Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research
Conference announcement and call for papers
MUSICAL COLLABORATION
Department of Psychology, The Open University
Friday and Saturday, 24th & 25th April 2004
This international conference offers an opportunity to explore the many social processes involved in music listening, creation and performance - examining, for example, both novices and professional musicians as they interact musically, as well as considering the communication between musicians and audience. The theme is intended to be broad in scope, and will include research looking at the different ways in which people work together, and how collaboration can be facilitated and improved, and how the results of such work can be assessed. Contributions are welcome from researchers at all levels and are especially encouraged from postgraduate students and reseachers early in their careers. In addition to individual papers, symposia and workshops, space and time will be made at the conference for conference for posters to be displayed and viewed.
Please send abstracts for paper, symposia and workshops (200 words) and for posters (100 words) by 9th January 2004 to Dorothy Miell at the address below.
Invited Keynote Speaker: Professor Keith Sawyer, Washington University, St Louis
My talk will begin by presenting a guiding framework for analyzing collaboration in musical groups. I will then connect that framework to collaboration more generally, in classroom group discussion, in creative domains including art and science, and in creative work teams. I make two crticial connection: first, that musical collaboration can help us to understand all collaboration, but also that the study of other forrms of collaboration can help us to understand musical interaction.
For further information, please contact:
Dorothy Miell, Processes in Collaboration, Communication and Creativity Research Group, Department of Psychology, Briggs Building, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
or
Raymond MacDonald, SEMPRE Conference Secretary, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA
