Call for articles for the Music Council of Australia’s (MCA) Music Forum magazine.

The sections of the magazine are:

Music and Musicians. Profiles or interviews with musicians who offer something specially interesting.

The Affairs of Music. Articles about music’s situation in society, music politics, music business — very open to possibilities in this section.

Research. Research mainly about the situation of music, and about such things as music and learning, music and physiology, music and health. Pretty open, though we don’t usually publish musicological research about non-Australians.

Music education.  Important pedagogical discoveries, the situation of music education especially in Australia, curricular innovations etc etc  But not what you do in the classroom Monday morning.

Music Play for Life.  Musical activities in communities or in schools, related to the campaign’s objective of encouraging music making.

Articles are usually between 500 and 4,000 words.

The deadline is DECEMBER 1. Early notice of your intention to submit an article is helpful.

Please send correspondence to Richard Letts at mca@mca.org.au and Rachel Hocking at rhocking@mca.org.au

In 2004, SoundLAB was launched as a corporate part of the global networking project [R][R][F]200x—>XP on the occasion of BEAP - Biennale of Electronic Art Perth/Australia 2004. Edition IV was launched in October
2006 under the title “memoryscapes” - incorporating 144 artists and 235 soundart pieces dealing with “memory and identity” in many different ways.

For its 6th edition to be launched in March 2009, SoundLAB would like to demonstrate the power of sound as a tool for artistic creations, and is therefore looking for soundart works, or more precise, sound compositions that represent a real challenge for human imagination.

Extended Deadline: 31 December

For more information, contact oundlab@newmediafest.org
http://soundlab.newmediafest.org

Renew Newcastle has been established to find short and medium term uses for buildings in Newcastle’s CBD that are currently vacant, disused, or awaiting redevelopment. Renew Newcastle aims to find artists, cultural
projects and community groups to use and maintain these buildings until they become commercially viable or are redeveloped. Renew Newcastle is not set up to manage long term uses, own properties or permanently develop sites but to generate activity in buildings until that future long term activity happens.

Renew Newcastle is currently calling for expressions of interest to be part of our first group of pilot projects. If you want to be part of this exciting initiative now is the time to let us know! We are keen to hear from artists, artisans, craftspeople, or community groups who may have a good idea for a project that could take place in the vacant shop fronts and commercial spaces in Newcastle’s CBD.

For more information, email renewnewcastle@gmail.com

www.renewnewcastle.org