[Commlist] Call for papers: Music, Spirituality and Genre study day, Middlesex University, London, UK

Middlesex University is hosting a Study Day on Music, Spirituality and 
Genre on Friday 20 May 2022, convened by Dr Mike Dines and Dr Brian 
Inglis, in association with the international network Music, 
Spirituality and Wellbeing (MSW) http://mswinternational.org/.

> From Lady Gaga and Leonard Cohen to Arvo Pärt and Galina Ustvolskaya via John Coltrane, musicians working in various genres have notably explored spiritual themes and/or made music with spiritual intention. Music without such intentions can also be received in a spiritual context. How does spirituality manifest in musical terms through different genre lenses? How can such radically different sounds purport to have, or achieve, similar aims? To what extent can spirituality be de-coupled from religion? 

Proposals are invited for 20’ papers which consider how spirituality is 
manifested within a particular piece/performance, idiolect, genre, or 
across genres. The manifestation might involve the setting of or 
reference to spiritual/religious texts, or a more abstract evocation of 
spirituality/spiritual intent.

We are pleased to announce two lead speakers for the day: Georgina 
Gregory (co-editor with Mike Dines of Exploring the Spiritual in Popular 
Music: Beatified Beats) and Richard McGregor (writer on music and 
spirituality including in James MacMillan; co-author of books on Peter 
Maxwell Davies). Their joint session will be moderated by Revd Prof. 
June Boyce-Tillman, editor of the Music and Spirituality series for 
Peter Lang Verlag.
The day will include lunchtime performances of works by John Tavener 
from BA Music students (classical performance/composition pathway), and 
conclude with spiritually-inclined popular music performances from 
students on the Popular Music pathway. There will also be a launch of 
Exploring the Spiritual in Popular Music.

While the day will be held in-person at Middlesex University’s Hendon 
campus in north London, a livestream will also be available. Prospective 
speakers, however, are strongly encouraged to attend in person.
Please submit an abstract of max 200 words (plus a 100-word biography) 
by Monday 28 February 2022 to (m.dines /at/ mdx.ac.uk) and/or 
(b.inglis /at/ mdx.ac.uk). We expect to announce the programme, along with 
further details about the day, by early April 2022.

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