1-3 December 2016
International University of Andalusia
“Antonio Machado” Campus, Baeza, Jaen (Spain)

BACKGROUND
Performance studies are encouraging a massive turning point in musicology. To such an extent that many scholars are claiming to rethink a fundamental premise of the discipline, namely the change of a traditional orientation of music as text to a recent one of music as performance. This perspective takes then performance as the object of study and the concert as the privileged space where it takes place. This conceptual change challenges established methodologies and scholarly practices, while bringing together more easily musicologists and musicians. This International Conference aims to impulse the recent debate promoted by performance studies within Iberian musicology. It will consist of a series of keynote presentations, experimental lab-concerts, selected papers and practical workshops.

GUEST PARTICIPANTS
• Keynote speakers:
John Sloboda (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Londres): "Enhancing the concert experience for audiences: collaborative research involving composers, performers, and arts organizations"
Pablo L. Rodríguez (Universidad de La Rioja / El País)
Aaron Williamon (Royal College of Music, London)
Miguel Angel Marin (Universidad de La Rioja / Fundacion Juan March)

• Lab-concerts: Ensemble Armonia Concertada (Switzerland/Spain), Capella Prolationum & Ensemble La Danserye (Spain) (16th- and 17th- century music)

• Workshops: Conjunto Ars Longa de La Habana (Cuba) & Albert Nieto (Spain) (18th-, 19th- and 20th- century music)

SUBMISSIONS
Proposals for 20-minutes papers or workshops are welcome. Potential topics include:
• Creative experimentation
• Analysis and performance
• Historically Informed Performance (HIP)
• Embodiment
• History of performance
• Discology and recording practices
• Gestural meaning in performance
• Composer-performer collaborations
• From score to performance
• Performance philosophies
• Improvisation and arrangements
• Concert programming
• Creative role of listeners

Applications should include:
• Title of the paper or workshop proposed
• Abstract (maximum 250 words)
• Full name, contact details, and institutional affiliations (if any)
• Short biography (maximum 150 words)
• Audio-visual and other requirements (data projection, CD/DVD player, piano, etc.)

Proposals should be sent as email attachment (.doc, .docx, .rtf) to musicologiabaeza2016@gmail.com
- Deadline for submission: 12 September 2016
- Deadline for notification of selected proposals: 22 September 2016
- Official languages: English and Spanish

Conference organization will provide accommodation on demand in the 17th-century University building. Baeza was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003 together with Ubeda for its outstanding Renaissance old city. Tourist routes will be offered to conference members.

ORGANIZERS
• International University of Andalusia (UNIA)
• Research Group “Music in Spain: Composition, Reception and Performance” (MECRI), University of La Rioja
• Early Music Festival of Ubeda & Baeza (member of REMA and FestClasica)

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION
• Miguel Ángel Marín (University of La Rioja / Juan March Foundation)
• Javier Marín-López (University of Jaen / Early Music Festival of Ubeda & Baeza)

For more information, please contact with: musicologiabaeza2016@gmail.com

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www.festivalubedaybaeza.org