CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 8th Annual New Music Festival, Cal State Fullerton

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 8th Annual New Music Festival, Cal State Fullerton
Call for: Papers, Lecture-Demonstrations, Lecture-Performances 8th Annual New Music Festival “In Celebration of the Composer-Performer in the 21st Century“ 
Cal State Fullerton March 18th-March 21st, 2009 
Featuring: 
Paul Dresher Ensemble Anne LaBerge, Flute/Composer/Electronics Jane Rigler, Flute/Composer/Electronics Nicole Mitchell, flutist with CSUF Jazz Ensembles The Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project 
Pamela Madsen, Artistic Director 
Postmark Deadline: January 8th, 2009 
http://faculty.fullerton.edu/pmadsen 
The Annual New Music Festival held at Cal State Fullerton brings together world renowned composers and performers of new music to collaborate and enrich the experiences of audiences drawn from throughout Southern California during a four-day festival environment featuring concerts, an electroacoustic listening room, lectures, panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops. Each year the festival focuses on a different theme or issue concerning “voice” in contemporary music, from women in new music, to multi-media, to issues of inclusive voices in new music. Past festivals have featured: So Percussion, Martin Bresnick, Lisa Moore, Miya Masaoka, Meredith Monk, Ethel, Zeitgeist, Pamela Z, Tania Leon, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Tower and eighth blackbird. 

The 8th “Annual New Music Festival announces the 1st Annual Call for Proposals for: Papers, Lecture/ Demonstrations and Lecture/Performances. Length of proposed paper, lecture/demonstrations or lecture/performancework: 15 minutes. This year’s festival focuses on the theme of the Composer-Performer with guests Paul Dresher Ensemble, electroacoustic composer/flutists Anne LaBerge and Jane Rigler, and creative musician, composer Nicole Mitchell with our Jazz Ensembles in residence. Proposals focusing on themes of: Composer-Performer, Electroacoustic Music, Women in Music, Improvisation in New Music, Interface of Jazz and New Music are welcome. 


For Paper proposals: Please submit proposed abstract (150 words) and bio. 

For Lecture/Demonstrations: Please submit proposed abstract (150 words), bio(s), recording of proposed demonstration/performance and technical requirements. Please submit proposed CD recording of your proposed work, or a link to upload recording of your proposed work. 

For Lecture/Performance: Please submit title of work, name/bio of composer, name/bio of performer, length of work, program notes, technical requirements (for electroacoustic works), 
Provide contact information: email, mailing address, website. Please submit all proposals and information by email to: pmadsen@fullerton.edu OR send by regular mail to: Dr. Pamela Madsen, Music Department, Cal State Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
Pam Madsen

CALL FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS BY WOMEN COMPOSERS Postmark Deadline: January 15th, 2009

8th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ELECTROACOUSTIC LISTENING ROOM PROJECT (WEALR)

8th Annual New Music Festival:

“In Celebration of the Composer-Performer in the 21st Century “

Cal State Fullerton

March 18th-March 21st, 2009

Featuring:

Anne LaBerge, Flute/Composer/Electronics

Jane Rigler, Flute/Composer/Electronics

Nicole Mitchell, Flutist/Composer with CSUF Jazz Ensembles

Paul Dresher/Joel Davel Duo

with Karen Bentley, violin and Lisa Moore, piano

Pamela Madsen, Composer/Pianist/Voice/Electronics

The Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project

http://faculty.fullerton.edu/pmadsen

The International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project (WEALR) announces the 8th Annual Call for electroacoustic works by women composers, Maximum length of proposed work: 12 minutes. The International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project features daylong playback of works by women in electroacoustic music, plus live electroacoustic performances, live lecture-demonstrations of electroacoustic music and lecture/panel/discussions on new music. This year the Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room focuses on the theme of the Composer-Performer with guest electroacoustic composer/flutists Anne LaBerge and Jane Rigler in residence. Submit proposed CD recording of electronic/electroacoustic work, or link to upload recording of your proposed work. For Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room (WEALR) proposals include: title of work, name of composer, length of work, program notes, short bio, contact information: email, mailing address, website. Please submit all proposals and information by email to: pmadsen@fullerton.edu OR send by regular mail to: Dr. Pamela Madsen, Music Department, Cal State Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

CALL FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

This year’s 8th Annual New Music Festival focuses on “The Composer-Performer”. In Celebration of the Composer-Performer in the 21st Century features our guest composer/performers in residence: The Paul Dresher Ensemble, Jane Rigler, composer/flutist/electronics, Anne LaBerge, composer/flutist/electronics, and CSUF faculty composer Pamela Madsen, composer/piano/voice/electronics and other guests composer-performers and jazz artists. The International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project (WEALR), is curated by festival director, Pamela Madsen.WEALR Project features daylong playback of works by women in electroacoustic music. The WEALR Collection has traveled throughout the United States, Canada and Europe and has been featured at major festivals and centers on new music throughout the world, often in areas where works of women composers are not heard. The project is now the focus of a research study and archival recording project on women in electroacoustic music. This year the Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room focuses on the theme of The Composer-Peformer and will feature the live performance of electroacoustic composer/performers Jane Rigler and Anne LaBerge. 

 
The Annual New Music Festival held at Cal State Fullerton brings together world renowned composers and performers of new music to collaborate and enrich the experiences of audiences drawn from throughout Southern California during a four-day festival environment featuring concerts, electroacoustic listening room, lectures, panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops. Each year focuses on a different theme or issue of “voice” in contemporary music, from women in new music, to multi-media, to issues of inclusive voices in new music. Past festivals have featured: So Percussion, Martin Bresnick, Lisa Moore, Miya Masaoka, Meredith Monk, Ethel, Zeitgeist, Pamela Z, Tania Leon, Pauline Oliveros, Chen Yi, Joan Tower and eighth blackbird. Historically, the New Music Festival at Cal State Fullerton has been a celebration of the diversity of compositional voices of women composers, featuring new works by women composers throughout the globe in chamber, orchestral, vocal, solo, jazz, improvisational and electroacoustic music. In 2008, the New Music Festival moved to an inclusive format focusing on works by female composers alongside the works of male composers.

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