited to:
• Educational initiatives
• Working with community organisations
• The musical equivalent of public art
• Interculturalism
• Ways of effectively and robustly measuring/evaluating impact and
research projects regarding the above.
The
project website, under construction, can be found at http://www.interfaces.dmu.ac.uk.
This conference forms part of the ‘Interfaces’ Creative European project (www.interfacesnetwork.eu).
It is related to the ‘Bringing New Music to New Audiences’ resource site www.interfaces.dmu.ac.uk/hub
– currently under construction and to be announced shortly – which is to offer
information regarding good practice in outreach initiatives around the globe. All
interested parties are welcome to send their work to that hub at any time once
made available.
Invited speakers will include Susanna Eastburn, currently Chief
Executive of Sound and Music (UK).
Conference fees will
be: £60 / £30 (students and those on a lower income) for all three days, £25 /
£12.50 for one day.
The deadline for
proposals (papers, workshops, demonstrations, sharings/performances) is 15
March 2018. Papers are to be of 20’ duration with 10’ for questions and
discussion. Proposals for workshops, demonstrations and sharing of project
work/performances will indicate how much time these would last and the
technical infrastructure needed in terms of their presentation. Proposals
should include a title and extended abstract of up to 1500 words as well as a CV/Bio
(two pages maximum) including relevant publications, projects, works or
equivalent.
Submissions and
general queries should be sent to the conference coordinator, Leigh Landy: llandy@dmu.ac.uk.
