Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music and Sacred Spaces
The Department of Organ at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance will host its annual Organ Conference on Sunday, October 5 – Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
The call for proposals is now open. We invite proposals in the realms of organ, carillon, harpsichord, sacred music, and early music that investigate the relationship and impact of time in its many manifestations—meter, tempo, rhythm, etc.—on musical composition, structure, performance, and instruments, as well as the influence of musical-temporal constructs on the human condition.
Proposals are encouraged from performers, scholars, composers, builders, and students in the format of talks, performances, lecture-recitals, and roundtables. Composers may submit a score for performance consideration in lieu of an abstract.
The submission deadline is May 1, 2025.
Past Conferences
- 2024: Great Lakes Regional Carillon Gathering
- 2023: Time Play: Inventing Future Sounds and Scholarship in the Historical Keyboard Realm
- 2022: Our Own “Clavierübung”: Past, Present and Future in American Keyboard Practice
- 2021: Passions and Visions
- 2020: Creative Collaborations in a Time of Change
- 2019: Building Bach: His Foundations & Futures
- 2018: Trailblazers: Women’s Impact on Organ, Harpsichord, Carillon, and Sacred Music