[Historyoftheory] CFP: Instruments of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music, November 8-9, 2017

[Andrew Hicks]

CFP: Pre-AMS Mini-Conference on "Instruments of Music Theory"

Conference dates: November 8-9, 2017
Website: https://historyofmusictheory.wordpress.com/pre-ams-hot-conference/
Location: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
CFP deadline: 1st May 2017

The History of Theory AMS Study Group (initiative) and SMT Interest Group
will host a pre-AMS mini-conference, November 8-9, 2017, at the Eastman
School of Music (Rochester, NY), on the broad theme "Instruments of Music
Theory."

Music-theoretical systems have relied upon various forms of instrumental
mediations, from the monochord and the Guidonian hand to the Music Encoding
Initiative and computer-based toolkits such as music21. Such tools enable
the articulation (and testing) of theoretical propositions, but they also
limit the kind and content of the epistemic claims they enable. Does a
“History of Music Theory,” then, map a “History of the Instruments of Music
Theory”? What are the instruments (musical, scientific, mechanical,
conceptual, digital, etc.) through which music-theoretical knowledge is
generated, and how do such instruments shape and condition
music-theoretical knowledge?

We invite 250-word proposals for 20-min papers that address any aspect of
music theory and “instrumentality.” Our definition of “music-theoretical
instruments” is intentionally broad and encompasses musical instruments
(traditional and experimental), notational systems (practical and
theoretical), diagrammatic and visual representations, recording
technologies, digital analytic toolkits, etc. We particularly welcome
submissions that engage topics in non-Western musics.

Submissions will be accepted through May 1, 2017, and speakers will be
notified of acceptance in late May or early June. Please send all
submissions (as MS Word or PDF attachments, with the subject "History of
Theory Proposal") and queries to Andrew Hicks at ajh299 at cornell.edu. Proposals
should include the presenter's name, contact information, and institutional
affiliation (if any).

The conference will feature keynote speakers Alexander Rehding (Harvard
University) and Gabriela Currie (University of Minnesota), a concert by
David Catalunya (University of Würzburg) on a newly reconstructed
clavisimbalum, and an organological workshop with Dr. Catalunya on the
sensorial perception of music-theoretical precepts featuring (inter alia)
reconstructed Pythagorean bells.


Andrew Hicks | Assistant Professor | Department of Music and Program in
Medieval Studies
Cornell University | 106 Lincoln Hall | Ithaca NY, 14853
607-351-6297 phone | 607-254-2877 fax | ajh299 at cornell.edu
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