[Emsan-l] Call for CEMC/EMSAN Day, 28 octobre 2009, MusicAcoustica Festival, Beijing

[Battier Marc]

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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

CEMC/EMSAN Day, 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, thye 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.

The communications will later be published in the Electronic  
Proceedings of the EMSAN/CEMC Day.



Theme 2
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, and positive talks  
have been conducted with Contemporary Music Review (UK).

Comprehensive texts on the growth and the trends of Electroacoustic  
Music in Asia would be extremely important: although the development  
of tthis 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.

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 title and a  
short abstract to:
marc.battier at paris-sorbonne.fr (in English)

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 Xiao-fu and Marc BATTIER

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