[ecrea] CFP - Working in Music: The Musicians’ Union, musical labour and musical employment

Call for Papers: Working in Music: The Musicians’ Union, musical labour 
and musical employment. Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 14 and 15 January 2016.

This conference marks the conclusion of The Musicians Union: A Social 
History a four year research project which is based at the University of 
Glasgow (www.muhistory.com<http://www.muhistory.com>) and funded by the 
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social 
Research Council (ESRC).

The UK’s Musicians’ Union traces it origins back to 1893 and the project 
has used the Union as a prism through which to examine, over a 120 year 
period, both the working lives of musicians and the industries in which 
they work. It has concentrated on musicians as workers, musicians’ 
representative organisations and employment in the music industries. 
These considerations form the backdrop to the conference. We therefore 
invite proposals for papers which address one or more of the following 
themes:

Musicians’ working lives

Employment practices and working conditions within the music industries

Musicians’ representative organisations

The effect of gender, race, ethnicity, disability and/or sexuality on 
musical labour and employment

Musical labour and employment in different genres of music

Musical labour and technology (including musical labour in the digital age)

Musicians’ working lives in orchestras, bands and other ensembles

Labour and creativity

Music and the labour movement

Proposals

Paper proposals are invited on these topics - and on any other issue 
relevant to musicians’ representative organisations, musical labour and 
musical employment. Proposals will be welcomed from any perspective, 
using any methodology and addressing any kind of music.

Please note that papers should last for 20 minutes and the conference 
organisers will be asking chairs to keep to this limit.
Submitting Proposals

Proposals should include the name and contact details (email) of the 
proposer, the title of the proposal and an abstract of no more than 150 
words. We also invite proposals for panels. Please send proposals to 
(arts-muconference /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)<mailto:(arts-muconference /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)>. 
The deadline for proposals is 31 May 2015.

We hope to inform applicants of decisions by 30 June 2015.

Keynote Speakers

We are delighted to announce the following keynote speakers:

Catherine Tackley, Open University, UK, author of Benny Goodman’s Famous 
1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (OUP 2012)

Matt Stahl, University of Western Ontario, Canada, author of Unfree 
Masters: Popular Music and the politics of work (Duke University Press 
2012).

Special Guest

John Smith, General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union, will join the 
conference as our special guest.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow 
(www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/pages/home.aspx<http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/pages/home.aspx>), 
a prestigious Edwardian building which is a landmark conference venue.

This location is within walking distance of a range of excellent 
restaurants, bars, pubs and music venues.

Exhibition

An exhibition on the history of the Musicians’ Union will be staged to 
coincide with the conference.

Concert and Social events

A concert celebrating the history of the Union and of the role of music 
in the labour movement more broadly will be held during the conference. 
Acclaimed singer songwriter, and MU activist, Rab Noakes will lead this 
celebration. The conference will also feature a number of social events. 
Further details to follow.

Other Information

Glasgow has one of the most vibrant music scenes in the UK, having in 
the recent past produced artists such as Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, 
Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand and Emeli Sande. It has a great range of 
venues including The Barrowland Ballroom, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, the 
Academy, the ABC, the Garage, Stereo, the Royal Concert Hall and the SSE 
Hydro. It also boasts a highly diverse music scene with significant 
dance, country and western, folk and jazz scenes. For more information see:

http://peoplemakeglasgow.com/things-to-do/visitor-itineraries/glasgows-music-must-dos

Website

The conference website will be updated regularly. It can be found at:
www.muhistory.com.

Conference Fee

The conference fee has yet to be set but is expected to be in the region 
of £100 for waged delegates and £50 for unwaged, inclusive of admission, 
tea and coffee, concert and social event.

Welcome

We look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow

Martin Cloonan and John Williamson, MU History Project.

Professor Martin Cloonan
Research Convener
Music
University of Glasgow
14 University Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Phone: 0141 330 4903
Fax: 0141 330 3518
E-Mail: (martin.cloonan /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)



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