1-3 November 2012
University of Amsterdam, Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
Rome  Italy

Call for abstracts/proposals deadline: 1 June 2012

This is the third of a biennially organized conference that brings together scholars and historians of humanities disciplines to draw the outlines for a comparative history of the humanities. Although histories of single humanities disciplines already exist for a long time, the history of the humanities as a whole has only very recently been investigated, and the first monographs have just appeared.  Details on website.

17-19 October 2012
Lithuanian Composers’ Union; Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Vilnius, Lithuania

Call for Papers Deadline: 10 June 2012

The purpose of the conference is to contribute towards the development of musicological thought, which could serve to compositional practice and teaching process.  Details on website.

22-23 September 2012
Auckland, New Zealand

Call for Paper Deadline: 31 March 2012

The theme of conference is "Music and the Brain: Developing Pathways" with international music therapist, Dr. Wendy Magee giving the Keynote address.  Dr. Magee is Associate Professor within the Department of Music Education and Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.  The Conference will be held at the Quality Hotel Barrycourt, Parnell, Auckland. For details go to website.

26-28 May 2012
Sydney  NSW  Australia

Song Summit is one of Australia's premier music industry events, dedicated to supporting composers, songwriters and the wider music business. Conference, workshops, live performances and networking.  Details on website.

23-24 April 2012
Midem & Berklee College of Music
Massachussetts,  USA

Following the success of the first edition, midem and Berklee College of Music are proud to introduce the upcoming Rethink Music conference in Boston.  Combining creative workshops, expert panels, competitions and live performances, Rethink Music is designed to foster innovation and solutions to drive the music industry forward.  Details on website.

13-14 April 2012
Groundswell
Redfern  NSW  Australia

Multicultural Arts Forum 2012 is a space for inclusive dialogue and networking for artists, arts workers, researchers and cultural policy decision-makers of all backgrounds. It's time to discuss and decide upon actions that would reap the benefit of the enormous untapped cultural resources in Australia’s most culturally diverse state, NSW.  Details on website.

30-31 October 2012
Chatswood  NSW  Australia

Call for Proposals Deadline: 16 April 2012

The third Arts Activated Conference presents an interactive exploration of access to the Arts as a practical outcome of Australian cultural life. Artists and advocates, practitioners and producers, arts administrators and policy-makers will connect, debate and influence the vision of full social inclusion in all areas of the Arts nationwide.  Details on website.

10-15 June 2012
Louisiana  USA

New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp attracts Musicians from all over the World.
website

30 April 2012
Global

At its last General Conference in 2011, UNESCO proclaimed the 30th April International Jazz Day. For the first celebration in 2012, official events are planned in Paris, in New Orleans and at the headquarters of the UN in New York.

6-9 April 2012
Wollongong  NSW  Australia

Jazz performances, workshops and jam sessions.
Festival website

11-20 May 2012
Canberra  ACT  Australia

Experience exceptional music performed in many of Canberra’s iconic architectural spaces, including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Australia, the High Court of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, Albert Hall and much more
Festival website

24 June - 1 July 2012
Sydney  NSW  Australia

Performers Application Deadline: 1 December 2011

Ensembles, bands and choirs from around the world apply for the opportunity to perform at some of Sydney's best venues.  Workshops, concerts and adjudicated performances.
Festival website

6-8 April 2012
Toowoomba  Qld  Australia

Easterfest (previously known as the Australian Gospel Music Festival) is a three-day music festival held in Toowoomba, Australia. Easterfest is the largest festival in Toowoomba and claimed to be the largest drug and alcohol free festival in Australia.
Festival website

24 February - 18 March 2012
Adelaide  SA  Australia

Adelaide Fringe is an annual open-access arts festival run over 24 days and nights in Adelaide, South Australia during February and March. Unlike a curated festival, the open-access nature of Adelaide Fringe means that anyone with a show, exhibition or cultural event is able to register and be part of Australia’s largest arts event. The result is one of the most diverse arts festivals in the world, renowned for fresh ideas, spontaneity and fun.
Festival website

