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"Music and War"
10th
Annual Conference--The University of Texas at Austin-- Saturday, March 27, 2010
GAMMA-UT, the
Graduate Association of Music and Musicians at UT, announces its tenth annual
conference, “Music and War,” to be held on Saturday, March 27th,
2010 at The University of Texas at Austin. Graduate students from the areas
of music theory, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and performance
will meet to share their research and composers will present their works in a
concert to be held that evening.
This year’s
keynote speaker is Suzanne Cusick. Dr. Cusick is an associate professor of
music at New York University. Her publications include the 2009 book Francesca
Caccini at the Medici Court (University of Chicago Press) as well as
articles on music of seventeenth-century Italy, feminist approaches to music
history and criticism, queer studies in music, and music as torture.
Call for
Papers
GAMMA-UT is
soliciting student papers in the areas of music theory, musicology, and
ethnomusicology. Papers may deal with any aspect of music research and
analysis, particularly those topics that relate to the theme of “Music and
War.” Prospective presenters should submit an abstract of 250 words or less
to gamma-ut@austin.utexas.edu
by Monday, February 1st, 2010. Please include your name, email
address, mailing address, institutional affiliation and student status.
Papers are to be approximately twenty minutes in length and will be followed
by a ten-minute question session. Applicants will be notified of the program
committee’s decision via e-mail by Sunday, February 14th,
2010.
Questions can
be directed to the conference chair Jane Mathieu via email: gamma-ut@austin.utexas.edu
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