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    Exploring China's musical past
    10th International CHIME Meeting

    6 - 9. oktober 2005
    Amsterdam
    SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 'Exploring China's musical past' 10th International CHIME Meeting 6 to 9 October 2005, Amsterdam University of Amsterdam / International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) / Royal Tropical Institute EARLY HOTEL BOOKING RECOMMENDED!!! The forthcoming 10th CHIME Meeting in Amsterdam coincides with a major international festival of Chinese music. Given the vast international attention this event will attract, and the number of visitors and musicians expected in Amsterdam, we recommend that CHIME participants book a hotel as early as possible. Below we recommend some hotels and provide contacts for booking. Please note that the DEADLINE for sending in ABSTRACTS for paper presentations in the CHIME meeting expires 15 APRIL. MUSIC EXHIBITIONS During the meeting, the Royal Tropical Institute (where CHIME takes place) hosts an exhibition devoted to the 2,500 year-old Hubei Chime Bells of Zeng Hou Yi. We are happy to welcome Professor Robert Bagley (Princeton University NJ), an expert on bronze bells of the Zhou period, as one of the meeting's keynote speakers. Other exhibitions in October will pay attention to music of minority peoples in China, and to photography in the realm of Chinese music. CONCERTS Concerts at the Royal Tropical Institute during the CHIME meeting include performances by the Shanxi Daoists, the Hua Family shawm band, the Hubei Provincial Chime Bells Ensemble, rural folk singers from Yunnan and Hunan, sizhu (teahouse music) players from Shanghai, the popular music group Wu Xing, and several of today¹s leading instrumentalists from Chinese music conservatories. MORE MUSIC Preceding or following CHIME, the Concertgebouw and other venues will host performances by the Shanghai Kunqu and Jingju troupes, the Beijing Modern Dance Theatre, the Puppet Theatre Groups of Quanzhou and Jinjiang, the Chinese National Traditional Orchestra (Beijing) and many other groups. We recommend, amongst many wonderful events, an intriguing Peking Opera version of Shakespeare¹s Hamlet (3 October), an evening of shuochang (story-singing) with some of the finest traditional performers of genres like Suzhou tanci and jingyun dagu (9th of October), and a concert of Eastern Voices on the 12th of October, featuring a marvellous range of vocal styles from Tibetan to Mongolian, from Yunnan to Heilongjiang, from traditional to contemporary. Lovers of pop and rock will be amply served with several DJ performances and dance night events, and concerts of pop, rock and electronic by Anthony Wong, Cui Jian, Zu Zhou, Xiao He, Second Hand Roses and others. STILL MORE From 1 to 18 October 2005, Amsterdam will be virtually 'sinified'. Outdoor events include Chinese markets, fireworks, dragon boat races, religious temple processions and puppet shows (much of this freely accessible). There wil be major conferences on Chinese science and economy, Chinese sports events in the Olympic Stadium, contemporary art exhibitions, meetings with Chinese poets and writers, as well as numerous films, concerts and theatre events. Those interested in contemporary Chinese music may want to attend several concerts by Tan Dun (one of the key figures in the festival), and premiere performances of Chinese symphonic and chamber music by the Nieuw Ensemble, Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, China National Symphony Orchestra etc. A full programme in English is on its way on the internet. You can visit the site-under-construction and already book tickets for a number of events, but so far only a minor portion of the entire festival is on display: www.amsterdamchinafestival.nl THEMES OF CHIME / DEADLINES Two themes will feature in the 10th international CHIME meeting: 1) Exploring China's musical past (on 'reconstruction' and 'reinvention'); 2) Audiovisual materials of recent fieldwork on (any kind of) music in China or among Chinese-speaking communities. Abstracts of up to 300 words for individual (20-minute) papers are welcomed and should be sent by mail, fax or e-mail to: Programme Committee of the 9th CHIME Meeting, c/o P.O.Box 11092, 2301 EB Leiden, The Netherlands, e-mail: chime@wxs.nl, fax: +31-71-5123.183. Panel proposals (for three or four speakers) are also welcomed, in which case we ask for a short description of the panel topic as well as for individual abstracts by the panel participants. ABSTRACTS MUST HAVE REACHED