October 2022 – Music and/as Process

The RMA Study Group Music and/as Process is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals as part of their tenth annual conference, which will take place at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on June 30th to July 2nd, 2023.

The conference will address processes of collective music-making and will include presentations, lecture recitals and performances.

The range and quality of the research and performances presented at our conferences since Music and/as Process began in 2013 led us, for this our tenth annual event, to address one of the most fundamental yet complex topics: making music together. This subject has been brought sharply into focus by the fact that our two most recent conferences have taken place online (due to the pandemic in 2021, and rail strikes in 2022). The resulting discussions and reflections on the need for communal and collective music making have given rise to this being the central subject for the conference that sees the RMA Study Group Music and/as Process mark its first decade.

At the heart of the 2023 conference will be an inclusive group performance that will be open for anyone to participate in (more details to follow).

The Music and/as Process Study Group invites proposal submissions in the following categories:

20 minute papers (with a further 10 mins Q&A).
30 minute lecture recitals (with a further 10 mins Q&A).
45 minute workshops – e.g. pieces, practices or concepts for collective performance to be realised by delegates. (Q&A / discussion to be incorporated into the workshop).

Proposals may address the following topics:

Group dynamics.
Distributed creativity.
Co-composition.
Collaborative improvisation.
Spontaneous processes.
Performer autonomy.
Creating community within a performance context.
Inclusive processes for group performance.
Musicking as a guiding principle.
Devised processes.
Using liminal spaces as a tool for participation.
Using technology and/or live electronics as a tool to mediate and facilitate participation.

All submissions must be submitted as PDFs, and include:

Details of which category the submission is to be considered for.
A short abstract / description (250-300 words).
A short biography (100 words).
An email contact.
Where relevant, documentation such as scores and permalinks to audio / video.
Where relevant, information such as instrumentation, performance space requirements, and technological and set-up logistics.

Please send submissions to: musicandasprocess@gmail.com

Deadline for submissions: Friday 13th January, 2023 at 23:59 (UTC).

We will acknowledge receipt of submissions within seven days. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your submission, please resubmit it, or contact us via social media:

Facebook: Music and/as Process
Instagram: @musicprocess
Twitter: @musicprocess

The Study Group aims to communicate its decision for all submissions the week commencing 13th February, 2023.

RMA Study Group Music and/as Process 2023 committee:

Dr Seán Clancy (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
Dr Andy Ingamells (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
Dr Steve Gisby (Independent composer / researcher)
Dr Richard Coffey-Glover (Independent composer / researcher)
Dr John Hails (Edinburgh Napier University)
Dr Sophie Stone (Independent artist / researcher)
Maureen Wolloshin (University for the Creative Arts)
Dr Alistair Zaldua (Independent composer / researcher)

Announcing our First Keynote Speaker: Emmanuelle Waeckerlé

Announcing our Second Keynote Speaker: Iris Garrelfs

Call for Papers

On Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of September, 2022, the Music and/as Process RMA Study Group will be holding their ninth annual conference at the University for the Creative Arts – Farnham campus.

The conference will address interdisciplinary practices and processes, and will include papers, workshops, discussion, a keynote, and a final event sharing some of the works from the two days.
The Study Group invites papers and proposals for installations, audiovisual works, pieces, and works in progress, which involve interdisciplinary practices.

Topics can include, but need not be limited to:

Audiovisual composition and installation
Interdisciplinary processes
Politics of interdisciplinarity
Processes and practices between music and other discipline(s)

Paper proposals:

Papers must be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for Q&A.

Workshop proposals:

Workshop proposals can include completed works, and works in progress. These must be realisable by conference delegates or organised by the presenters themselves.

Workshops must be 30 minutes.

Performance/installation proposals:

Proposals for performances, screenings or installations must be relevant to the conference theme. Pieces involving performers will be realised by conference delegates or organised by the presenters themselves. Open and fixed duration works will be considered.

The Study Group is unable to guarantee the availability of specific instrumentation or number of performers. Complicated electronic set-ups may also be unfeasible due to logistics.

Proposals must include:

A short biography (100 words)
A short proposal/description (250 words)
Any additional information such as instrumentation, resources and tech requirements for performance and installations.
Where submissions include audio or video, this should be provided via a link rather than as an attachment.

Please submit proposals to: musicandasprocess@gmail.com

We will acknowledge receipt of submissions within seven days. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your submissions, please resubmit it, or contact us via social media:

Facebook: Music and/as Process
Instagram: @musicprocess
Twitter: @musicprocess

Deadline for submissions: Sunday 1st May 2022, 23:59 (UTC)

The Study Group aims to communicate its decision for all submissions by Monday 30th May.

The conference will be free of charge to attend but, with regret, the Study Group is unable to provide any form of financial assistance.

Music and/as Process Study Group committee: