JOIN US TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF ESCOM
GHENT, 31 JULY – 4 AUGUST 2017
THEME: EXPRESSIVE INTERACTION WITH MUSIC

 

ESCOM, the European Society for Cognitive Sciences Of Music, celebrates its 25 years of activities with a special conference that is hosted from 31 July – 4 August 2017 by Prof. Dr. Marc Leman and his team from IPEM at the University of Ghent in Belgium.

Currently the focus of music cognition shifts towards a variety of sensory, motor, sensorimotor, affective-motivational, cognitive and social functions involved in the many ways people interact with music. ESCOM 2017 aims at being a thought-provoking conference that explores the theme of “Expressive Interaction with Music”. During this special event music-based interaction is addressed from a wide range of perspectives, in relation to expression, gestures and social and cultural contexts.

Within 4 days ESCOM 2017 will bring together experts from different domains related to the field, and scholars discussing expressive interaction with music from the perspective of perception (day 1), performance (day 2), and aesthetics (day 3). On day 4, through parallel workshops, the opportunity is offered for an open and intense exchange of experience. A round table discussion is organized where the future of music research is discussed. The conference features plenary sessions with keynote speakers and special selected speakers, and a number of parallel sessions with speakers selected on the basis of a call for papers. The conference also offers poster sessions.

Including high-level keynote speakers the conference is a unique opportunity to learn, expand your network and plan joint actions in a truly interactive event.

Join us in Ghent for ESCOM 2017’s key music conference. Join us in considering how to address the problems that research on expressive interaction with music faces now, and the challenges that lie ahead. Whatever your field of research is, we encourage you to participate, to show the true diversity of our subject area, and to help us build a conference formed and shaped by the people that come.