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Call for Papers/Performances/Compositions 2008 Who loves a real fake? Composers, musicians, fans and members of the music industry have characteristically condemned music's "inauthenticities" and excesses, from late 17th-century attacks on operatic virtuosity to Wagner's notorious damnation of "effects without causes." While the debate over what is "authentic" frequently occurs in a popular music context (in such forms as the rock vs. pop genre binary and hip hop's appeal to "keep it real"), the art music world also takes issue with the constructed nature of works and practices such as period practice performance and modernist theoretically-driven compositional systems. At the same time, many non-Western and popular cultures revel in the excess and self-conscious stylization of their musics. This conference hopes to find common threads in discourse on musical "inauthenticity" and excess across historical periods, geographic boundaries, and methodological approaches. We invite proposals relating to expressions and critiques of musical "inauthenticity" and excess, artifice, aspects of showpersonship, extravagant virtuosity, onstage and offstage artist personae, masquerade, costuming and disguising, clowning and "playing the fool," and other expressions of performative and musical artifice. We encourage submissions from graduate students across all musical disciplines including ethnomusicologists, historical musicologists, music theorists, performers, and composers. We also welcome interdisciplinary approaches including performance studies, literary theory, gender studies, ethnic studies, anthropology, film theory, cultural studies, history, and American studies. Lecture-recitals and other performative events are highly encouraged. Our conference will feature a concert of new compositions and performances that address the theme of the conference. In accordance with our theme of "POP! Musical Excess and Artifice," we invite compositions and performances that explore notions of virtuosity, "inauthenticity," showmanship, and excess, in theoretical, compositional, or performative realms. Proposals/Abstracts: Please submit a 300-500 word proposal for all papers and performances to [email protected] by January 15, 2008. Please include a list of technical requirements, including A/V equipment, performance space, instruments, etc. Papers will be limited to 20 minutes, although we will consider longer lecture-performances or panels.	CMSC 2008 when: March 7-8, 2008 where: Friday, CUNY Graduate Center Saturday, 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University theme: POP! Musical Excess and Artifice submission deadline     proposals: January 15, 2008 contact: [email protected]. The organizers of the CMSC would like to thank the following for their support: Current Musicology Department of Music Graduate Student Advisory Council Columbia University The Center for Ethnomusicology