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Call for Works/Papers
2nd Annual Third Practice Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music

The Music Department and Modlin Center for the Arts are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Third Practice Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music to be held November 1-2, 2002 at the University of Richmond. Natasha Barrett will be the guest composer and will present a new work commissioned by Third Practice and the Modlin Center for the Arts. In addition, clarinetist Arthu r Campbell will be the guest performer. The composer of the best student work presented at the festival will recieve a Third Practice/Modlin Center for the Arts commission for a new work.

More information about the festival: http://www.music.richmond.edu/3p/.

More information about Natasha Barrett: http://www.music.richmond.edu/3p/barrett

More information on Arthur Campbell: http://www.music.richmond.edu/3p/campbell




Performances


Concerts will be presented in the Department of Music's Camp Concert Hall, and will be equipped for multi-channel sound diffusion with an 11-channel speaker configuration. Video playback will also be available on VHS, MiniDV, and DVD formats. For more information on technical matters: http://igor.richmond.edu/3p/technical/.

Papers and Presentations
Papers on all aspects of electro-acoustic music are welcome, including papers on technical, aesthetic, and analytic topics. Panel sessions, studio reports and lecture/demonstrations are also welcome. Papers by or about the music of women composers are especially encouraged.

Submissions


I. Music and Video Submissions
[works for 2-8 channels on tape, works for performer(s) and tape, electronics, or computer, works for video] Composers are invited to submit no more three works to be considered for performance, although no more than one will be accepted for inclusion in the festival. Composition by advanced students are strongly encouraged. Composers whose works are selected for performance at the festival are required to attend. Composers should also provide performers for their pieces (please include the name and contact information for your performer(s) when you submit).

For each work you are submitting:

• Complete the Submission form [REQUIRED] Submissions mailed without a tracking number included will not be reviewed. The submission form is online at http://www.music.richmond.edu/3p/submit.
• Print the tracking number page this website provides. Include it in your mailed materials.
• Submit a recording of the work (CD, DAT, DA-88, DV, VHS) in your mailed materials.

In your mailed materials you may also include:

• A brief biography of the composer (200 words max)
• Brief program notes for the composition (300 words max)
• Self-addressed, stamped postcard for confirmation of receipt of materials
• Self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of materials. (Materials will not be returned otherwise).

Supported formats include:

• DAT, CD, DA-88, ADAT, MiniDV, S-VHS, VHS, DVD
• Macintosh G4 733, 512 MB RAM (with MAX/MSP, Supercollider) MOTU 2408
• Yamaha Disklavier (upright)

(every effort will be made to accommodate other equipment needs)

II. Paper Submissions
[papers, panel discussions, lecture/demonstrations, studio reports]

Speakers are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the festival. Papers and studio reports will be limited to 30 minutes and panel sessions to 90 minutes. The duration of lecture/demonstration presentations should be 30 minutes, but longer presentations are also welcome. All topics related to computer music are welcome. Topics related to women in technology are especially welcome. Electronic submissions are welcome.

Please submit the following:

• An abstract (no more than 500 words) of the proposed paper, lecture/demonstration/studio report.
• Brief biography of the presenter (no more than 200 words)
• For panel submissions also include
• Names, contact information, and a brief bio for all panel members

Paper Submissions may also be submitted on this web site using the Online Submission Form.


III. Installation Submissions

Composers and sound artists are invited to submit proposals for installations at the festival.

Please submit the following:

• A detailed description of the proposed installation.
• A detailed list of equipment required (clearly indicating which equipment the composer will provide and that which Third Practice should provide).
• A brief biography of the composer (200 words max)
• Brief program notes for the composition (300 words max)

Installation Submissions may also be completed on this web site, using the Online Submission Form. If you would like to submit an installation for the festival, please mail the tracking number the form provides along with some sample sounds and images.



Deadlines


Music and Installation submissions must be postmarked by Sept. 2, 2002 and received by Sept. 9, 2002. Accepted composers and presenters will be notified by September 16, 2002.

Send submissions to:

Benjamin Broening
Music Department (Third Practice)
University of Richmond
Richmond VA 23173

For further information:

804.289.8278 (phone)
804.287.6814 (fax)
bbroenin@richmond.edu

http://www.music.richmond.edu/people/faculty/displayFaculty.php3?id=bbroenin

http://igor.richmond.edu/3p/