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We invite papers and presentations addressing (but not limited to) the following sub-themes:

  • Historical and contemporary transformations in musical traditions

  • Music as a space for fluid identities and self-discovery

  • Collaborative artistic projects that blur musical boundaries

  • Innovations promoting musical diversity and inclusion

  • Navigating unfamiliar musical territories and perspectives

  • Music's role in processing loss, renewal, and transformation

CALL FOR PAPERS

PGVIM International Symposium 2025 "Diversity in Unison: Wonderland"

Following our exploration of "Music: Conflict and Harmony" in 2024, the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (PGVIM) invites proposals for the 2025 PGVIM International Symposium under the evocative theme "Diversity in Unison: Wonderland".

Drawing inspiration from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"—a tale of transformation, curiosity, and navigating unfamiliar territories—this symposium explores how diverse musical traditions encounter and reshape one another. Like Alice's journey through a world where familiar rules no longer apply, we examine how musicians and musical communities venture into new artistic territories, discovering unexpected connections and possibilities.

Our "Wonderland" represents the creative space where musical boundaries become fluid, where genres and traditions interact in surprising ways, and where the process of transformation itself becomes a source of artistic innovation. Through concrete musical examples and case studies, we seek to understand how artists navigate the challenges and opportunities of cross-cultural collaboration while maintaining the integrity of their distinct traditions

We invite scholars, educators, artists, and practitioners from around the globe to share research that combines theoretical insights with specific musical examples, live demonstrations, and documented artistic processes.

Join us in creating this musical "Wonderland"—where curiosity drives discovery, diversity enriches unity, and transformation opens new artistic possibilities.

Submission guidelines:

  • Abstracts of 100–250 words (including specific musical examples, case studies, or artistic documentation when applicable)

  • Brief biography of 100-150 words

Key dates:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 25 July 2025

  • Notification of acceptance: 8 August 2025

  • Symposium dates: 20 - 23 August 2025

  • Proceeding submission deadline: 1 September 2025

31 August 2017

The Muse and the Myth: Musical Manifestations

Peter Veale, Studio Musikfabrik, Germany & Dr. Jean-David Caillouët, Princess Galyani Vadhana, Institute of Music, Thailand

8 September 2016

Harmonic Progressions: Changes Through Time in Music, Philosophies and Contexts

Dean, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Singapore

9 September 2015

Myanmar Music Festival

29 August 2018

“Please me, honey, squeeze me to that Mendelssohn strain” The Multimedia Metamorphoses of Felix Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song,” Op. 62 no. 6

Royal Music Association, United Kingdom

28 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

My Works as Inspired by the Mansaka Culture

Dr. Marie Jocelyn U. Marfil, Speaker

University of the Philippines, 

College of Music, 

Philippines

27 August 2020

14:30 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

“Lunop Han Dughan” as a Psycho-Social Approach to Mitigate Trauma Among Typhoon Yolanda Survivors: An Action Research Towards Participatory Governance

Alegria O. Ferrer, Speaker

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

27 August 2020

21:00 - 00:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Opening Locks - Evolving Horizons

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore

9 September 2016

How Can We Sing the Old Songs in a Strange Land? : Conceptual Challenges and Open Opportunities for Musicology in South-East Asia

29 August 2019

Intercultural Compositional Techniques and Approaches: Ethnomusicology as Avant-Garde

7 September 2016

Khmer Saiyoke

27 August 2020

16:00 - 16:30 hrs (GMT+7)

The Social Impact of Music Organizations in Khlongtoey: The Quantitative Data

Pongthep Jitduangprem

25 August 2020

11:00 - 11:30 hrs (GMT+7)

How Can We Play Music by 1010 People in This COVID-19 Situation? : The Challenge of “Senju Dajare Music Festival”

Kotaro Ishibashi, Speaker

Tokyo University of the Arts, Dajare Music Community Band, Japan

26 August 2020

09:45 - 10:30 hrs (GMT+7)

An Online Resource for Music Education in Thailand

Chanita Pholudom, Speaker

Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Thailand

26 August 2023

20:00 - 21:00 hrs (GMT+7)

The Virtual Real

Pink Sky Orcas,

Piyawat Louilarpprasert,

Jean Geoffroy,

and Studio Musikfabrik

25 August 2020

19:00 - 20:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Sommerpause: Duo Series

