<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-81acdbc9-a846-3532-c885-ad2f407b5c84"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CUBE Fest 2016: Massively Multichannel Music is now accepting proposals. The festival will take place at Virginia Tech on August 6 & 7, 2016.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This festival will focus on music for high-density loudspeaker arrays (HDLA), with 24 or more channels. All proposals sent in a format that allows for multichannel audition will be reviewed in the intended multichannel format. Our programming will favor works that create spatial effects that are not possible in lower order multichannel formats such as octophonic, 5.1, or stereo. We are interested to present a very broad stylistic range of music. We are willing to take risks with audacious proposals that might push the boundaries of spatial audio experience. For further details please see the link below. Submission deadline is January 30</span><span style="font-size:7.6px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2016.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.icat.vt.edu/content/cube-fest-proposals" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.icat.vt.edu/content/cube-fest-proposals</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A reminder of two other HDLA opportunities:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2016 Spatial Music Workshop at Virginia Tech (deadline January 15</span><span style="font-size:7.6px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2016).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.icat.vt.edu/content/2016-spatial-music-workshop-virginia-tech-call-proposals" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.icat.vt.edu/content/2016-spatial-music-workshop-virginia-tech-call-proposals</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Computer Music Journal call for articles on computer music for HDLAs (deadline January 30</span><span style="font-size:7.6px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2016).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.computermusicjournal.org/HDLA-call.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.computermusicjournal.org/HDLA-call.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please feel free to contact me directly with questions about any of these calls at </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:ericlyon@vt.edu">ericlyon@vt.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for your attention!</span></p><br><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eric</span></span><br></div>