[AMS-announce] CFP: CHARM/RMA: Musicology and Recordings, London, Sep 2007

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CHARM/RMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON 'MUSICOLOGY AND RECORDINGS' (ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 13-15 SEPTEMBER 2007) 

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CALL FOR PAPERS 
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The 2007 Royal Musical Association Annual Conference will be hosted by CHARM (the AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music), at the Egham campus of Royal Holloway, University of London. 

  
The conference theme is 'Musicology and recordings', and we intend this in the broadest possible sense. For most people in today's world 'music' means 'recorded music': through records, broadcasts, and the internet, technologies of reproduction have not only led to the emergence of new musical genres but also transformed performance and composition in existing genres, as well as fundamentally reshaping the production, dissemination, consumption, and business of music. At the same time the use of recordings has become an increasingly significant part of both research into and the teaching of all kinds of music. We hope that proposals will reflect work being carried out in the widest variety of musical traditions, cultural contexts, or methodological approaches. The keynote lecture will be given by Robert Philip (Open University). 

  
Submissions are invited for individual papers (30 minutes including discussion), themed sessions (three/four speakers, 90/120 minutes), and round tables (90/120 minutes). Abstracts (200 words for individual papers, or 600 words submitted by the proposed convenor for sessions and roundtables) should be emailed no later than ***31 JANUARY 2007*** to the CHARM Coordinator, Carol Chan ( carol.chan at rhul.ac.uk). The programme committee will make a final decision on abstracts by 1 March 2007, and contributors will be notified as soon as possible thereafter. 

  
Further information will be posted on the conference website ( http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/content/events/2007conference.html) as it becomes available. For other queries, please contact Carol Chan in the first instance. 

To find out more about CHARM, please visit our website (www.charm.rhul.ac.uk ) and see the 2006 CHARM newsletter available at: http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/content/resources/2006newsletter.pdf