Musikhochschule Lübeck

30 August 2020

15:00 - 16:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Let's move

Sirasar Boonma and Pansita Sasirawuth, Curator

Hear & Found

7 September 2016

ASEAN SOUNDS

28 August 2020

19:00 - 21:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Collective Resonance

30 August 2019

Music Technology on the Move

26 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

„It’s Not a Compromise!“ - Strategies and Methods for Online Teaching

Max Riefer, 

Universiti Teknologi Mara Faculty of Music, 

Malaysia

27 August 2020

15:00 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Recitals on the Go: Embracing the Unexpected

Thanisa Durongkaveroj and Anothai Nitibhon, Moderators

30 August 2017

Myths & Traditions

Professor Dieter Mack, Dr. Jean-David Caillouët and Dr. Anothai Nitibhon, Curators

29 August 2020

10:00 - 11:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Inventions and Reinventions: Making New Ensemble Music During the Pandemic

10 September 2014

10:45 - 11:30 hrs (GMT +7)

The Role of Research in Higher Music Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Director, Orpheus Institute ,Ghent, Belgium

9 September 2015

09:30 - 10:30 hrs (GMT +7)

Questioning and Renewing our own Artistic Practices

Director, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium

8 September 2016

World Music / “Weltmusik”- Global Future or a Global Misunderstanding? Some Thoughts and Remarks to Holistic and Other Related Concepts in Music in the 20th Century

Vice President, Musikhochschule Lübeck, Germany

25 August 2020

13:00 - 16:30 hrs (GMT+7)

The Visual Music in the Virtual World

Dr. Ivan Zavada

12 September 2014

14:00 - 14:30 hrs (GMT +7)

The Globalisation of Classical Music and the Role of the Conductor in the 21st Century

Music Director, National Youth String Orchestra of Great Britain United Kingdom

1 September 2017

Beauties & Beasts: Fantastic Dualisms which Seem to Continue to Permeate the Classical Musical and Music Education (Under-)World(s)

Dean, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Singapore

28 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Transformation of Brass Resonators: Programming Sonic Modulation of Trombone Through Khong Wong Yai’s Tuning System

Siravith Kongbandalsuk, Speaker

Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Thailand

8 September 2016

Transcending Differences (Video Summary)

Jean-David Caillouet, Dieter Mack and Anothai Nitibhon, Curators

24 August 2020

11:00 - 12:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Documenting and Disseminating My Doppelgänger: Reflections on Developing Effective Online Representations of a Performance

25 August 2020

10:30 - 11:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Migrating to Remote Performance: Continued Artistic Agency in Response to Quarantine Regulations

Krina Cayabyab, Speaker

Department of Musicology College of Music, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

9 September 2016

Quality Assurance in Higher Music Education - the European Perspective

8 September 2016

Transcultural Practices: Crossing Boundaries Through Music - A New Direction of ASEAN Traditional Music Community

Anant Narkkong, Mohd Yazid Zakaria and Dr.Kim Ho Ip, Speakers

25 August 2020

10:00 - 10:30 hrs (GMT+7)

Musik der Aufklärung: Music of Beethoven in the Realities of Here and Now

Dr. Anothai Nitibhon, Speaker

Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Thailand

10 September 2015

Conference of the Birds Part I. Intro, Stillness, Authenticity

Jean-David Caillouet, Dieter Mack and Anothai Nitibhon, Curators

28 August 2019

Opening Ceremony (2019)

Associate Professor Naraporn Chan-O-Cha

Chairperson of Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Board of Committee for Promoting Institute Affairs

30 August 2019

Ur Sound: Instruments, Physics, Philosophy and the Future of the Universe

1 September 2017

ASEAN Creations

Symposium Performance

10 September 2015

The Conference of the Birds Part VI: Nature/ Kim Ngoc & SonX

Jean-David Caillouet, Dieter Mack and Anothai Nitibhon, Curators

28 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Chamber Music in the 21st Century: Adapting Classical Music to the Modern World

Supamongkol Kasemjitwat, Speaker

Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Thailand

26 August 2020

14:00 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Teaching Music with the New Normal

Christoph Wichert, Moderator

9 September 2015

11:30 - 10:30 hrs (GMT +7)

