The University of Alberta is pleased to host the conference-festival "Paradigmatic Revolutions: Reframing Western Music Globalism from the Perspective of Asian Composers" from April 1-5, 2025. This event will explore the intersections of tradition, modernity, and cultural identity in global music, with a focus on historically minoritized composers in the context of contemporary globalization. This event is part of the previous success of the 2022 scholarly-practice joint exchange program, “Borderless Flows: Improvisational Interactions Across Asia, Africa, and Beyond.”
We invite scholars, researchers, and musicians to submit abstracts that critically engage with musical modernity, transnational dynamics, and the aesthetics- political dimensions of sound from diverse perspectives, particularly those rooted in intercultural practices. For more details, please visit our conference website at https://panproject.wixsite.com/paradigmatic-revolut
Conference Themes:
• Rethinking Western Music
• Intercultural Collaboration and Musical Entanglement
• Musical Improvisation vs. Score-based Composition
• Musical Authorship and Creativity
• Aesthetics and Cultural Identity
• Political dimensions between cultural self and others
• Minoritized Musicians’ Music-making
• Postcolonial and Decolonial Musical Practices
Keynote Speakers:
• Frederick Lau (Chinese Hong Kong University)
• Mingyeong Son (Seoul National University)
• Guest Composer: Jia Guoping (Beijing Central Conservatory of Music)
Presentation Formats:
• Individual Paper: 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. Abstract should be max. 250 words.
• Lecture-Performance: 20 minutes for lecture performance, plus 10 minutes for questions. Abstract should be max. 250 words, with performance accommodation needs.
Submission Details:
• Abstracts should include the name(s), affiliation(s), and contact details of all participants.
• Submit to: jsr1-at- ualberta.ca
• Deadline for submission: December 31, 2024
• Acceptance notifications: January 31, 2025
• Conference Dates: April 1-5, 2025
For any questions or inquiries, please contact conference organizers jsr1-at- ualberta.ca or mkson711-at- snu.ac.kr. We look forward to your thoughts and experiences and engaging our ideas to extend our boundaries from international communities.