CFP: Principles of Music Composing: Links between Music and Visual Arts, Vilnius, Oct 2012

12th International Music Theory Conference
PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC COMPOSING:
Links between Music and Visual Arts

17-19 October 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania

Sub-themes:
Theoretical conceptions behind the links between music and visual arts
Psychophysiological insights on connection between sound and visual (traditional, contemporary, electronic, etc.)
Aesthetic assumptions on the synthesis of sound and visual (archaism, symbolism, abstractionism etc.)
Spatial and temporal semantics in music and fine arts (philosophical, semiotic, historical aspects)
Musical paintings and visual music of M. K. Ciurlionis and his contemporaries
Composers – painters (M. K. Ciurlionis, A. Schoenberg etc.)

Paper proposals (abstract together with a short biography) should be sent to Mr. Marius Baranauskas: pmc at lmta.lt . The abstract must not exceed 500 words. The duration of papers will be limited to 20 minutes.

The deadline for proposal submissions is June 10, 2012. The proposals will be reviewed by members of the organizing committee and all applicants will be notified of the outcome in the end of June 2012.

The main language of the conference is English.

The material of the conference – abstracts and papers will be published.

Conference website: http://pmc.lmta.lt