Call for Papers/Lecture Performances
Conference: Music and Language Friday 29th June – Sunday 1st July, 2018
Edinburgh Napier University, School of Arts and Creative Industries, Merchiston Campus

We welcome proposals for contributions in the following formats:

• Paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes questions)
• Lecture Recital (30 minutes)
• Participatory lecture/workshop (30 minutes)

The theme of the conference is Music and Language, in both its spoken and written forms.

Whilst the Music and/as Process Study Group has previously been aimed towards the field of music, the call remains open to practitioners and researchers within the spoken arts, and sound poetry and beyond who are drawn towards an association with the theme.

Particular themes covered might include:

• Sound Poetry
• Linguistic processes in composition and new music performance
• Oulipo
• Radio art (or Hörspiel)
• Concrete Poetry / Phonetic art / Lautpoesie
• Spoken/Written Language in the construction of new music/performance/creative work
• Interactive spoken word performance
• Translation

Proposals should include all of the details of the proposed contribution:

• the name(s) of presenter(s)
• email address of presenter(s)
• affiliated academic institution
• title of paper/lecture-recital/workshop
• 200-word abstract
• [for participatory workshops only] description of the format of the workshop
• A full list of any technical requirements and other resources

Please send your proposals by email to Alistair Zaldua: alistair.zaldua@canterbury.ac.uk
Deadline for proposals: Friday, 09 March 2018 Notification of successful presentations can be expected in late March 2018.

In your proposal please clearly indicate all of the presenters, including any performers if you do not intend to perform your own work. Unfortunately, the study group is not able to provide any financial assistance to attend the conference, or to support the creation or performance of works at the conference.

All presenters and performers will be required to register and pay the conference fee. At present we are working to keep this as low as possible, and we do not anticipate it being higher than £50, with a discount for students, unaffiliated ECRs, and RMA members.