Call for Presentations
North American Conference on Video Game Music
Deadline: Oct 15, 2022
Conference Dates: Feb 4-5, 2023
Conference Venue: Stetson University (Deland, FL) / virtual

Scholars are invited to submit proposals for the tenth North American Conference on Video Game Music, which will take place February 4th and 5th at Stetson University and Online.
 
We welcome proposals for presentations on any aspect of music and/or sound in games, including, but not limited to:
❖ The history of music & sound in video games
❖ Approaches to analyzing game music & sound
❖ Intersections of game music & sound and other media (film, TV, etc.)
❖ Critical and/or hermeneutic approaches to game music & sound
❖ Case studies of specific games
❖ Game music & sound and pedagogy
❖ Ethnographic approaches to game music & sound
❖ Performance and arrangement of game music inside and outside of games
❖ The current state and/or future of the field of ludomusicology
 
Papers can be either 20 minutes in length (with 10 minutes for discussion) or 10 minutes in length (with 5 minutes for discussion), and can be delivered either live or as a pre-recorded video.
 
Proposals are limited to 250 words and should include the title of the paper, but should
otherwise include no identifying information, including metadata. Please provide
appropriate, robust content or trigger warnings in the body of your proposal if your talk
will contain sensitive material.
❖ In the body of your e-mail, include your name, institutional affiliation (if applicable),
contact information, and the title of your paper. You may optionally choose to identify yourself as a current undergraduate or graduate student, or a member of the game audio industry in the metadata.
❖ Email proposals to [email protected] by October 15, 2022. Successful candidates will
be notified in mid-November.
 
For further information, please feel free to write to [email protected], or visit the NACVGM
conference website (https://vgmconference.weebly.com/).
 
The conference organizing and program committee consists of:
Pete Smucker (Local Arrangements Chair, Stetson University)
Dana Plank (Program Chair, Independent Scholar)
Jim Buhler (UT Austin)
Karen M. Cook (University of Hartford)
​Julianne Grasso (Florida State University)
Neil Lerner (Davidson College)
Elizabeth Medina-Gray (Ithaca College)
Matthew Thompson (University of Michigan)
Ryan Thompson (Michigan State University)
 
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Recital Performance Proposal
North American Conference on Video Game Music
Deadline: October 15, 2022
Recital Date: February 4, 2023
Recital Venue: Lee Chapel at Stetson University and Virtual, Pre-recorded
 
We are soliciting proposals for 5–7-minute performances of game audio or game inspired music. The recital will be free to conference attendees and live-streamed. We aim to program a diverse recital of musical styles relating to video game audio. The music may be inspired by video games or game audio, or a direct/close recreation from music within a game.
 
Interested performers should send an email with a subject line of “NACVGM concert” to
[email protected] by October 15, 2022 with the following information:
❖ In the body of an e-mail, include your name(s), instrument(s), institutional affiliation (if
applicable), contact information, and the title and timing of your piece(s),
❖ The piece(s) must not exceed 7 minutes.
❖ A short biography that describes you/your performance background in game audio. In the
event of an ensemble, include information for each member of the ensemble or a
collective biography, if more appropriate.
❖ Links to performance samples (YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify). In-email audio files
may be submitted as well, but the email should be limited in size to ~10 MB or less.
❖ Please indicate if the submitted sample is the performance intended for the recital, or a
sample of representative work similar to the intended recital performance.
❖ Selected performers will be notified in mid-November.
 
For further information, please feel free to write to [email protected], or visit the NACVGM
conference website (https://vgmconference.weebly.com/).
 
The conference organizing and program committee consists of:
Pete Smucker (Local Arrangements Chair, Stetson University)
Dana Plank (Program Chair, Independent Scholar)
Jim Buhler (UT Austin)
Karen M. Cook (University of Hartford)
Julianne Grasso (Florida State University)
Neil Lerner (Davidson College)
Elizabeth Medina-Gray (Ithaca College)
Matthew Thompson (University of Michigan)
Ryan Thompson (Michigan State University)