International Conference EMS09
(Electroacoustic Music Studies Network 2009)

22nd – 25th June, 2009 Centro Cultural Borges

Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Deadline for reception of proposals:
Friday January 16, 2009, at 6:00 pm (Argentina’s time)

The EMS Network has been organised to fill an important gap in terms of electroacoustic music, namely focusing on the better understanding of the various manifestations of electroacoustic music. Areas related to the study of electroacoustic music range from the musicological to more interdisciplinary approaches, from studies concerning the impact of technology on musical creativity to the investigation of the ubiquitous nature of electroacoustic sounds today. The choice of the word, ‘network’ is of fundamental importance as one of our goals is to make relevant initiatives more widely available
   

Presenting EMS 09 Main Theme

Heritage and future
   

During recent years the electroacoustic community has been celebrating different dates related to the birth of electroacoustic music. Such moments are often a time for analysis and reflection, which is very important for a better understanding of our past, and allows us to review our present and to think about our future.

It also make us wonder: how do we imagine the future of electroacoustic music? And at the same time, what do we wish for the future of electroacoustic music?

At this point, many other questions arise, all of them connected to the same root: what is the role of musical education in this path? To what extent is our heritage significant in terms of our seeking to extend our sound-music boundaries or, instead, to what extent does this heritage generate barriers which limit our imagination?

Are we looking to develop a self-sustained electroacoustic art or do we think that electroacoustic music would be best integrated with other disciplines in the future?

Will technical developments limit our future steps or have we reached a stage of maturity which allows us to seek in the technology that which we need?

Is it possible to think about new languages (or derived new ones), starting from what is already known today as electroacoustic music?


Conference Committee

– Marc BATTIER (MINT-OMF, Universit de Paris-Sorbonne, France)
– Ricardo DAL FARRA (CEIArtE – UNTREF, Argentina / Concordia University, Canada)
– Leigh LANDY (MTI, De Montfort University, UK)
– Raúl MINSBURG (CEIArtE – UNTREF, Argentina)
– Daniel TERUGGI (INA/GRM, France)
 

22-25 June, 2009 – Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero,
Centro Cultural Borges (Buenos Aires, Argentina)


More information and details at http://www.ems-network.org/ems09/index.html
Call for submissions: http://www.ems-network.org/ems09/call.html