Thematic Lines 2027

CanArts, the 5th Canarian International Arts Meeting, is aimed at creators working in music, the arts and the sciences; researchers in these fields; and educators and teachers in music and other artistic disciplines. Its focus is contemporary artistic creation of the 20th and 21st centuries and the relationships between music, other arts and other areas of knowledge.

All thematic lines welcome proposals for artistic creation, research and educational experiences, provided that they fit this framework and take an interdisciplinary approach.

Thematic Lines

1. Concert bands: contemporary creation, conducting and education

Concert bands as spaces for creation, collective performance and learning. Relationships between composition, conducting and educational practice in the development of contemporary repertoire, with attention to dialogue with other arts and to social and cultural contexts.

• A thematic line specific to the 5th edition, dedicated to composition for concert bands, rehearsal and conducting processes, performance and the renewal of the repertoire.
• It includes research, educational experiences and interdisciplinary projects connecting band practice with contemporary creation, music education and cultural participation.

2. Compositional processes, sound experimentation and contemporary artistic practices

Languages, aesthetics, creative processes and analysis of sound in music and other arts. Exploration of new forms of composition and creation that expand the possibilities of music and bring sound, body, space and technology into dialogue.

• It includes musical composition, sound art, improvisation, real-time creation, performance practices and projects that incorporate technology into artistic creation.
• It welcomes creative proposals, artistic research and educational experiences related to these processes from an interdisciplinary perspective.

3. Contemporary pedagogies, research and the transmission of artistic knowledge

Pedagogical models, research and educational experiences for teaching, learning and sharing contemporary music and the arts in different educational settings.

• It includes teaching methods, teacher training, arts education projects and proposals connecting creation, performance, listening and reflection.
• It welcomes artistic, musicological and educational research that helps us understand and communicate musical and artistic knowledge from a contemporary, interdisciplinary perspective.

4. Tradition, cultural heritage and contemporary creation

Musical tradition and cultural and artistic heritage as sources for contemporary creation, research and education. Relationships between memory, identity and the transformation of artistic practices, with attention to Canarian heritage and its dialogue with other cultural contexts.

• It addresses the reinterpretation of traditional music and other forms of heritage in composition and artistic practices of the 20th and 21st centuries.
• It includes studies and projects on cultural transmission, heritage recovery and dissemination, as well as educational experiences connecting tradition with interdisciplinary creation.

5. Interdisciplinarity, gender and the social and professional contexts of artistic creation

Perspectives on the relationships between the arts, gender studies and the social and professional conditions of contemporary artistic activity. Management, production and cultural mediation as ways to connect creators, institutions, communities and audiences.

• It includes research and projects on women in music and other arts, equality, diversity and participation in artistic creation, research and education.
• It welcomes proposals on the management of interdisciplinary projects, collaboration among professionals and institutions, sustainability and audience development.