**Call for Scores, Recordings, Papers and/or Lecture/Recitals**
**Papers**
abstracts of no more than 300 words on any topic relating to the theme of the symposium. The review committee will take special interest in proposals that address music and ideas of the guest composers - (interdisciplinary topics are welcome). Topics that address the more general role of music and sound in Japanese culture are also especially welcomed.
Deadline for receipt (hard copy or email Microsoft Word attachment) is December 20, 2006 - 5 PM EST
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***Lecture/Recitals***
30 minutes. cassette tape or CD of performance and short abstract (200 words). Deadline for receipt is December 20, 2006 .
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***Composition Competition***
Composers of any nationality are invited to submit a score(s) for a performance at the symposium. Submitted music should have some connection to the theme of the symposium (tradition and innovation in music of Japan ): this connection could be the use of traditional Japanese music and/or aesthetic principles; or/and the nationality of the composer (Japanese, Japanese-American, etc.). Recordings as supporting material are also welcomed, if available.
1) scores should be written for any combination of the following players: flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano
2) scores must be accompanied by a one-paragraph description of how the music is connected to the theme of the symposium
3) all submitted scores will be retained in the music dept. library at UMBC
Deadline for receipt is December 20, 2006.
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***Competition for Performers***
The review committee welcomes a cassette tape or CD submission by performers for a performance of a work by a Japanese composer. Winners will receive:
1) masterclass performance opportunity with the composer
2) a concert performance opportunity and honorarium
3) CD recording
See the Music of Japan 2007 website for further information. A list of works by the featured composers can be found at the websites below:
Hiroyuki Itoh - http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~hyama/db/itoh/itohe.html
Hiroyuki Yamamoto - http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~hyama/db/hyama/hyamae.html
Shirotomo Aizawa (to be posted in late August on the Music of Japan 2007 website)
Deadline for receipt is December 20, 2006.
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Call for Computer music concert of Japanese composers – please submit recording, program notes, and short composer bio
Deadline for receipt is December 20, 2006.
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All submissions should be sent to the Directors:
Dr. Kazuko Tanosaki & Professor E. Michael Richards
Department of Music
University of Maryland , Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore , MD 21250
phone = 410-455-3064
fax = 410-455-1181
email = tanosaki@umbc.edu or emrichards@umbc.edu