Sound Bored? Soundboard ! Sounding Cultural Nuance at the Piano

Founder, Gitameit Music Center, Myanmar

28 August 2019

Music and Matter - Musical Matter – Music Matters, Remarks on a Multi – Related Term

26 August 2020

16:00 - 16:30 hrs (GMT+7)

Music for Society: Development in the Virtual Era

Dr. Suppabhorn Suwanpakdee, Speaker

Assistant to the President for Student Affairs Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Thailand

24 August 2020

16:00 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Temporal Virtuality: New Music for Old Instruments

Prach Boondiskulchok

27 August 2020

16:30 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+7)

The Process of Music Activities for The Elderly of Thonburi District in Thailand

Natsarun Tissadikun, Panus Tongkarnpanit and Warinthorn Sisiadngam

College of Music, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok

28 August 2019

Traewong: The Changing of Colonial Aesthetics to Urban Noise Pollution

28 August 2020

19:30 - 21:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Crossroads

Jean David Caillouët, Dieter Mack, Peter Veale, and Anothai Nitibhon, Curator

26 August 2020

13:30 - 16:00 hrs (GMT+7)

“What’s Next?: Music Tomorrow” – Discussion of Research-in-Progress

Professor Dr. Jacques Moreau and Dr. Chanyapong Thongsawang, Curators

29 August 2018

(Re)Invention

Symposium Performance

30 August 2018

Concert Presentation by Ensemble TIMF

28 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Pathways: From Past to Present

Puntwitt Asawadejmetakul, Moderator

9 September 2016

Closing Ceremony (2016)

1 September 2017

Putri Anak: The Quest for the Recovery of Southeast Asian Myth, Music, and Drama in a Philippine Spanish Colonial Genre

Dean, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Director of the UP Center for Ethnomusicology, Philippines

30 August 2018

Music and Metamorphoses

Professor Dieter Mack, Anothai Nitibhon, and Siravith Kongbandalsuk, Curators

30 August 2018

Hidden Metamorphoses

7 September 2016

Opening Ceremony (2016)

Minister of Culture, His Excellency Veera Rojpojanarat

26 August 2020

15:00 - 16:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Virtual in the Making

10 September 2015

The Conference of the Birds Part V: Zero Crossing

Jean-David Caillouet, Dieter Mack and Anothai Nitibhon, Curators

31 August 2017

MU, ME, and Me: Myth and Realities

Division of Music Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

28 August 2019

Return and Transfer: Music Intervention Initiatives at the UP Center for Ethnomusicology

25 August 2020

15:00 - 16:00 hrs (GMT+7)

'Operating at a Distance'

26 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Was Lockdown a Fast-Track Towards Universal Digitisation?

29 August 2020

16:15 - 17:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Sound Bridges: Promoting Diversity and Originality Across Arts and Cultures Through Festival Initiatives

11 September 2015

Western Liberal Arts + ASEAN Classical Music = ???

Raffles Institution, Singapore

11 September 2015

Closing Ceremony (2015)

24 August 2020

10:00 - 11:00 hrs (GMT+7)

The Day the Music (Almost) Died: A Reflection on Music Communities in Times of Turmoil

10 September 2015

What Authenticity Can Mean for Musicians

Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra Visiting Professor, King’s College London, United Kingdom

29 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Is the Virtual Real?

30 August 2018

Music Education 2.0

Senior Lecturer in Education, Anglia Ruskin University & Drapers Brookside Primary School, United Kingdom

30 August 2020

14:00 - 15:00 hrs (GMT+7)

Creative Economy: Future of Music Industry in Thailand

Dr. Kawin Dheppatipat, Curator

Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization)

20 August 2025

16:30 - 17:30 hrs (GMT + 7)

Paper Presentation 1

11 September 2014

10:45 - 11:30 hrs (GMT +7)

A New Century’s Rising Tide: Contemporary Reflections on the Conservatory Model in Southeast Asia

Dean, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Singapore

29 August 2020

15:00 - 15:30 hrs (GMT+7)

Collaborating Across Continents

25 August 2020

09:00 - 09:30 hrs (GMT+7)

Music Making and the New Normal

Margaret Hayne Kim, Moderator

26 August 2020

15:00 - 15:30 hrs (GMT+7)

Teaching Music Online: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Lockdowns

Pannapat Kritpet

Department of Art, Music and Dance Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

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