17-19 August 2012
Bellingen  NSW  Australia

Staged in and around Beautiful Bellingen with its pristine river and historic streetscape, from a modest start in 1990, the Bellingen Jazz and Blues Festival is now among the most respected Jazz Festivals in Australia.
Festival website

8-11 June 2012
Bellingen  NSW  Australia

Bellingen Music Festival is run entirely by a committee of volunteers dedicated to bringing the best of classical music to the NSW mid-north coast.
Festival website

8-12 October 2012
International Society for Music Information Retrieval
Porto  Portugal

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 13 April 2012

The annual Conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) is the world's leading research forum on processing, searching, organizing and accessing music-related data. The revolution in music distribution and storage brought about by digital technology has fueled tremendous research activities and interests in academia as well as in industry. 
Conference website.

19-21 July 2012
Pretoria,  South Africa

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 March 2012

As mandated by the 2011 AGM, we invite submissions on any research related to music; presentations will be chosen solely on the basis of their quality, not on their subject matter or approach. We hope that opening the conference in this way will stimulate members to submit a wide variety of proposals, including some that may cross traditional boundaries or present new approaches, and that the conference will encourage discussions across previously segregated sub-disciplines.  Full details on website.

26 April - 31 May 2012
Australia-wide

The Australian Innovation Festival is a national festival established in 2002 to encourage and support networking and business opportunities for participants in the areas of research & development, and technology commercialisation across all industry areas. he 2012 Festival Theme ‘Creating the Knowledge Economy’ will be supported by the continuing focus on the four C’s of innovation - Creativity, Connections, Collaboration and Commercialisation. Full details on WEBSITE

16-18 May, 2012
Arts Care
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Call for Papers Deadline: 6 February 2012

Arts Care is Northern Ireland’s leading Arts in Health Organisation and in 2012 it will celebrate 21 years of delivering high quality, sustainable Arts and ClownDoctor programmes across a diverse range of healthcare services in all of Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Trusts. With an emphasis on a participatory approach, the Anniversary Conference will provide an opportunity for experts, and all those interested in Arts in Health Practice and Evaluation across the globe to come together.
WEBSITE

7-16 June, 2013
presented by Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT)
Sydney  NSW  Australia

Call for proposal - performances deadline: 2 Feb - 8 June 2012 (see website for details)

Call for Papers: to be opened later in 2012 (bookmark website for dates)

ISEA2013 is a mind-changing feast of art and ideas that will introduce new ways of seeing and living the city. This international event will open a whole new world of interactive digital art to Australia. ISEA2013 will use Sydney as the playground where the public is immersed in ground-breaking creative works in and outside of the gallery. ISEA is one of the most significant international events in the field of electronic art and digital media, attracting global leaders in the field.  Details on WEBSITE.

23-24 April 2012
Berklee College of Music & Midem
Boston  Mass USA

Rethink Music, presented in association with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, brings together the strongest minds from across all facets of the music industry to examine current challenges and formulate paths forward.
website

10 February - 3 March 2012
Perth  WA  Australia

website

9-12 March 2012
Adelaide  NSW  Australia

WOMAD is the World of Music, Arts & Dance. WOMADelaide began in 1992 and has gone on to become one of Australia's favourite festivals; the 2010 festival attracted 81,500 attendances over four days (not including children 12 and under, who are admitted free).
website

23-26 August 2012
Gympie  QLD  Australia

Artist Application Deadline: 31 December 2011

The Gympie Music Muster is an annual event held over 6 action-packed days in one of Queensland's beautiful national state parks.

WEBSITE

30-31 October 2012
Accessible Arts
Chatswood  NSW  Australia

The third Arts Activated National Conference presents an interactive exploration of access to the Arts as a practical outcome of Australian cultural life. Artists and advocates, practitioners and producers, arts administrators and policy-makers will connect, debate and influence the vision of full social inclusion in all areas of the Arts nationwide.

