The Organizing Committee of the IV Seminar - Music Science Technology: Frontiers and Ruptures, to be held from 2th to 4th of July 2012 at the Music Department of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, invites the submission of proposals in the form of expanded abstracts.

The seminar is proposed as an opportunity to discuss the relationship between music, science and technology, regarding not only its technical aspects, but also their aesthetic, creative and sociocultural relations. Papers should preferably, but not exclusively, be directed to the following topics:

• a.) technological mediation and its implications for listening and composition

• b.) experimental art processes

• c.) the notion of liveness

• d.) interactive musical systems

• e.) improvisation and experimentation in music

• f.) the use of technological tools and the socialization of music creation

• g.) aesthetic and political aspects of contemporary music creation

• h.) the expansion of means and spaces for music production

• i.) analytical and critical perspectives on the music production mediated by technologies

• j.) ubiquitous music and music made on digital networks

• k.) questions related to musical acoustics and sound perception

Important Dates

Deadline for submission: April 2, 2012

Notification of acceptance: May 8, 2012

Full paper submission: June 2, 2012

For more information, please visit the Seminar's webpage:

http://www.eca.usp.br/mobile/smct2012/index_en.htm