Subject: SMC-17 Call for Music Performances and Sound Installations From: =?UTF-8?Q?Koray_Tahiro=C4=9Flu?= <koray.tahiroglu@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:20:01 +0300 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--94eb2c0653b40d4b05053fbf7456 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -- Apologies for cross-postings -- The SMC-17 Local Organizing Committee would like to welcome you to the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference hosted in Espoo, Finland. The SMC-17 conference will be organized by audio and acoustics researchers of Aalto University at their main campus in Espoo, Finland, from Wednesday July 5th until Saturday July 8th, 2017. The SMC Summer School will be arranged before the conference from Saturday July 1st until Tuesday July 4th, also at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland. The theme of SMC-17 and the Summer School is =E2=80=9CWave in Time and Space=E2=80=9D. Call for Music Performances We invite live-performance submissions that respond creatively to the specific affordances of new interfaces for music. We expand the notion of composition to include the exploration of idiomatic writing for new musical instruments that engages the performance practice with unique affordances of the instrument through the way it relates sonic, social and spatial interactions. We strongly encourage submissions that explore idiomatic writing as a novel, exploratory, creative, physical, imaginative use of instruments in a live performance. We will consider live performance submissions that go well beyond demonstrating the interface/instrument and investigate specific musical and expressive possibilities that sound and music computing technologies provide. In addition to live-performance submissions, we invite composers/sound artists to submit fixed media works that respond specifically this year=E2=80=99s theme =E2=80=9CWave in Time a= nd Space=E2=80=9D. We will provide a multi-channel listening room in the conference venue for the fixed media works. Submissions must be made using the Easy Chair SMC-17 web upload system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dsmc2017 . A draft version of the music performance proposal has to be submitted before February 17, 2017. This is mandatory to include your submission in the review process. If your submission has not been registered in the system before February 17, it will be rejected immediately. Those who submit a draft version will be allowed to update it during a one-week period. The full submission must be uploaded by February 24, 2017. Submitted proposals will be peer-reviewed by an international expert committee. We particularly invite premieres for the live performances from performers with a track record, whose proposed performance is technically feasible and within the artists=E2=80=99 capabil= ities. Proposals should be submitted in PDF format (max. 4 pages) and should include the following: o Title and category (live performance or fixed media) o Instrumentation o Year o Duration o Contact information o Program notes (200 words max.) o Biography (100 words max.) o A link to one primary video documentation of an example performance of the work o Stereo MP3-formatted audio files or MP4-formatted video files if available (other supporting materials) o Performance scores and parts as PDF (if existent) o A clear description of the concept of the work =E2=80=93 idiomatic wri= ting composition related to the performance (if existent) o Evidence of the feasibility of the performance. Include documentation and listings of past performances or related works that demonstrate the submitter=E2=80=99s capabilities to implement the proposed performance. o Performers required (please state if you intend to bring your own performers). Within reasonable limits, we may be able to provide musicians to perform pieces but this would be negotiated on a piece-by-piece basis. Please also note that the organizers cannot provide funding to support performers=E2=80=99 travel or accommodation at the conference. o Technical specifications and setup (specify what you would bring and what you would expect SMC to provide) Technical Notes: Typical SMC performance pieces last for 5-10 minutes, but shorter and longer performance / fixed media proposals may exceptionally be taken into consideration. Note that in case your piece is selected, you will need to attend the concert and pay the registration fee. Call for Sound Installations We invite sound installation submissions that respond this year=E2=80=99s t= heme =E2=80=9CWave in Time and Space=E2=80=9D. We will have a number of location= s that can be used to exhibit sound installation works. These are foyer location installations or room-based installations in connection to the conference venues. Submitted proposals will be subject to a peer review process by an international expert committee. Submissions must be made using the Easy Chair SMC-17 web upload system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dsmc2017 . A draft version of the sound installation proposal has to be submitted before February 17, 2017. This is mandatory to include your submission in the review process. If your submission has not been registered in the system before February 17, then it will be rejected immediately. Those who submit a draft version will be allowed to update it during a one-week period. The full submission must then be uploaded by February 24, 2017. Please note that you will need to attend to the conference and pay the registration fee in case your piece is selected for the artistic program. Please also note that the