Crossroads | Greece as an intercultural pole of musical thought and creativity

Conference Proceedings have just been made available here: http://crossroads.mus.auth.gr/proceedings/

The Crossroads Organising Committee announces the extension of deadline for the submission of papers as regards the on-line publication of the proceedings of Crossroads Conference 2011. Participants who are still interested in submitting their papers can do so until December 31, 2011. After this date no more papers will be accepted.

The Crossroads organising Committee

Mousiko Polytropo – “Earina” (“Vernal Events”) | June 10, 2011
Spring Songs—Customs and Events
A musical-theatrical performance of folklore songs related to the turning of time from winter to spring, from hibernation to fertility, from darkness to light.

Concert Video

Concert Photos

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Under the context of the International Musicological Conference: “Crossroads. Intercultural Greece as a pole of musical thought and creativity“, organized by the School of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Concert Hall will host three concerts of contemporary and traditional Greek music at 8, 9 and 10 June 2011.

The concerts will be streamed over the website of the School of Music Studies of AUTh (http://www.mus.auth.gr) using IPv4, IPv4 Multicast & IPv6 and technologies and will be available through Flash, Quicktime and HTML5.

With the concert of June 8, 2011 the School of Music Studies of AUTh contributes to the support of the World IPv6 day, under the context of the Greek IPv6 Task Force.

The distribution of multimedia content will be supported by the Network Operation Center of AUTH. The broadcasting is supported by the Greek National Research and Technology Network (GRNET).

The detailed program of concerts is available here: Wednesday June 8, Thursday June 9,  Friday June 10 2011.

On behalf of the School of Music Studies of AUTH and the organizational committee of the Crossroads

The chair of the School

Evanthia Nika-Sampson

Associate Professor

Dear participants
We would like to inform you about the available electronic equipment for your presentations in Crossroads conference.

In both Teloglion Amphitheatre and Hall B there will be laptop computer, video projector, audio out and also separate CD / DVD player (if you want musical examples to be played from CD and not from the computer media player). The computers are running in Windows Operation System and presentations are available in Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Acrobat Reader programs. Teloglion also provides wireless internet connection throughout the building.

Each participant must submit his/her presentation, in a flash usb stick, to the available technicians’ team for loading them in the laptop computer before the beginning of their session, or even better, in the morning. Mac users will also have to prepare their presentations in Powerpoint or Adobe Acrobat.

Please submit your archives in .ppt (and not .pptx) and .pdf formats. In any case, technicians will provide assistance to any problem may occur.
The Crossroads Organising Committee.

The detailed conference program including information about session chairs and concerts has just been announced.

Visit the Conference Program page here.

The Crossroads Conference Organizing Committee is announcing the program of the Conference. Information about session chairs and concerts will be announced in later updates.

As regards travel plans, conference participants should also know that an excursion to the archaeological sites of Vergina and Dion is planned for Saturday 11 June, after the completion of conference sessions.

Accommodation and booking information have just been available from our Conference Organiser.

For details, please see the relevant page: http://crossroads.mus.auth.gr/accomodations/

Dear participants

For all of you that will be presenting your paper in Greek or German, these are the guidelines for the english translation of your presentation paper, that must be sent to Crossroads Chair by April, 30.

Text format:

English translation of the title of paper (14-point bold centered – Times New Roman)
Original title of the paper (German or Greek, 13-point bold centered – Times New Roman)

First Author (12-point centered – Times New Roman)
Department of xxx, University of yyy, Country (10-point)

(If) Second Author (12-point centered – Times New Roman)
Department of xxx, University of yyy, Country (10-point)

Main Text:
– 12-point centered – Times New Roman
– Line spacing: 1.5 pt.
– Paragraph spacing: Before (3 pt.) – After (0 pt.)
– Tab spacing: 0.7 pt.
– Document margins: Top – Bottom – Left – Right (all 2.5 pt)
– Align text justified.

General instructions:
– The full text should not exceed 2500 words.
– This is a translated text of your presentation paper, not the proceedings’ full paper. So, footnotes or references are not required.
– You should send your translation text in word format (only .doc, and please not .docx).

If you encounter any difficulties formatting your translation text under the given instructions, don’t worry. Just try to achieve the closest version you can and then send it to us. We ‘ll do the rest.

The Crossroads Organising Committee

The overwhelming response to the conference along with the two extensions of deadline given for submissions, has inevitably extended the reviewing process. The chair of the conference has also considered some changes in upcoming dates, having always in mind the best convenience of all prospective participants.

The proceedings of the conference will be published by the School of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, after the completion of the conference.

Therefore, participants are not obliged to submit the full papers of their announcements by April 30. However, speakers in German and Greek must submit an English translation of their announcement by April 30 (2.500 words – guidelines will be given after the reviewing process).