Trinity Laban

Call For Papers

 

We invite proposals for any of the following:

• 20-minute oral presentations
• 30-minute lecture recitals/performances in The Purcell Room (speakers will be fully responsible for musicians and set up time will be strictly limited). There will be access to an Ampico reproducing piano
• Proposals for a suitable Panel Session

The conference aims to explore Nancarrow's compositional techniques and aesthetics in the context of contemporary practice and praxis. Given that, papers presenting new understandings of Nancarrow's work are welcomed. Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• New aesthetic and/or compositional dimensions of Nancarrow's musical techniques
• New thinking of Nancarrow's historical significance and its relation to contemporary arts practice
• New compositional (and other) methodologies expanding on those initially explored by Nancarrow
• Issues surrounding the performance of Nancarrow's works
• The future of the tempo canon
• Contemporary performance technologies and their relation to Nancarrow's ideas

Deadlines

Please submit proposals to the Conference Administrator, Dr Steve Gisby, at s.gisby@trinitylaban.ac.uk by Friday, December 16^th 2011.

Successful proposals will be confirmed by email by Friday 20^th January.