US BY 15 APRIL 2005 (and not later). Submitters will be informed about our decisions by the 20th of May. Participants are also welcome to attend the meeting without giving a presentation. For more info on the meeting, the themes, Programme Committee, etc, consult the CHIME website at http://home.wxs.nl/~chime ACCOMMODATION IN AMSTERDAM In view of the very tight hotel situation in October, we have pre-reserved a number of rooms for CHIME participants in the hotels listed below. You are expected to make your own individual bookings. Usually it suffices to give your credit card number, and free cancellation remains possible until one, two or three days before the arrival day. Check this carefully with your hotel. If you make a reservation PLEASE STATE EXPLICITLY THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN CHIME. This may help to get hold of a room, and it will ensure that you pay no more than the prices stated below. Please also note the DEADLINE FOR HOTEL BOOKING: 1 JUNE. You can try to reserve a room also after 1 June, but rooms specifically reserved for CHIME will be gone after that date. Situational info: the NH Tropen Hotel is a modern building right at the conference site, not too far from the Amsterdam zoo. Hotel Nicolaas Witsen and Hotel Asterisk are closer to the old town centre, in a quiet area in central Amsterdam, roughly 15 minutes by streetcar (lines 6 and 10) from the conference site. Both Nicolaas Witsen and Asterisk are within walking distance from the Leidseplein and the Rembrandtplein, two central areas of Amsterdam nightlife. Hotel Washington is a cosy family hotel located in the stately Concertgebouw area, close to the Museum Square where many outdoor events in the Amsterdam China Festival are planned (especially on the first of October). It takes ca.15 minutes by streetcar (line 12) from this hotel to the conference site. All prices listed below include breakfast and taxes. NH Tropen Hotel: Linnaeusstraat 2C, 1092 CK Amsterdam, tel: 31-20-692.5111, fax: 31-20-663.0979. e-mail: nhtropen@nh-hotels.nl website: www.nh-hotels.nl Book before 1 June. Single room with shower and toilet EUR 99 Twin room with shower and toilet EUR 125 Hotel Nicolaas Witsen, Nicolaas Witsenstraat 4-8, 1017 ZH Amsterdam, tel. 020-6266546, fax 020-620.5113, website: www.nicolaaswitsen.nl email: info@hotelnicolaaswitsen.nl Book before 1 June. Single room with shower and toilet EUR 75 Twin room with shower and toilet EUR 100 Hotel Asterisk, Den Texstraat 16, 1017 ZA Amsterdam Phone +31-20-626.2396 / 6241768 Fax: +31-20-638.2790; website: www.asteriskhotel.nl e-mail: asterisk@planet.nl Book before 1 June. (NB: Breakfast included only if you pay full stay in cash upon arrival) Single room (shower and toilet in corridor) EUR 44 Twin room with shower (toilet in corridor) EUR 48 Twin room with shower and toilet EUR 110 Hotel Washington, Frans van Mierisstraat 10, 1071 RS Amsterdam Phone: +31-20-679.7453. Fax: 673.4435. e-mail: info@hotelwashington.nl website: www.hotelwashington.nl Book before 1 June. Single Room with shower and toilet EUR 80 Twin room with shower and toilet EUR 120 Suites (for families) with extra bed(s) EUR 165 (2 pp), EUR 180 (3 pp) etc. Should these hotels be booked full, try the Amsterdam hotel booking office at: http://www.amsterdamtourist.nl PRE-REGISTRATION In August we will distribute (and also publish on the CHIME website) registration forms for the CHIME Conference. The registration fee is 75 Euro, to be paid in advance. This amount includes a welcome reception, a conference folder (including a book of abstracts, a list of participants, several free CDs and Chinese music promotion materials), coffee, tea and lunches during the conference, a number of concerts, a visit to the Chime bells exhibition and a subscription to the Chime Journal for 2006. CHIME 16-17 After a lapse of several years we have resumed publication of the CHIME journal. The double issue of Chime 16-17 has had a difficult birth, but it is currently about to go in press.We also have most materials for Chime 18-19 in hands. Those who have paid for a subscription will automatically receive the journal when it comes out. If you are interested in ordering the journal (annual subscription 25 Euro), contact our office in Leiden, e-mail: chime@wxs.nl, fax: +31-71-5123.183, or check our website: http://home.wxs.nl/~chime
    Organisers : University of Amsterdam / International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) / Royal Tropical Institute
    Website : http://home.wxs.nl/~chime
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