Subject: Music and the Moving Image IV at NYU Steinhardt, May 29-31, 2009 From: Dan Ellis <dpwe@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:45:29 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List - The enclosed announcement is for a meeting that may be of interest to the list. DAn. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Sadoff <ron.sadoff@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:55 PM MUSIC AND THE MOVING IMAGE IV CONFERENCE at NYU Steinhardt, May 29-31, 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS The fourth annual conference, Music and the Moving Image, encourages submissions from scholars and practitioners that explore the relationship between music and the entire universe of moving images (film, television, iPod, computer, video games, and interactive performances) through paper presentations and plenary sessions. This year two keynote addresses, Philip Tagg, Univ. of Montreal (Kojak: 50 Seconds of Television Music; Ten Little Title Tunes) and Caryl Flinn, Univ. of Arizona (Strains of Utopia; New German Cinema) will be presented. In addition, a screening of Peggy Stern's Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood with a discussion about animated films will be a featured part of the Saturday evening program. Streaming video versions of presentations will be available only at NYU from May 29 - June 1, 2009. Accepted papers will be considered for inclusion in the peer-reviewed online journal Music and the Moving Image: http://mmi.press.uiuc.edu/ The Program Committee includes Caryl Flinn, Univ. of Arizona (Music and Cinema (anthology); Brass Diva); Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia Univ. (Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center); Robynn Stilwell, Georgetown Univ. (Musicals: Hollywood and Beyond; Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda); and coeditors of Music and the Moving Image, Gillian B. Anderson (Haexan; Pandora's Box; Music for Silent Film 1892-1929: A Guide); and NYU faculty, Ron Sadoff (The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation; Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood). The conference will run in conjunction with the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Memory of Buddy Baker (May 20-29, 2009). MaMI Conference website: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/conference/ Abstracts or synopses of papers (250 words) should be submitted to: Dr. Ron Sadoff, chair of the program committee, by no later than Dec. 12, 2008. E-mail ron.sadoff@xxxxxxxx for more information. Ron Sadoff, New York University 35 West 4th St Rm 777, New York, NY, 10012 Conference fee (May 29, 30, 31): $150.00 - Students: $75.00, Housing Available MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONS 35 West 4th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Ronald H. Sadoff, Ph.D. New York University Dept. of Music and Performing Arts Associate Professor & Director Scoring for Film and Multimedia 35 West 4th St Rm 777H NY, NY 10012 212-998-5779 http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mfilm/