organizers cannot provide funding to support travelling or accommodation at the conference. Those planning to submit should be prepared to arrive in Espoo to set up the installations on Monday, July 3rd. Please submit your proposal in PDF format (max. 4 pages) containing the following information: o Title of work o Names of contributing artists o Year o Duration o Contact information o Program notes (200 words max.) o Biography (100 words max.) o A clear description of the concept of the work; provide any documentation of previous presentations of this installation (if they exist= ) o Pictures, schematic diagrams and/or proposed floor plans; describe the space needed and the adaptability of the installation in terms of possible venues o MP4-formatted video files (other supporting materials) o Technical specifications and setup (specify what you would bring and what you would expect SMC to provide) Important Dates o Deadline for music performance and sound installations draft submissions: Feb. 17, 2017 o Deadline for music performance and sound installations full submissions: Feb. 24, 2017 o Notification of music performance and sound installations acceptance: April 21, 2017 Inquiries on music performance and sound installation submissions should be directed to the SMC-17 music chair Koray Tahiro=C4=9Flu [koray.tahiroglu@xxxxxxxx= lto.fi ]. SMC-17 website: http://smc2017.aalto.fi/ ------------------------------------- M.Koray Tahiro=C4=9Flu Department of Media, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture http://sopi.aalto.fi/ http://mlab.taik.fi/~korayt tel. +358 50 4088441 <+358%2050%204088441> --94eb2c0653b40d4b05053fbf7456 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><br> <div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:medium"= >--=C2=A0Apologies for cross-postings --</div><span class=3D"gmail-Apple-st= yle-span" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:medium"= ><br></span><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:= medium"><span class=3D"gmail-Apple-style-span" style=3D"text-align:-webkit-= auto;text-indent:0px"><span class=3D"gmail-Apple-style-span" style=3D"text-= indent:0px"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><span class=3D"gmail-Apple-= style-span" style=3D"text-indent:0px"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><= span class=3D"gmail-Apple-style-span" style=3D"text-indent:0px"><div style= =3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div><div><div><div>The SMC-17 Local Or= ganizing Committee would like to welcome you to the 14th Sound and Music Co= mputing Conference hosted in Espoo, Finland.</div><div><br></div><div>The S= MC-17 conference will be organized by audio and acoustics researchers of Aa= lto University at their main campus in Espoo, Finland, from Wednesday July = 5th until Saturday July 8th, 2017. The SMC Summer School will be arranged b= efore the conference from Saturday July 1st until Tuesday July 4th, also at= Aalto University in Espoo, Finland. The theme of SMC-17 and the Summer Sch= ool is =E2=80=9CWave in Time and Space=E2=80=9D.</div><div><br></div><div>C= all for Music Performances</div><div><br></div><div>We invite live-performa= nce submissions that respond creatively to the specific affordances of new = interfaces for music. We expand the notion of composition to include the ex= ploration of idiomatic writing for new musical instruments that engages the= performance practice with unique affordances of the instrument through the= way it relates sonic, social and spatial interactions. We strongly encoura= ge submissions that explore idiomatic writing as a novel, exploratory, crea= tive, physical, imaginative use of instruments in a live performance. We wi= ll consider live performance submissions that go well beyond demonstrating = the interface/instrument and investigate specific musical and expressive po= ssibilities that sound and music computing technologies provide. In additio= n to live-performance submissions, we invite composers/sound artists to sub= mit fixed media works that respond specifically this year=E2=80=99s theme = =E2=80=9CWave in Time and Space=E2=80=9D. We will provide a multi-channel l= istening room in the conference venue for the fixed media works.</div><div>= <br></div><div>Submissions must be made using the Easy Chair SMC-17 web upl= oad system:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dsmc20= 17">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dsmc2017</a>=C2=A0. A draft ve= rsion of the music performance proposal has to be submitted before February= 17, 2017. This is mandatory to include your submission in the review proce= ss. If your submission has not been registered in the system before Februar= y 17, it will be rejected immediately. Those who submit a draft version wil= l be allowed to update it during a one-week period. The full submission mus= t be uploaded by February 24, 2017. Submitted proposals will be peer-review= ed by an international expert committee. We particularly invite premieres f= or the live performances from performers with a track record, whose propose= d performance is technically feasible and within the artists=E2=80=99 capab= ilities.</div><div><br></div><div>Proposals should be submitted in PDF form= at (max. 4 pages) and should include the following:</div><div><br></div><di= v>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Title and category (live performance or fixed media)</div>= <div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Instrumentation</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Year</div><div= >o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Duration</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Contact information</div>= <div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Program notes (200 words max.)