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Registration

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Tickets

Registration for Ludo 2014 has now closed. For information on Ludo 2015 please click here.

To register for Ludo 2014, please complete the registration form and make a payment by clicking on the ‘Register’ button below. The following ticket options are available:

£40 Full Conference Ticket full access to all sessions, tea/coffee and drinks reception (10th April) included (lunch will be available at the University canteen, but is not included in the ticket price)
£30 Discounted Conference Ticket full access ticket for students only
£16 1 Day Pass 1-day access (turn up on day of your choosing)
£10 Discounted 1 Day Pass 1-day access for students only
£20 Conference Meal Ticket dinner at El Castizo on Thursday 10th April (set menu, drinks not included)
£15 Buffet Ticket hot buffet provided on Friday 11th April

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Accommodation

Please book your accommodation separately. We can recommend the following options:

Central Chichester

We have arranged a discount for delegates at The Ship Hotel. Simply ask for the University of Chichester discount rates when booking. The discounted rates are:

Standard double: £89 per night, Single: £74 per night, Superior double: £98 per night.

Out of town (car advised)

Location & Travel

The conference will take place at Chichester University’s Bishop Otter Campus, approximately 16 miles east of Portsmouth, 35 miles west of Brighton and about 60 miles south of London. Chichester University have more detailed directions on their website (see also university campus map). The nearest international airport is Southampton Airport (45 mins by car), but Gatwick (1hr 15mins) and Heathrow (1hr 45mins) are not far. Chichester Railway Station is a twenty minute walk away from the main campus, where you can get regular direct trains to London Victoria (1hr 35mins).

Limited parking will be made available if arranged in advance. Email ludomusicology@gmail.com with your details if you require parking, which will cost £1.50 per day (Saturday is free).

If you have an queries regarding registration, please contact us at ludomusicology@gmail.com.

Conferences, Events, News

Music and Screen Media Conference and Competition

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Liverpool LogoThe School of Music, University of Liverpool, is hosting its first conference on all aspects of music and sound for screen media.

Topics will include, but will not be limited to, music and sound for fiction film, documentary, television, music video, video games and interactive media.

The conference is funded in part by a generous grant from The Film Music Foundation (Hollywood)

Keynote speaker: Professor John Richardson, University of Turku

Panel Convenor: Professor Anahid Kassabian, University of Liverpool

If you have any queries, please contact Holly Rogers at holly.rogers@liverpool.ac.uk. For further information, click here.

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AHRC Videogame Research Networks

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ahrc-logo-forwebAs many in the UK will no doubt be aware, the AHRC recently released a press release entitled ‘Game changing research networks for the Video game industry’. The research council is now supporting six new research networks dedicated to videogames, including Guitar Heroes in Music Education? Music-based video-games and their potential for musical and performative creativity, led by David Roesner at the University of Kent. The press release states that:

The network seeks to investigate the impact of music-games on how we define music-making, creativity and identity and what opportunities this provides for artist and teachers. In order to do so, the network will connect relevant arts and humanities academics with both game designers and musicians, who have embraced the soft- and hardwares of gaming for creating new ways of composing and performing. The network also seeks to explore the creative potential and influence these games will have on future game design and how these could be implemented in music education.

This is unquestionably an excellent sign for the development of the field, and we look forward to seeing the fruits of their labour.

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New Features: Facebook Comments and Guest Contributors

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We are pleased to announce that we have implemented two new features to our website, the ability for Facebook users to comment on our blog posts, and a special form for submitting guest contributions (http://www.ludomusicology.org/contribute/). To comment on our posts, click on the post title to view the post in full; comments will be available at the bottom of the page. Comments will be moderated and not all guest contributions will necessarily be published, but we welcome any ludomusicologically-pertinent submissions.

We are pleased to announce that our first guest contributor will be Kyle Roderick (Texas Christian University), the Editor-in-chief at Musicology Memes.