WEBSITE

14-15 April 2012
Univerity of California Santa Barbra

Abstract or Proposal Deadline: 2 December 2011

Run by and intended for graduate students, this conference invites presentations that explore crisis from perspectives that expand the boundaries of traditional music research, welcoming participants from all disciplines.
WEBSITE

14-17 September 2012
Osaka  Japan

Call for Papers, Proposals: 12 July 2012

Kansai Music Conference provides a forum for independent musicians around the world to network with music industry professionals and showcase their music to the Japanese market.
WEBSITE

27 July - 5 August 2012
Torino,  Italy

Choir Participation Application Deadline: 30 November 2011

The festival offers more than 50 ateliers for choirs and individual singers, of any level and on every musical genre. There will be special programmes for conductors and composers and also training courses for young choral and musical managers.
WEBSITE

18-21 October 2012
Regional Arts Australia
Goolwa  SA  Australia

Call for Presenters, Papers Deadline: 28 February 2012

Full details on WEBSITE

13-15 July 2012
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Group
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Deadline for Call for Papers: 31 January 2012

The studies on Asian popular music are still in its embryonic stage. There is neither a university program in Asia devoted to popular music studies nor a journal dedicated to the exploration of Asian popular music.
Full details on WEBSITE

13-16 January 2014
International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
Santiago,  Chile

WEBSITE

13-15 May 2012
Jerusalem,

Call for Abstract deadline: 10 December 2011

The International Conference on Integrative Medicine brings together physicians and therapists from all over the world for a scientific meeting and dialog on the methods, techniques and progress of integrative medicine.
WEBSITE

2-5 March 2012
Nannup, WA  Australia

WEBSITE

15-20 July 2012
International Society of Music Education
Thessaloniki,  Greece

Call for Papers Deadline: 1 October 2011

WEBSITE

5-10 March 2012
International Council for Traditional Music
Vienna,  Austria

Call for Papers Deadline: 1 October 2011

The meeting will focus on two different but related topics:
1. Historical sources and contemporary fieldwork in ethnomusicology – relationship, dialogue, mutual benefit.
2. Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of historical sources of traditional music.
Full details on WEBSITE

2-5 October 2012
Adelaide,  SA  Australia

Call for Papers, Workshops Deadline: 8 October 2011

Full information on WEBSITE

23-24 February 2012
The University of Tübingen
Tübingen  Germany

The workshop aims at all PhD-students, postdocs and researchers who are interested in the neural mechanisms of music and language processing, especially those which might be shared by or separated in both modalities. It will cover the three areas of auditory processing: music, language and non-speech signals.
WEBSITE

2-5 May 2012
Michigan  USA

Call for paper deadline: 16 September 2011

Come share best practices, model programs, and cutting-edge research at the most comprehensive arts in healthcare event!
WEBSITE

19-21 November 2012
North Cyprus

Call for papers deadline: 15 March 2012

Performing Island Identities will explore music, dance, storytelling, folk theatre, and other performance traditions past and present in island communities worldwide. We will bring together folklorists, historians,  anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, and others to consider how islandness influences the development of traditions, especially how performance traditions form and maintain identity. The conference will include  academic presentations and cultural events. Conference attendance is open to all interested individuals.
WEBSITE

9-11 March 2011
Prague  Czech Republic

Call for paper deadline: 30 September 2011

his inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine, explore and critically engage with issues related to urban life. The project will promote the ongoing analysis of the varied creative trends and alternative cultural movements that comprise urban popultures and subcultures. In particular the conference will encourage equally theoretical and practical debates which surround the cultural and political contexts within which alternative urban subcultures are flourishing.
WEBSITE

5-8 July 2012
Edmund Rice Per­form­ing Arts Centre,
Brisbane  Qld  Australia

For full details go to WEBSITE

23-26 May 2012
Columbus State University
Georgia,  USA

Full details on WEBSITE

13-17 June 2012
University of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä, Finland

