Glissando #43 – Diversity. Curating Sounds Now is thrilled to have collaborated with Glissando magazine on their latest issue, focusing on diversity and curating in music and sound. Monika Żyła, a researcher for the Sounds Now project, served as a managing editor, creating a space for reflection concerning some of the recent curatorial practices in […]
Issue #43 Diversity. Curating Sounds Now is collaborating with contemporary music magazine Glissando on the upcoming #43 issue on Diversity. Curating. Contemporary music and sound art. We invite you to submit abstracts/project proposals (up to 2,000 characters) and, after acceptance, full articles (30-35,000 characters), medium-length texts (12-15,000 characters) including interviews, or shorter texts (up to […]
International Days on Cultural Rights Barcelona, November 16-19, 2022 Barcelona City Council is promoting the first International Days on Cultural Rights – CULTUROPOLIS, which is being co-organised with Culture Action Europe. Addressing the themes of cultural work & sustainability, diversities, participation & communities, and digital environments, CULTUROPOLIS is a meeting space for reflecting on and […]
Audio/video contributions to the Curating Diversity symposium 2021 are now being accepted — deadline May 5th. OPEN CALL: audio/video contributions for symposium Audio/video contributions to the Curating Diversity symposium 2021 are now being accepted. Participation in the symposium is not required. Deadline May 2nd. In the weeks leading up to the symposium, we invite everyone […]
A thought-provoking collection of interviews published by ONCURATING, which explores various definitions of what musical ‘diversity’ is or could mean, and how it can be achieved. This publication was originally conceived as a conference during the 2020 edition of the Ultima Festival in Oslo, Norway that would launch a year-long series of exchanges and discussions […]
A new publication from the Strengthening Music in Society project In the framework of the Strengthening Music in Society (SMS) project, coordinated by the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) and co-funded by Creative Europe, the Working Group on Diversity, Identity, Inclusiveness is presenting its second publication titled “Decentering Curricula: Questions for Re-evaluating Diversity and Inclusiveness in HMEIs”. On Wednesday 4 November, from […]
Renowned composer, improviser and academic George Lewis suggests that a creolized, mosaic identity is the way to achieve a new complexity and thus, greater creative depth. Watch and listen to this speech that manages to be sensitive, stern and inspiring all at once:
Sounds Now is looking to collaborate with a higher education institute or post-graduate student for a period of three to four years. The collaboration will focus on data collection and analysis in relation to our activities in the context of Sounds Now. Specifically, this involves collecting quantitative data on diversity with regards to the artists, […]
Identity and Diversity: Seeking a Connected Musical Society Published by 21 CM / DePauw School of Music In today’s politicized cultural environment, we’ve become accustomed to hearing that everything needs to be more “diverse.” In music, this means not only the composers we program and the students we teach, but also the individuals sitting in […]