6th International Conference PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Beyond Time, Genre, Geography… | 5-7.09.2024
Dear Participants of the PROG24 Conference,
FRIENDS!
The three September special days, spent in a community of thought and commitment to progressive rock issues during the 6th Biennial International Conference of the Progect Network for Studies of Progressive Rock: PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Beyond Time, Genre, Geography… are behind us.
What a time it was:
– we managed to add further elements to the state of research in such an important field!
– we listened to two lectures and 41 papers, through which we gained such different perspectives
– we talked to each other in an atmosphere of real interest and respect for each other’s views
– we learned from each other, we surprised and laughed, even sang together!!!
Our Polish group – well done!
We also met an exceptional Artist – this creative perspective is indispensable for this type of event. Mariusz – thank you once again!
Then a quiz and a concert – in our club!
These moments spent in Krakow, we hope, will stay with us for a long time! We already miss you, we are already looking forward to the next meeting.
We hope that Krakow and the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow turned out to be friendly and safe places for you. For us, this was an important, even historic moment, which will allow for further openings. Keep your fingers crossed.
We send you a commemorative photo and wish you all the best!
PROG ROCK RULES!
Agnieszka Draus,
Andrzej Mądro,
Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk,
Marcin Strzelecki
From the 5-7 September 2024, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków is going to host the 6th Biennial International Conference of the Progect Network for Studies of Progressive Rock:
PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Beyond Time, Genre, Geography…
The central idea for the Conference is to combine creatively the three temporal dimensions in which Progressive Rock can be interpreted today: the past – from its genesis, original definitions and an analysis of the PROG classics through contemporary attempt to read it anew; and the future – from meta-genre and meta-geography fusions to a critical post-progressive current.
MAIN TOPIC CATEGORIES:
- Progressive Rock and Metal: Between Past and Future
- Experiencing Progressive Rock: Then and Now
- Retro vs Post Progressive Rock: Past Reflections and Future Visions
- nterpreting Progressive Rock: From Analysis to Recontextualization
DETAILED SUBJECTS – SPECIFIC SCOPES:
- Roots, Sources and Primal Concepts of PROG
- Mediating Progressive Rock/Metal
- Progressive Rock/Metal Fandom
- Aesthetics of Progressive Rock/Metal
- Neo- and Post-Progressive
- Future of PROG
- Prog Goes Global ‒ Globalization vs Glocalization of Progressive Music
- Progressive performance
- Between Prog and Jazz: Progressive Jazz ‒ Third Stream ‒ Fusion
- Progressive as eclectic meta- and post-genre
- Progressive Genres as Paradox of Pop Culture
- Globalisation, glocalisation, progressive rock beyond geography
THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME INCLUDES:
- two Keynote lectures (Prof. dr hab. Piotr Chlebowski KUL PL, Prof. John Covach University of Rochester, USA)
- 50 speakers with 20-minute paper presentations (in two parallel sessions)
- round table discussion
- meeting with Polish PROG Artist
- concert of progressive music
We have invited researchers representing a wide range of disciplines: musicology, sociology, media studies, performance studies, philology, culture studies, etc. The language of the conference is English.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Sarah Hill (University of Oxford, UK)
John Covach, (University of Rochester, USA)
Chris Anderton (Solent University, UK)
Lori Burns (University of Ottawa, CA)
ORGANISING COMMITTEE (AMKP):
Agnieszka Draus – scientific management
Andrzej Mądro – content-related coordination
Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk – content-related and editorial coordination
Marcin Strzelecki – communication and dissemination coordination
CONFERENCE VENUES:
- session A: AMKP Concert Hall, 43 św. Tomasza St
- session B: AMKP Chamber Room, 43 św. Tomasza St
- coffee breaks, welcome party: AMKP foyer, 43 św. Tomasza St
- meetings, concert, quiz: I’mprowizacja Jazz Club, 31 św. Tomasza St
FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME TO DOWNLOAD_updated 5.09.2024
PARTNERS
Project realized as part of the Krakow Scientific Conferences programme.
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