DMRN-06: Call for paper abstracts and pieces

[Hamish Allan <hamish.allan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

DMRN-06: DMRN Doctoral Research Conference 2006

Goldsmiths College, University of London
22 - 23 July 2006
http://www.dmrn.org/events/dmrn06/

Introduction

Following the success of last summer's event in Glasgow, the Digital  
Music Research Network is pleased to announce this years conference  
aimed at promoting the work of doctoral researchers in the field of  
digital music.

This conference is organised by and primarily designed for those who  
have not yet gathered full results to support their theses, but whose  
work is nonetheless at a stage where it could prove interesting to  
other researchers. The conference proceedings will be documented,  
providing an excellent opportunity to secure a first publication.

Those that fit this description may not be subscribed to all of the  
usual lists, so please pass this call on to anyone likely to be  
interested.


Call for Paper Abstracts

Submissions will initially take the form of an extended abstract of  
between 500-750 words giving an overview of the intended content. In  
addition to this, primary authors are asked to indicate their status  
as one of the following:

Young researcher (year of PhD study)
Research assistant (year PhD obtained)
Academic
Other (please specify)
Although paper acceptance will depend on relevance to the conference  
and academic merit, preference will be given to those submissions  
where the primary author is a doctoral researcher.

Authors will be invited to present their work either by oral  
presentation (20 minutes) or as a poster. The conference committee  
will decide this allocation; however, authors may specify a  
preference when submitting their abstract.

The DMRN Doctoral Researcher's Conference 2006 solicits contributions  
from the following topics:

Digital music content generation
Sound synthesis, virtual instruments
Audio analysis: machine recognition of music
Signal processing tools for music analysis
Music data structures and representations
Music notation, musicology
Psychoacoustics, perception, cognition of music and audio
Human computer interfacing for music and audio
Non-western musicology, analysis and performance
Aesthetic Attitudes in Compositional Practice
Abstracts should be emailed to hamish.allan@xxxxxxxxxx no later than  
Wednesday 31st May 2006. Authors will receive email confirmation of  
whether their proposal has been successful by Friday 9th June 2006.

Authors will then be asked to submit a camera-ready version of their  
paper (in PDF format) by Friday 30th June 2006. Latex and Word  
templates are available on the website. Final PDF submissions should  
not exceed 4 pages. Guidelines on creating PDF files can be found on  
the website.


Call for Pieces

The Digital Music Research Network invites the submission of musical  
pieces to be performed in during the DMRN Summer Conference 2006.

The conference aims to promote pieces by young and professional  
composers, born or living in the United Kingdom, that use digital  
technology in their creative process. Pieces will be scheduled into  
either the main conference concert or a composition workshop. The  
conference committee will decide this allocation however composers  
may specify a preference when submitting their work.

Pieces selected for the main concert will be performed through an 8- 
channel loudspeaker system in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths College.  
In contrast, the composition workshop will be a chaired session, and  
composers will be expected to contribute to discussion regarding  
their work. All composers participating should attend the conference  
and perform their pieces themselves.

Submissions should take the following format and fulfil all  
conditions in order to be eligible:

Acousmatic pieces:
format: audio CD
duration: no less than 5 minutes and no longer than 15 minutes
provide a technical description of requirements for the performance
biography of the composer and program notes
The conference committee will consider multi-channel works;  
submission should be in stereo format with a description of technical  
requirements and map showing speaker configuration. Works involving a  
performer will also be considered although allocation is subject to  
technical and performance availability. Submission of this type  
should take the following format:

Mixed pieces:
works for soloist and electronics (tape + instrument or live- 
electronics)
pieces duration: more than 5 minutes and no longer than 15 minutes
recording of the piece and score
provide a detailed technical description of requirements for the  
performance of the piece
biography of the composer and program notes
Deadlines

Wednesday 31st May 2006 - Deadline for submissions of pieces
Friday 9th June 2006 - Notification of acceptance of pieces

Submissions should be sent to:

Adam Stansbie
70A Fountain Road
Tooting
London
SW17 0HQ

Dates

Submissions of paper abstracts and pieces: 31 May 2006
Notification of acceptance (papers and pieces) :9 June 2006
Submission of camera ready full papers: 30 June 2006

Venue

The conference will be held at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

For further information, see http://www.dmrn.org/events/dmrn06/