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| Bangor University. Photo: Iwan Williams |
Bangor University later this year is holding the First International Conference on Women's Work in Music, which runs 4-7 September. A call for papers is now open and the application deadline is 1 March.
Keynote speakers will be the composer and author Dr Sophie Fuller and, er, me, and the timing of the event has been chosen to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Grace Williams, one of the first Welsh composers to achieve international recognition. Across four days, it seems likely to offer an exceptional, in-depth exploration of its potentially explosive topic. Hope to see lots of JDCMB readers there.
Celebrating the Achievements of Women Musicians
The Conference aims to bring together academics, researchers and music professionals from around the world to share their research and experience of all aspects of women working in music.
The Conference will seek to both celebrate the achievements of women musicians, and to critically explore and discuss the changing contexts of women’s work in music on the international stage. The diversity and richness of this work will be illustrated at the conference through presentations in areas such as:
- historical musicology,
- music education,
- ethnomusicology,
- practice-led research and performance,
- composition,
- music analysis,
- popular music studies and much more.
