CALL FOR PAPERS
‘Made in London’: Makers, designers and innovators in musical instrument
making in London, from the 18th to 21st centuries
London Metropolitan University, Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP
Saturday, 28 May 2016
This one-day conference aims to bring together an exciting range of new
research examining the making and development of musical instruments in
London. Diverse instruments can trace their roots through early London
workshops and the pioneering efforts of an enterprising body of innovative
and skilful craftsmen.
Makers, restorers, conservators, players, and historians are invited to
discuss musical instrument-making in London from the 18th to the 21stcenturies,
and through the shared discussion of current research to generate a better
understanding of issues common to both current and former practitioners. The
programme will be selected to promote new dialogue between the practical
and theoretical, to refresh organological thinking, and to forge creative
new collaborations in the practice and analysis of musical
instrument-making.
The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design of London Metropolitan
University, which incorporates the former London College of Furniture, has
been a centre of musical instrument-making for over 100 years. The
University welcomes this opportunity to host a conference in which
doctoral, post-doctoral and wider research communities can converge to
share recent findings and to advance the study of a particular music-making
culture from various disciplinary and methodological viewpoints.
Proposals for 20-minute papers on topics of music history related to the
theme of the conference are warmly invited, and may include (but are not
limited to):
· Musicians and makers; musician makers
· Musical innovation in relation to design and manufacturing
innovation
· Training and the transmission of skills
· Partnerships and apprentices; rivalry and collaboration
· The conflicting demands of the workbench v. the business
· Pricing, pitching, marketing and sales
· The selection and acquisition of materials
· Resolving issues of weakness and instability
· Logistical problems of instrument distribution
· Repairing and conserving historical and modern instruments
· Issues of fraud and copyright
Abstracts of no more than 200 words, together with a short biography of no
more than 100 words, details of instruments to be demonstrated, and AV
requirements, should be submitted as an email attachment to
[log in to unmask] by 5.00pm on Friday, 11 March 2016. Successful
applicants will be notified by Friday, 18 March 2016.
The conference is sponsored jointly by the Institute of Musical Research
and London Metropolitan University and registration and attendance will be
free. Refreshments will be provided, and a limited number of travel
bursaries will be available for those within three years of completing
their PhD.
Registration details to follow in March.
Dr Marie Kent
Institute of Musical Research
Royal Holloway University London
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Lewis Jones
Research Degrees Coordinator
Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design
London Metropolitan University
41 Commercial Road (room CR6-43)
London E1 1LA UK
T : 020 7320 1841
F: 020 7320 1830
W: http://www.thecass.com/
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and Wales with registered number 974438 and VAT registered number GB 447
2190 51. Our registered office is at 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB.
London Metropolitan University is an exempt charity under the Charities Act
2011. Its registration number with HMRC is X6880.
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