Call

for Participation
International conference
Innovative tools and methods to teach Music and Signal Processing ,
November 2-3, 2015
Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne - France.

Technology has profoundly changed musical practices throughout the twentieth
century. It has particularly led to the emergence of new musical trends, at an
international level: Musique Concrte, acousmatic or electroacoustic music on the one
hand based on the recording and processing of all kinds of sounds and on the other
hand electronic music, concerned with sound synthesis the construction of sound at a
microscopic level and with the calculation and accurate control of parameters.
During the twenty-first century, digital technologies have become pervasive,
ubiquitous. Most of the music we now listen to emanates from speakers or
headphones. Sophisticated technology for musical creation and sound processing has
become available to everybody. However, are musicians more creative than they used
to be? Do people make more music? Is the music produced with machines radically
different from that produced with traditional instruments? Is the teaching of music
adapted to these new practices?
For over 50 years history of computer music, experiments have already been attempted
in various directions. What prospects can these experiments offer in terms of new
educational practices?
(Non-exhaustive) list of topics that may be discussed:
Teaching technology for music or music with technology, in primary schools,
high schools, universities, music schools, conservatories;
Teaching computer programming through music creation;
Sound and music as entry point for teaching mathematics or physics;
Learning the fabrication of electronic instruments and embedded electronics;
Examples of learning plans for the teaching of MAO.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 30, 2015.
Notification of results: July 27, 2015.
Program of the conference available on September 15, 2015.

To apply, please send a short abstract (300-500 words) and a biography to:

laurent.pottier@univ-st-etienne.fr

Universit Jean Monnet - CIEREC - EA3068 - 35, rue du 11 novembre
42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02 - France
tel : +33(0)4 77 42 16 61 - fax : +33(0)4 77 42 16 84

Scientific Committee:
Philippe Ezequel, lecturer, Department of Computer Science, UJM (Saint-Etienne)
Albert Graef, head of the Computer Music Research Group at the JGU - Johannes
Gutenberg University (Mainz - Germany)
Pierre Jouvelot, researcher at CRI - Centre for Research in Computer Science - Mines -
ParisTech (Paris)
Yann Orlarey, composer, head of research at GRAME (Lyon)
Laurent Pottier HDR lecturer in musicology, music department, UJM (Saint-Etienne)
Julius Smith, senior lecturer at the Center for Computer Research in Music and
Acoustics (CCRMA), music department at Stanford University (California, USA)
Organizing committee:

Laurent Pottier
Yann Orlarey
Jean-Franois Minjard
Secretariat: Martine Patsalis (martine.patsalis@univ-st-etienne.fr)

Special PhD session

Thomas Cipierre (CIEREC)

Romain Michon (Stanford univ.)

Guest speakers :

Jason A. Freeman, senior lecturer at the Music Academy of the Georgia Institute of
Technology in Atlanta (Georgia, USA)
Albert Graef, head of the Computer Music Research Group at JGU - Johannes
Gutenberg University (Mainz - Germany)
Victor Lazzarini, lecturer in the Music Department of the Music Technology
Laboratory at the National University of Ireland (Maynooth, Ireland)
Julius Smith, senior lecturer at the Center for Computer Research in Music and
Acoustics (CCRMA), music department at Stanford University (California, USA)
Marco Stroppa, professor of composition at the Musikhochschule of Stuttgart
(Germany),

The event will run over the course of two days on November 2 and 3, 2015, between
9am and 5pm, at the Salle du conseil (Droit) of the Jean Monnet University - 33 rue du
11 novembre Saint-Etienne - France.
A concert will also take place in the evening from 7pm at the auditorium of the Maison
de lUniversit.
There will be no charge to attend the event, however transport, accommodation and
costs are the responsibility of delegates.

Universit Jean Monnet - CIEREC - EA3068 - 35, rue du 11 novembre

42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02 - France
tel : +33(0)4 77 42 16 61 - fax : +33(0)4 77 42 16 84