Daily Archives: 26 March 2018

CHASS Australia Future Leader Prize and Student Prize: Nominations Now Open

Nominations are currently open for the CHASS Australia Future Leader Prize and Student Prize.

The Future Leader prize is for an early career professional in any of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) fields. This recognises the nominee’s professional achievements and contribution to community and the advancement of the HASS sector. Sponsored by Future Leaders, the finalist will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and recognition from our esteemed Future Leaders jury.

The Student prize is for a student project, performance or exhibition that best exemplifies the contribution of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) fields to our understanding of our nation and us. Students enrolled at any level in any Australia tertiary educational institution are eligible to be nominated. Sponsored by CHASS, the finalist will be awarded a $500 cash prize and recognition from our esteemed Student prize jury.

Please note there is no nomination fee, and nominations are open to anyone, as long as the nominated work fits within the specified criteria. Please refer to attached posters for details. Feel free to forward this to your relevant contacts or print out the posters to put on your noticeboards.

Kindly note nominations will close on 2 July 5pm (AEST) and we strongly encourage applicants to apply early. Check out our website for all the guidelines: www.chass.org.au/2018-australia-prizes.

Opera Studies Day: New Zealand School of Music

14 July 2018 from 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Adam Concert Room, Victoria University of Wellington

Opera is a powerful and capricious art-form which fascinates and challenges scholars from a variety of disciplines, inviting a multitude of scholarly responses. This study day at the New Zealand School of Music seeks contributions exploring many aspects of the ‘exotic and irrational entertainment’. Interdisciplinary approaches and presentations from postgraduate students are particularly welcome.

Topics may include, but are not restricted to
* Reception studies, performance history
* New opera, the composer’s perspective
* Opera studies and musicology, methodological challenges
* Vocal pedagogy, training opera singers
* Production, direction, dramaturgy, mise-en-scène
* Programming and repertory
* Libretti, sources, translation
* Opera and digital media, opera on screen
* Iconography
* Opera-going as a cultural practice
* Literary responses to opera
* Participation and public engagement
* The singing body

Abstracts/proposals (max. 250 words) are invited for
* formal conference presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions)
* lecture demonstrations/lecture recitals (20 minutes + 10minutes for questions)

Please submit abstracts (as Word .doc or .docx files) to Corrina Connor and Sarah Chesney by 30 April 2018 at operastudiesday2018@gmail.com

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submission by 14 May.