[Emsan-l] Call: CEMC/EMSAN Day 2009

[Marc Battier EMS]

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

CEMC/EMSAN Day Colloquium
28 octobre 2009, MusicAcoustica Festival, Beijing

EMSAN - International Network of Electroacoustic Music Studies in  
East Asia

For the second consecutive year, an EMSAN colloquium will be  
organised in collaboration with CEMC and the Musicacoustica festival.
This year, the EMSAN/CEMC Day will revolve around two themes:

Theme 1
Visions of the Future of Electroacoustic Music in Asia

How will Electroacoustic Music evolve in Asia?
Which trends, which hopes, which efforts are carried out by  
composers, performers, educators and institutions?
How is the future different from what can be expected in other parts  
of the world?
How does the strong and ancient cultural past of Asia plays a role in  
shaping the future?

The presentations will discuss practical, theoretical or esthetical  
aspects of these visions of the future. They will later be published  
in the online Proceedings of the EMSAN/CEMC Day.


Theme 2
Panel discussion: Projects of Publications on Electroacoustic Music  
in Asia

EMSAN has been asked to supervise two publication projects. The first  
will be a book published in English in the United States by  
Electronic Music Foundation. The second will be an issue of a  
professional journal and will also be in English.

Comprehensive texts on the growth and the trends of Electroacoustic  
Music in Asia would be extremely important: although the development  
of this music in other parts of the world has been rather well  
documented (namely Europe and North America), little has been written  
on Asian Electroacoustic Music.

This book will gather chapters relative to each participant country.  
Two themes are envisioned: 1) An historical account of the  
development of Electroacoustic Music in each country of region, and  
2) questions of esthetics, musical thought and musical techniques  
relevant to each country or region. The chapters will be published in  
English but could also be included in publications in their original  
languages. If necessary, they could be written in their original  
language before being provided to Electronic Music Foundation in  
English.

Each country or region will have a correspondant who will be  
responsible for the local contributions. It is expected that the  
editorial structure will be defined during the meeting. The book is  
expected to appear in 2012 in the EMS Media book series of Electronic  
Music Foundation (New York).

The contributions for the professional journal will be of a different  
nature. The will focus on particular issues such as musical works,  
composers or specific musical trends. Care will be taken to balance  
the contributions from the different countries and regions.


Organisation

The EMSAN/CEMC Day colloquium will take place during the  
Musicacoustica Festival week (26-30 Octobre 2009), Central  
Conservatory, Beijing, China.

Participation is free. To present a paper, please send a short  
abstract to:
marc.battier at paris-sorbonne.fr (in English)
Also, send a photo and your short bio to:
xinyuan_yuanyuan at yahoo.com.cn

Please send us your proposal before Septembre 20  so that we can  
include it in the Festival brochure. Thank you.

For information on the Musicacoustica Festival, please write to:
mungozhangruibo at gmail.com
or
xinyuan_yuanyuan at yahoo.com.cn

We are looking forward to seeing you in Beijing for the Festival and  
the EMSAN/CEMC Day colloquium.

ZHANG Xiaofu 张小夫 and Marc BATTIER

Links:
http://www.musicacoustica.cn/
http://cemc.ccom.edu.cn/
http://omf.paris-sorbonne.fr/EMSAN/

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