Call for Proposals
Music and/as Process Study Group Annual Conference, 2027
Publication date Monday 5th October 2026
Deadline: 30 November 2026
The Music and/as Process Study Group is pleased to announce the
Call for Proposals as part of their thirteenth annual conference.
This will take place on Friday April 23rd 2027 at The Open University, Milton Keynes.
The Music and/as Process Study Group explores process in any form as related to all musical practices.
We are interested in the transmission of different kinds of knowledge as a creative dynamic process and how they are performed, defined, understood and communicated.
Our most recent conferences have featured work by composers, improvisers, musicologists and performers. Delegates have presented completed projects as well as work in progress.
Submission Guidance
Delegates are invited to present either practice research (i.e. a performance, performance paper, listening session, screening, etc.), a paper, or a workshop (see details below). Our main interest is for researchers to meet, share work and findings, and to engage in discussion and debate.
Areas of interest include:
• Composition
• Improvisation
• Performance practice
• Musicology of process
• Any further musical activity in which process plays a main part
DEADLINE: 23:59, Monday November 30, 2026
We aim to inform delegates by Friday, January 8th, 2027.
Possible formats*
Papers must be no longer than 20 minutes, with a Q&A of 5 to 10 minutes
in addition (30 minutes in total).
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 no longer than 30 minutes.
Performance/installation proposals: Proposals for performances, screenings or installations must be technically achievable.
*We will consider other formats which should be no longer than 45 minutes.
Proposals must include:
● Name and email address
● A short biography (50 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 (general tech spec),
please provide a link rather than an attachment
as a word document to: musicandasprocess@gmail.com
Please note that delegates are responsible for the technical aspects of their own presentations.
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 a specific instrumentation or number of performers. Complicated electronic set-ups may also be unfeasible due to logistics.
Participation must be in person.
Enquiries: musicandasprocess@gmail.com
The conference will be free of charge to attend but, with regret, the Study Group is unable to provide any form of financial assistance.
You must submit your proposal via this link:
Please also email your responses as a word document to: musicandasprocess@gmail.com
DEADLINE: 23.59, Monday November 30, 2026
We aim to inform delegates by Friday, January 8th, 2027.
With the kind support of the Royal Musical Association
Past events
See below for the handbook from our 2024 conference in Glasgow, and for archives of previous years.
