To accommodate those who have requested extensions we have moved the deadline for submissions to NIME 2010 back one week.  The deadline for papers and proposals is now February 5, 2010.

No further extensions are possible!

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New Interfaces for Musical Expression++
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

June 15-18 2010
www.nime2010.org

On behalf of the NIME 2010 Committee, we invite you to be part of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.  The core purpose of NIME is to examine interfaces/instruments for musical expression. The ++ portion of the 2010 conference concerns projects/papers that collaborate with music or sound via multi-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and multimodal expression. Projects that collaborate with other disciplines, extending the musical or sonic framework are invited, and vice-versa.

NIME TOPICS We welcome submissions on topics related to new interfaces for music performance including, but not limited to:

– Novel controllers and interfaces for musical expression
– Novel controllers for collaborative performance
– Novel musical instruments
– Computational methods of composition
– Augmented/hyper instruments
– Interfaces for dance and physical expression
– Interactive Game Music
– Robotic Music
– Interactive sound and multimedia installations
– Interactive sonification
– Sensor and actuator technologies
– Haptic and force feedback devices
– Interface protocols and data formats
– Gesture and music
– Perceptual & cognitive issues
– Interactivity design and software tools
– Musical mapping strategies
– Performance analysis and machine learning
– Performance rendering and generative algorithms
– Experiences with novel interfaces in education and entertainment
– Experiences with novel interfaces in live performance and composition
– Surveys of past work and stimulating ideas for future research
– Historical studies in twentieth-century instrument design
– Reports on student projects in the framework of NIME related courses
– Artistic, cultural, and social impact of NIME technology
– Gesture measurement
– Enabling music networks
– Bio-music

NIME++ TOPICS We welcome submissions on topics related to multi-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and multimodal expression, but not limited to:

– Mobile Technologies including Sound & Music
– Locative Media Integration
– Urban Digital Media & Media Façades
– Human-Computer Interaction
– Multimodal Expressive Interfaces
– Practice-Based Research Approaches/Methodologies/Criticism
– Sonification, Auditory Display & Multimodal Information Expression,Data Display
– NIME intersecting with Performance, Dance, Theatre, Game Design
– Sonic Expression in Architecture, Design, Wearables/Fashion
– Computational Interfaces/Methods for Expression & Creativity

CALL FOR PAPERS
Full Paper (up to 6 pages in proceedings, longer oral presentation,optional demo)
Short Paper/Poster/Demo (up to 4 pages in proceedings, choose from shorter oral presentation OR poster OR demo)

ALL PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of full papers, short papers and poster/demo proposals: February 5, 2010
Notification of acceptance/rejection (papers and posters): 12 March 2010
Submission of final papers: 23 April 2010

For any further information/question/comment/suggestion, please send a message to the local organizing committee.

CALL FOR PERFORMANCES, INSTALLATIONS, EXHIBITION
As in previous years, we are calling for proposals for performances and installations to be presented in conjunction with the conference. There are 2 categories of performance proposal: Concert performance and Club night performance.  For details see the call on the NIME2010 website.

We are pleased to announce that Ensemble Offspring <http://www.ensembleoffspring.com/> will be ensemble in residence at NIME 2010.  Performers/composers may therefore draw on any combination of their instrumental resources if they wish.  See the NIME2010 website for details.

Submission of installation and performance proposals due: February 5, 2010

CALL FOR WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL PROPOSAL
In 2010, we are looking for two kinds of special event on the day preceding the full conference:

WORKSHOPS for academic-style paper presentations or discussion relating to a specialist area directed by an expert;

and

TUTORIALS for making things and developing knowledge. Tutorials can range in intention from instruction and discussion about specialist techniques, platforms, hardware, software or pedagogical topics for the advancement of fellow NIME-ers and people with experience related to the topic, or tutorials can be instructive for visitors to the NIME community, novices/newbies, interested student participants, people from other fields, and members of the public getting to know the potential of NIME.  For details see the call on the NIME2010 website.