For full details go to WEBSITE

Future of Music Coalition
3-4 October 2011
Washington DC, USA

The 2011 Future of Music Policy Summit will examine the issues that matter most to today musicians, songwriters and composers — from the hyper-local to the truly global.
Full details on WEBSITE

27 February - 2 March 2012
Adelaide  SA  Australia

Running alongside the Adelaide Fringe and Adelaide Festival, the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) is a one-stop opportunity for the world's program-makers to experience the most oustanding in new performing arts from Australia and New Zealand.

WEBSITE

14-15 March 2012
Melbourne  Vic  Australia

Performer Application Open: 1 July - 30 September 2011

WEBSITE

13-15 April 2012
Pinjarra  WA  Australia

Artist application deadline: 30 June 2011

Fairbridge Festival is an annual family-friendly celebration of folk, roots, blues, acoustic, celtic, acapella and world music

WEBSITE

6-8 April 2012
Bermagui  NSW  Australia

Four Winds is a biennial festival of classic, cultural and world music. It takes place every second Easter in a parkland bush amphitheatre near Bermagui, amidst the wild beauty of the Sapphire Coast, on the far south coast of NSW, Australia.

WEBSITE

5-9 April 2012
Byron Bay  NSW  Australia

Artist Application deadline: 31 October 2011

WEBSITE

6-9 July 2012
The Centre for Tourism Cultural Change
Liverpool,  UK

Call for papers deadline: 21 November 2011

The CTCC’s 6th international research conference, and in the City of Liverpool famed for its popular music, we seek to explore the relationships between tourism, tourists and all forms/genres and sub-genres of music.

WEBSITE

17-18 March 2012
Katoomba  NSW  Australia

Artist Application opens 1 June 2011

WEBSITE

9-12 March 2012
Port Fairy  Vic  Australia

Artist Application Deadline: 31 July 2012

WEBSITE

Guildhall School of Music & Drama 
17-20 March 2012
London, UK

The Reflective Conservatoire Conference is now an established feature of the events calendar bringing together leading researchers, professional performers and teachers in music and drama from all over the world to address key issues within music in Higher Education in papers and practical workshops.
Website

International Music Council
15-20 July 2012
Thessaloniki, Greece

Conference theme: "Music Paedeia: From ancient greek philosophers towards global music  communities"
Deadline for Presenters: 1 October 2011
Deadline for Performers: 30 August 2011
Website

Organisation: Capsule and the University of Wolverhampton

1 to 4 September 2011 Home of Metal addresses the social and musicological heritage of Heavy Metal. Papers are invited on all issues related to the music and its aesthetic, social and political significance, its origins, and role in constructions of identity.

Calls for papers deadline: 17/12/2011 Location: Wolverhampton, , UK

State Date: 2011-09-01 End Date: 2011-09-04

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Organisation: Interkulture

INTERKULTUR proudly presents an International Choir Festival & Competition which will be the first ever in Vietnam's history. In collaboration with the Vietnamese Central Government, the Provincial Government of Quang Nam and the City Government of Hoi An, INTERKULTUR has created a unique possibility for choirs from around the globe to discover the beauty of the country, combined with an international choral event.

Organisation: Interkultur

The International Choir Competition Budapest is the oldest INTERKULTUR competition. It has been taking place every two years during the Holy Week (the week before Easter) and it is supposed to be the most traditional and distinctive event of INTERKULTUR.

Organisation: Interkultur

Your choir is a lay choir and would like to take part in the competition to become a World Champion? This is what you are looking for! Get the title and be the first Youth World Choir Champion ever! You have the chance to compete in different Categories and to attend encounter concerts together with other choirs from all around the world.

Organisation: Interkultur

In the spirit of world peace the international choral and sacred music festival MUSICA SACRA A ROMA will again be held in the Italian capital.