The Electroacoustic Music Association of China (EMAC) and the China Electronic Music Center (CEMC) based at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing are pleased to announce their annual conference:

Musicacoustic 2005: Mix
October 23rd through 30th
Beijing, China

The transforming soundscape of Beijing offers a heavy 'Mix' of old and modern voices; where the old hutong and modern skyscrapers Mix amidst a hurried development frenzy. The Conference will therefore invite research and concerts inquiring along a broad vector that traverses the aesthetics of Organized Sound, Electro-Acoustics (with Chinese and Western Instruments), Microsound, Coding Experimentation and Phonography.

With modern China as a backdrop, we think a Mix of the traditional and new in computer/electronic/laptop music is an appropriate thematic for this call for works, where an old/young city/country is experimenting with its own emerging unique voice on the global music scene. Chinese composers and academics come together once a year to plan future directions for the development of computer music in China and to learn/exchange with their international guests.

There are no irrelevant proposals for this week of music, practicum and discourse: recent software developments; theory and criticism, a focus on phonographic practice, or music with image. The conference will include concerts, paper sessions, artist talks, discussion panels and workshops. 10 to 16 channels with subwoofer will be provided (Genelec). Workshops or residencies are invited in the days surrounding the conference.

Deadline for proposals is June 30, 2005.

Organizing committee:

Zhang Xiaofu
President of EMAC;
Director of CEMC, Central Conservatory of Music
Beijing
cemc@ccom.edu.cn

Kenneth Fields
Professor
CEMC, Central Conservatory of Music
Dept of Digital Art and Design, Peking University
ken@ccom.edu.cn

Kui Dong
Professor
Dartmouth
kui.dong@dartmouth.edu