[microsound-announce] CEC website / TES 2009 deadline EXTENDED

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apologizes for any inconvenience.

The deadline for submissions to the Toronto 
Electroacoustic Symposium 2009 has been extended 
to 23:59 (EST) Saturday 12 June to accommodate 
those having trouble connecting to the TES Call 
for Contributions page. The text of the Call for 
Contributions follows.

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Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium 2009
Call for Papers and Compositions /
Appel à présentations et compositions
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The Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) and 
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) are pleased 
to announce the dates for the 2009 Toronto 
Electroacoustic Symposium. The symposium will 
take place in Toronto at NAISA's Artscape 
Wychwood Barns facilities and on Toronto Island, 
from 6-9 August 2009.

In this third edition of the symposium we are 
introducing categories for compositions, inviting 
more expansive discussion of themes introduced in 
preceding years (such as Pedagogy and Live 
Electronics), and opening up new lines of inquiry 
into networking technologies, installation art, 
sound plus image, and the nature and history of 
electroacoustic communities (including those of 
popular music).

As in preceding years, the symposium leads 
directly into the main concert weekend of the 
annual Sound Travels festival, which this year 
features the work of Annette Vande Gorne, Nicolas 
Bernier, Ken Gregory, Ben Thigpen and others. At 
the heart of the symposium will be a keynote 
lecture by Annette Vande Gorne, in which the 
celebrated Belgian composer will discuss the 
relationship between acousmatic art and 
historical, musical traditions, in terms of 
rupture and continuity (with examples drawn from 
Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Est, from the 
electroacoustic opera-in-progress, Yawar Fiesta, 
and from other works).

At this time we are inviting proposals for papers 
and compositions (see submission guidelines 
below). All symposium contributions will be 
webcast live, and text proceedings will be 
published in a forthcoming issue of the CEC's 
online journal, eContact!.

We look forward to seeing you, your colleagues, 
collaborators and students in Toronto in August!


Submissions / Soumissions

The deadline for all submissions (papers, 
installations, compositions) is [revised 
deadline] **23:59 (EST) Saturday 12 June 2009**.


Papers / Présentations

Papers are to be presented in 20 minutes, 
followed by 10 minutes of questions and 
discussion. We are especially interested in paper 
submissions dealing with the themes outlined 
below - however, proposals related to any aspect 
of electroacoustic practice (broadly conceived, 
including electroacoustic practice as a part of 
popular music, media art and other disciplines) 
are welcome:
- Live Electronics and Interaction
- EA Education and Pedagogy
- Networked Events and Techniques
- Sound and Image, Sound and Space
- (Acoustic) Ecology: Water, Air, Sound
- Archives and Documents, Histories and Communities
- Interpretation, Criticism and Analysis 
(including creators' presentations about their 
own work)

Submit a one-page abstract (.doc, .odt or .rtf 
format) to the chair of the symposium committee, 
David Ogborn <david.ogborn at utoronto.ca>. Specify 
any and all technical, audio-visual requirements 
in the abstract.


Compositions

Compositions will be presented in two possible 
formats, at the discretion of the committee - in 
a concert-setting or in lecture-listening 
sessions alongside paper presentations. 
Preference will be given to compositions by 
composers who are attending the symposium to 
present an accepted paper or who indicate that 
they are prepared to lead æsthetic and/or 
analytical discussion of their piece in the 
context of a lecture-listening session.

Submit a brief abstract (.doc, .odt or .rtf 
format) describing the composition, a complete 
stereo MP3 representation of the piece, and PDF 
copies of any additional documentation (scores, 
technical notes) to the chair of the symposium 
committee, David Ogborn 
<david.ogborn at utoronto.ca>.

Where compositions include live electronic and/or 
live performance elements, it is expected that 
such elements will be provided to the symposium 
by composers.


Important Dates / Dates importantes

Deadline for reception of proposals: **23:59 
(EST) Saturday 12 June 2009** [revised deadline]
Notification of acceptance: Sunday, 21 June
Symposium opening concert / reception: Thursday, 6 August @ 20:00
Symposium sessions: 7-8 August, 9:00-16:30
Sound Travels festival concerts: 7-9 August


Organisation

Review Committee / Comité de sélection

David Ogborn, Symposium Chair (CEC / McMaster University)
Kevin Austin (CEC / Concordia University)
David Berezan (University of Manchester, UK)
Darren Copeland (New Adventures in Sound Art)
David Eagle (University of Calgary)
Ken Fields (University of Calgary)
Charlie Fox (University of Regina)
James Harley (University of Guelph)
Cort Lippe (University at Buffalo, USA)
Hilary Martin (York University)
Michael Matthews (University of Manitoba)
Katharine Norman (CEC / City University, London, UK)
Jean Piché (Université de Montréal)
Bob Pritchard (University of British Columbia)
Laurie Radford (CEC / University of Calgary)
Ben Thigpen (Conservatorio di Cuneo, Italy)
Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University)
Eldad Tsabary (CEC / Concordia University)
Ellen Waterman (University of Guelph)
Scott Wilson (University of Birmingham, UK)

Organizing Committee / Comité d'organisation

Darren Copeland (New Adventures in Sound Art)
Emilie LeBel (University of Toronto)
David Ogborn (CEC / McMaster University)
Fiona Ryan (University of Toronto)
Nadene Thériault-Copeland (New Adventures in Sound Art)

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