CFP – At Play: Performance, Analysis, and Artistic Research Call for Papers Meetings & Events NEW

At Play: Performance, Analysis, and Artistic Research

5–7 March 2027

University of Colorado Boulder

Call for Presentations

Submission deadline: 1 September 2026

Keynotes:

Ian Pace (piano and musicology): recital and keynote

Edward Klorman (music theory and viola)

Barbara Lüneburg (violin and artistic research)

Caroline Traube (musical acoustics and performance studies)

Pedagogy workshop:

Jonathan Leathwood (guitar and music theory)

The interactions of performance, analysis, and artistic research have provoked debate at least since the start of the 21st century. Differing schools of thought have in turn interacted with, castigated, and ignored one another. The time is ripe for a reappraisal of work implicating these three areas.

In this spirit, we invite proposals on any topic at the intersection of performance, analysis, and artistic research. We seek wide-ranging perspectives, diverse practices and repertoires, and approaches ranging from empirical studies and pedagogy to theory, improvisation, ethnography, and more. We will consider proposals for twenty-minute papers, thirty-minute lecture-recitals, and special sessions of any format (panels, workshops, lightning talks, etc.). Presentations will be in-person.

Please see At Play: CFP for submission details.

Program committee:

Daphne Leong, chair (University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.)

Jonathan De Souza (Western University, Canada)

Cecilia Oinas (Sibelius Academy, Finland)

John Rink (University of Cambridge, UK)

Symposium venue: College of Music, University of Colorado Boulder

The main locale is a 150-seat hall with a 9-foot Steinway, projection and sound capabilities, and telescoping seating. It will be supplemented by smaller rooms for workshops and sessions of alternate format.