Call for Papers
International Conference
SONG, STAGE & SCREEN II
Interdisciplinary approaches to the musical stage
23rd-25th March 2007
School of Performance and Cultural Industries
University of Leeds
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Contributions are invited to the above conference which aims to bring together scholars from all over the world in any discipline, working on the relationship between music and the stage/screen. This conference is organised by the School of Performance and Cultural Industries of the University of Leeds. Speakers will include Dr Nicholas Till (Director - Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre, University of Sussex), Jim Holmes (Head of Music - Opera North), Dominic Gray (Projects Director – Opera North) and Dr Dominic Symonds (Co-editor - Studies in Musical Theatre journal).
The official language of the conference is English. We would be particularly interested in papers, panels and workshops on the following themes, although these should not be taken as exclusive:
- The body performing Music(al) Theatre
- Semiotics of escapism: watching Music(al) Theatre
- Music(al) Theatre as voyeurism
- Contemporary British Music(al) Theatre
- Post-modernism and songs on stage
- Ideology, Politics and the Musical stage
- Globalisation and the consumption of the Musical stage
- Problems of Genre: Opera / Music(al) Theatre
- Utopia and Reality: Escapism and the screen Musical
- Gender and sexuality in Music(al) Theatre
- Analysis: the fusion of words and music
- Paralinguistics and the rhetorical expression of music in song
We are also interested in hosting a small number of small-scale Music(al) Theatre performances (of up to 6 performers).
Papers should be designed to last no more than 20 minutes. Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words to the conference co-ordinator, Sue Jones, pcusj@leeds.ac.uk with the subject heading “Song, Stage and Screen II”. The deadline for proposals is Friday, 5th January 2007.
Conference Registration Fee: £185.00 (£85.00 for students/unwaged); this includes access to all conference proceedings, performances/evening activities, refreshments and formal dinner.
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Other enquiries should be addressed to the conference organisers:
Dr George Rodosthenous, g.rodosthenous@leeds.ac.uk and
Mr Arthur Pritchard, a.g.pritchard@leeds.ac.uk