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Proposals for papers and lecture-performances should be submitted by June 16th, 2019 via the Easy Chair platform, formatted according to the nature of the proposal:

Submission

When submitting abstracts for consideration, the author(s) should indicate (on the easychair platform) whether they are applying to a specific instrumental area (Hands-On Choral, Hands-On Guitar or Hands-On Piano) or to the general Hands-On Research Conference.

Papers

Papers will have a maximum duration of 15 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. We strongly encourage applicants to include an artistic demonstration (e.g. audio and/or video recordings). The abstract should contain a maximum of 350 words. We advise that the following questions should be addressed:

•  What was the research problem that gave rise to the work? 

•  What was the objective designed to address this problem? 

•  Which method was used? 

•  What results have been achieved/are expected?

•  What are the artistic or pedagogical implications? 

Lecture-Performances

The abstract should contain a maximum of 350 words and address the following questions:

•  What is the pertinence of this performance  for knowledge production? 

•  How is this proposal innovative? 

•  What is the program of the performance? 

Abstracts should also include information regarding:

(i) the duration of the presentation (maximum 30 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion);

(ii) link to an online video of the proposed performance (you may choose to upload your video as ‘unlisted’, ‘private viewing’ or ‘public viewing’).

In the field “other documents” in the Easy Chair platform, you should upload the following information in a single PDF:

a short artistic CV of the presenter(s) plus any technical requirements or materials necessary for the lecture-performance.

Other formats

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Acceptance

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposal, following a process of double peer review by the scientific and artistic commission, no later than July 31st, 2019.

Please note that English is the official language of this conference. 

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