Timbre 2020: 2nd International Conference on Timbre Virtual Greece, September 3-4, 2020 |
Conference website | https://timbre2020.mus.auth.gr/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=timbre2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | May 22, 2020 |
Notification of acceptance | June 30, 2020 |
Submission deadline | July 24, 2020 |
Timbre poses multifaceted research questions at the intersection of psychology, musicology, acoustics, and cognitive neuroscience. Bringing together leading experts from these and related fields, Timbre 2020 aims to provide a truly interdisciplinary forum for exchanging novel perspectives and forging collaborations across different disciplines to help address challenges in our understanding of timbre from empirical, theoretical, and computational perspectives.
Submission Guidelines
Timbre 2020 invites submissions in the form of abstracts (up to 2 pages, 500-1000 words) for oral or poster presentation. All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed and the accepted ones can be updated to a 4 pages paper that will be included in the conference proceedings. Submissions must conform to the template that will be available on the conference website.
List of Topics
- history of timbre
- timbre in popular, folk, and traditional music
- control of timbre in film music and sound design
- timbre in orchestration and compositional practices
- cultural differences in timbre perception
- the role of timbre in auditory scene analysis
- the role of timbre in eliciting emotions and tension
- timbral manipulation in music performance and conducting
- timbre in audio recording and production
- control of timbre in sound synthesis
- acoustic modeling of timbre
- computer-aided orchestration
- timbre perception, cognition, and aesthetics
- timbre perception with cochlear implants
- the timbre of the human voice
- musical instrument and room acoustics
- crossmodal associations involving timbre
- neural correlates of timbre processing
- timbre in music pedagogy
Committees
International Evaluation Committee
- Stefan Weinzierl, Technische Universität Berlin
- Philippe Esling, IRCAM/Sorbonne Université
- Denis Smalley, City, University of London (Emeritus)
- Cornelia Fales, Indiana University
- Robert Hasegawa, McGill University
- Emily Dolan, Brown University
- Vinoo Alluri, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
- Zachary Wallmark, University of Oregon
- Stephen McAdams, McGill University
- Marcelo Caetano, McGill University
- Joshua Reiss, Queen Mary University of London
- David Howard, Royal Holloway University of London
Organising committee
- Asterios Zacharakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Kai Siedenburg, University of Oldenburg
- Charalampos Saitis, Queen Mary University of London
Invited Speakers
Publication
All accepted abstracts, irrespective of presentation format, will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The proceedings will have an ISBN and its electronic version will be available on the Timbre 2020 website. Please note that at least one of the paper authors has to register to the conference for the paper to be presented and included in the proceedings.
Venue
This will be a virtual conference.
Contact
aszachar@mus.auth.gr