Submission of workshop/tutorial proposals due: February 5, 2010

—
Dr. Andrew Johnston
Lecturer
School of Software
Faculty of Engineering and IT
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
Ph. +61 2 9514 4497 Fax: +61 2 9514 4492
Room 10.04.341
Web: http://andrewjohnston.net/

Gaudeamus Music Week 2010

Entries for the Gaudeamus Music Week 2010 must be received by January 31, 2010. Composers
of any nationality who are born after September 6, 1979 may enter works
which may already have been performed, but they must have been composed
not more than three (3) years ago.

An international selection committee consisting of
Donnacha Dennehy (Ireland), Helena Tulve (Estonia) and Roderik de Man
(The Netherlands) will select the works that will compete for the
Gaudeamus Prize. After the performance of the selected compositions
during the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2010, from 6 to 12
September, the selection committee will award this prize. This
Gaudeamus Prize consists of € 4.550 as a commission for a new
composition that will be premiered during the Week the following year,
2011.

Works can be entered into the following categories with a maximum of 1 work per category and 5 works in total.

1. A – ORCHESTRA:
   Compositions for the Holland Symfonia www.hollandsymfonia.com with a maximum of: strings: 12.10.8.6.5., wood: 3.3.3.3., brass: 4.3.3.1., 1 timp., 3 perc., 1 harp., 1pno/celesta

2. B – CHAMBER MUSIC:
   In
   theory, everything is possible in this category, within the limits of
   solo instruments to ensembles consisting of maximally 16 instruments;
   with or without electronics, video, etc.; written for specific
   performers or for any musician /ensemble. Also choir compositions with
   a maximum of voices: 2 sopr., 2 mezzo., 2 alt., 2 ten., 2 bas. www.vocaallab.com

3. C – JAVANESE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE:
   Ensemble
   Gending: An ensemble playing new music on a middle-Javanese gamelan
   providing new sound possibilities to composers and promoting
   acculturation between East and West.
   The maximum number of players is ten and compositions should be in ‘slendro tuning’. More information on instrumentation: www.ensemblegending.nl

4. D– ORGAN
   There
   will be a Special Prize for compositions for organ. During the
   Gaudeamus Music Week 2010 one concert will take place at the
   “Orgelpark”, a concert hall which hosts 4 different organs.

   The
   Orgelpark offers this Special Prize for the best organ composition.
   Only works can be entered which suit the disposition of one of these 4
   organs: www.orgelpark.nl
   The
   Special Prize is an amount of 4.550 euro as a commission to write a new
   organ composition to be premiered in during the International Gaudeamus
   Interpreters Competition.

5. E- ELECTRONIC MUSIC:
   Electronic
   music meaning tape compositions, music for instruments and electronics,
   music for live controlled electronic music, or sound installations. For this category add an audio or video file and no computer programs. 

The composer’s name may not appear in the materials so that the selection committee can judge the score anonymously.

The entry fee is € 25 for each work and should be paid before January 31, 2010 using the online payment system PayPal on the www.musicweek.nl

Composers can enter their work(s)

• by providing the link to download the files on the online entry form.
• by sending to our email address musicweek@remove-this.mcn.nl
  in one mail (for each work): your score (PDF) and audio or video file
  (mp3/wav/avi/mp4) named after the title of the work or over 10 MB via www.yousendit.com as one zip file.
  The composer’s name may not appear in the materials
• by sending the material together with a print of your entry form to our postal address: International Gaudeamus Music Week 2010, c/o Music Center the Netherlands, Rokin 111, 1012 KN Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The
composer must provide the performance material if the work has been
selected by the selection committee. The performance may not result in
charges, such as rental fees, for Music Center the Netherlands, the
performers, the radio, or cd-producer.

During
the International Gaudeamus Music Week composers, whose work have been
selected will be hosted by Music Center the Netherlands. Accommodation
will be provided.

By entering his/her
work(s), the participant indicates his/her acceptance of these
conditions and the decisions of the selection committee. Works by
composers who do not comply with the requirements above will be
disqualified.