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2= =A0Biography (100 words max.)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0A link to one primar= y video documentation of an example performance of the work</div><div>o =C2= =A0 =C2=A0Stereo MP3-formatted audio files or MP4-formatted video files if = available (other supporting materials)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Performance= scores and parts as PDF (if existent)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0A clear des= cription of the concept of the work =E2=80=93 idiomatic writing composition= related to the performance (if existent)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Evidence= of the feasibility of the performance. Include documentation and listings = of past performances or related works that demonstrate the submitter=E2=80= =99s capabilities to implement the proposed performance.</div><div>o =C2=A0= =C2=A0Performers required (please state if you intend to bring your own pe= rformers). Within reasonable limits, we may be able to provide musicians to= perform pieces but this would be negotiated on a piece-by-piece basis. Ple= ase also note that the organizers cannot provide funding to support perform= ers=E2=80=99 travel or accommodation at the conference.</div><div>o =C2=A0 = =C2=A0Technical specifications and setup (specify what you would bring and = what you would expect SMC to provide)</div><div><br></div><div>Technical No= tes: Typical SMC performance pieces last for 5-10 minutes, but shorter and = longer performance / fixed media proposals may exceptionally be taken into = consideration. Note that in case your piece is selected, you will need to a= ttend the concert and pay the registration fee.</div><div><br></div><div>Ca= ll for Sound Installations</div><div><br></div><div>We invite sound install= ation submissions that respond this year=E2=80=99s theme =E2=80=9CWave in T= ime and Space=E2=80=9D. We will have a number of locations that can be used= to exhibit sound installation works. These are foyer location installation= s or room-based installations in connection to the conference venues. Submi= tted proposals will be subject to a peer review process by an international= expert committee. Submissions must be made using the Easy Chair SMC-17 web= upload system:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Ds= mc2017">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dsmc2017</a>=C2=A0. A draf= t version of the sound installation proposal has to be submitted before Feb= ruary 17, 2017. This is mandatory to include your submission in the review = process. If your submission has not been registered in the system before Fe= bruary 17, then it will be rejected immediately. Those who submit a draft v= ersion will be allowed to update it during a one-week period. The full subm= ission must then be uploaded by February 24, 2017.</div><div><br></div><div= >Please note that you will need to attend to the conference and pay the reg= istration fee in case your piece is selected for the artistic program. Plea= se also note that the organizers cannot provide funding to support travelli= ng or accommodation at the conference. Those planning to submit should be p= repared to arrive in Espoo to set up the installations on Monday, July 3rd.= Please submit your proposal in PDF format (max. 4 pages) containing the fo= llowing information:</div><div><br></div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Title of work<= /div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Names of contributing artists</div><div>o =C2=A0 = =C2=A0Year</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Duration</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Conta= ct information</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Program notes (200 words max.)</div= ><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Biography (100 words max.)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0A = clear description of the concept of the work; provide any documentation of = previous presentations of this installation (if they exist)</div><div>o =C2= =A0 =C2=A0Pictures, schematic diagrams and/or proposed floor plans; describ= e the space needed and the adaptability of the installation in terms of pos= sible venues</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0MP4-formatted video files (other supp= orting materials)</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Technical specifications and set= up (specify what you would bring and what you would expect SMC to provide)<= /div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates</div><div><br></div><div>o =C2=A0 = =C2=A0Deadline for music performance and sound installations draft submissi= ons: Feb. 17, 2017</div><div>o =C2=A0 =C2=A0Deadline for music performance = and sound installations full submissions: Feb. 24, 2017</div><div>o =C2=A0 = =C2=A0Notification of music performance and sound installations acceptance:= April 21, 2017</div><div><br></div><div>Inquiries on music performance and= sound installation submissions should be directed to the SMC-17 music chai= r Koray Tahiro=C4=9Flu [<a href=3D"mailto:koray.tahiroglu@xxxxxxxx">koray.t= ahiroglu@xxxxxxxx</a>].</div><div><br></div><div>SMC-17 website:</div><div>= <a href=3D"http://smc2017.aalto.fi/">http://smc2017.aalto.fi/</a></div><br>= </div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span><div s= 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