Shifting Ground: A Symposium
on Music and Publishing
11th April 2011
Oxford Brookes University
Call For Papers
The Oxford Brookes Popular Music Research Unit,
in association with The Royal Musical
Association and The Oxford International Centre
for Publishing Studies, is holding a one-day
symposium exploring links between music and
publishing in its broadest sense on April 11th,
2011. This event is intended to bring together
academics, journalists and publishers to explore
this previously neglected area which offers
exciting opportunities to tap into current
concerns about the effects of the internet on
the dissemination of music, to explore how our
experience of music is shaped by publications
relating to it, and to explore more broadly the
important issue of the relationship between
music and commerce, both in a historical context
and in the present. The day will feature themed
paper sessions, a keynote presentation from the
Music Publishing Association, a discussion panel
of journalists including Fiona Maddocks and Alyn
Shipton focusing on writing about classical,
jazz and popular music and will end with a round
table discussion featuring Dr Dai Griffiths
(Brookes), Dr Lee Marshall (Bristol) and Dr
Simon Warner (Leeds) to consider future directions of research in this area.
We invite contributions from a wide range of
disciplines and backgrounds to explore links
between music and publishing, both current and
historical, and are looking for twenty minute
papers. The focus of the day will roughly fall
into two main themes: an exploration of the
publishing of music in all its forms, and an
exploration of publishing about music. Please
indicate which theme you feel your paper would
best fall into. Topics for papers may include (but are not limited to):
· Music criticism and journalism
· Online lyric and tablature sites
· The sales, marketing and distribution of music
· Fan sites and music blogs
· Synergies between music and other forms of publishing
· Reception studies
· Printed Music Publishing
· Case studies and histories
How to submit:
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250
words and a short biography outlining your
research or professional experience in this
field. Please also include your contact details,
including email address, and your institution or
company affiliation, if you have one.
Submissions should be emailed, with a subject
heading of ?Brookes symposium? to:
<mailto:(jan.butler /at/ brookes.ac.uk)>(jan.butler /at/ brookes.ac.uk)
The closing date for submissions is the 1st
March 2011, 5pm. The chosen participants with
successful submissions will be notified by the end of 11th March 2011.
To express an interest in attending the event,
please contact Jan Butler as above. Further
details of the day will be advertised closer to
the date and can be found here:
<http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/research/project/shifting_ground/>http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/research/project/shifting_ground/
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Dr Jan Butler
Lecturer in Popular Music
Oxford Brookes University
<http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/pmru>http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/pmru
