Music Theory Southeast is excited to announce that the 2023 Conference will be held at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA from March 10-11, 2023.
More details will be posted as they become available.
2023 Conference Location & Dates
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2022 Conference CFP
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST 2022
Florida State University
MARCH 18–19, 2022
Graduate Student Workshop Leader:
Dr. John Peterson (James Madison University)
The program committee solicits proposals for presentations, special sessions, lecture-demonstrations, or panel discussions on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. Proposals should be for the equivalent of 20- minute presentations or 60-minute special sessions. As part of the conference, graduate students are invited to apply for a workshop led by Dr. John Peterson.
At present, the FSU campus has reopened with a full array of safety protocols (including masking,contact tracing, and air purifiers in all classrooms). Following FSU policy, we expect that all conference attendees will be masked and fully vaccinated. We hope that an in-person conference will proceed as planned this Spring but are prepared to move the conference online if circumstances related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitate this change. Such a decision will be made and announced with as much notice as possible.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM EST December 15, 2021.
Confirmation of proposals received will be made electronically upon their receipt. Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision by January 3, 2022.
SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals should be submitted to the online Google form as .pdf attachments. No other electronic format will be accepted. The proposal must include the title of the paper but exclude the author’s name and any other identifying information. References to the author’s own work must occur in the third person. Please be sure that your name does not appear in the .pdf file, even as metadata. Individuals may submit no more than one proposal.
The proposal must be no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes. (Each mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) A maximum of four pages of supplementary materials (such as musical examples, diagrams, and selected bibliography) may be appended; these pages will not be counted within the 500-word limit, but captions should be brief, not appreciably augmenting either the word count or the proposal’s content. The proposal and supplementary materials should be included in a single .pdf attachment.
Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session, along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization. All of these materials should be combined into a single .pdf attachment. In the optional comments section on the Google form, please provide a list of all participants, with their contact information.
Here is the link to the Google form: https://forms.gle/BVBX7spnrg1r6L3X6
IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2022 meeting. To be eligible for consideration, students should reply YES to the question in the Google form and, if their proposals are accepted, must submit a PDF of their complete paper to the Program Committee Chair (Rachel Lumsden; rllumsden@fsu.edu) by Monday, March 14. Winners from previous years are ineligible.
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP: Students in music theory and related fields may submit, via e-mail, a 200-word statement detailing their interest in the workshop (to be held on Saturday morning, March 19). In addition, we ask that a faculty member at your own or another institution send the program chair a brief e-mail confirming your enrollment in a degree program in music theory (or related field) and vouching for your ability to work collegially and willingness to participate actively in the workshop. To apply, send this information to the Program Committee Chair (Rachel Lumsden; rllumsden@fsu.edu) with the subject line “MTSE 2022 Workshop.” The deadline to apply is Monday, February 21.
Program Committee:
Rachel Lumsden, Chair (Florida State University)
Joseph Kraus, MTSE President (Florida State University)
Catrina Kim (University of North Carolina–Greensboro)
Hanisha Kulothparan, 2021 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Eastman School of Music)
Alex Martin (Stetson University)
Greg McCandless (Appalachian State University)
Jeff Yunek (Kennesaw State University)
Local Arrangements:
Joseph Kraus and Gilad Rabinovitch, co-chairs
Click HERE for a downloadable PDF version of this CFP.
2021 Conference CFP
Call for Participation
MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING
March 20-21, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Iverson (University of Chicago)
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Inessa Bazayev (Louisiana State University)
Graduate Student Workshop Leader
The program committee solicits proposals for presentations, special sessions, lecture-demonstrations, or panel discussions on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. Proposals should be for the equivalent of 20- minute presentations or 60-minute special sessions. As part of the conference, graduate students are invited to apply for a workshop led by Dr. Inessa Bazayev.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
11:59 PM EST DECEMBER 7, 2020
Confirmation of proposals received will be made electronically upon their receipt. Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision by January 1, 2021.
All accepted papers will be delivered virtually in a format suitable for online presentation, either as a pre-recorded video (20-minute time limit) or as a .pdf file (having an approximate word count of 2500 to 3000 words, with links to supplementary materials as appropriate). On Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, 2021, MTSE will host a series of live webinars for the paper sessions that will feature a brief lightning talk by each presenter, followed by an extended question-and-answer period for discussion. Final versions of the videos or .pdfs will be due from all presenters by Monday, February 15, 2021. All presentations will then be posted by Monday, March 1 for advance viewing by those registered for the meeting.
SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals should be sent via e-mail as .pdf attachments. Put all cover letter information in the body of your e-mail, and attach the proposal (and any supplementary materials) as a separate .pdf file. No other electronic format will be accepted. Please be sure that your name does not appear in the .pdf file, even as metadata. Individuals may submit no more than one proposal. Send submissions to the MTSE Secretary (Adrian Childs) at mtseproposals@gmail.com with the subject line: “MTSE 2021 Proposal.” Include the following in your e-mail:
- A proposal of no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes. (Each mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) A maximum of four pages of supplementary materials (such as musical examples, diagrams, and selected bibliography) may be appended; these pages will not be counted within the 500-word limit, but captions should be brief, not appreciably augmenting either the word count or the proposal’s content. The proposal and supplementary materials should be included in a single .pdf attachment.
The proposal must include the title of the paper but exclude the author’s name and any other identifying information. References to the author’s own work must occur in the third person. Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session, along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization. - A cover letter, written as the body of your e-mail, that includes the author’s name, paper title(s), institutional affiliation or city of residence, phone number(s), and e-mail address. (Special sessions or panel discussions should also include a list of all participants, along with their contact information.)
IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2021 meeting. To be eligible for consideration, interested students should identify themselves in the cover letter and, if their proposals are accepted, must submit their video or .pdf by the February 15, 2021 deadline. Winners from previous years are ineligible.
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP: Students in music theory and related fields may submit, via e-mail, a 200-word statement detailing their interest in the workshop (a 90-minute live webinar to be held on Sunday morning, March 21). In addition, we ask that a faculty member at your own or another institution send the program chair a brief e-mail confirming your enrollment in a degree program in music theory (or related field) and vouching for your ability to work collegially and willingness to participate actively in the workshop. Please apply to attend the Graduate Student Workshop by February 15, by sending an e-mail to the Program Committee Chair (Robert Komaniecki) at robert-komaniecki@uiowa.edu with the subject line “MTSE 2021 Workshop.”
Program Committee:
Robert Komaniecki, Chair (University of Iowa)
Joseph Kraus, MTSE President (Florida State University)
Rachel Lumsden (Florida State University)
Sam Reenan, 2020 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Eastman School of Music)
Mark Richardson (East Carolina University)
Benjamin Wadsworth (Kennesaw State University)
Allison Wente (Elon University)
Featured
MTSE Statement on Discrimination and Diversity
The Executive Board of Music Theory Southeast regional society stands in solidarity with the Society for Music Theory’s recent statement addressing the anti-Black racism in Volume 12 of The Journal of Schenkerian Studies. We condemn acts of discrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, or age. We acknowledge that there is much work to be done in the field of music theory because of its origins in Whiteness and White Supremacy, and acknowledge the harm these origins have caused to the marginalized communities in our membership.
The MTSE Executive Board commits to working to educate our society and ourselves, and will contribute to efforts towards equity and equality within our field moving forward. We encourage our membership to continue to read, discuss, and reflect about issues of race, and to carefully undertake efforts to combat discrimination in our field and personally.
MTSE 2020 Virtual Conference Coming Soon
Music Theory Southeast is pleased to announce a virtual version of our spring 2020 conference. This digital conference will include narrated video presentations, PDF slides and scripts, and audio examples and will be available from early August until late September 2020. Registration is free and open now at https://forms.gle/ujtRdjg8GtGaUQHS8.
Closer to the conference date, those who are registered will receive further instructions on how to access materials and engage with the presenters.
Reminder: MTSE 2020 Graduate Student Workshop
A friendly reminder to graduate students planning to attend the 2020 MTSE Conference:
Trevor deClercq (Middle Tennessee State University) is leading this year’s graduate student workshop, entitled “Presumptions, Limitations, and Misrepresetnations in Roman Numeral Analyses of Popular Music Harmony.” A synopsis of the workshop is available here.
Interested students should register for the workshop before February 14.
See you in Boone!
2020 Conference CFP
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST
2020 MEETING
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
March 13-14, 2020
Adriana Helbig
Keynote Speaker
“Prison Sounds: Time and Release”
Trevor deClercq
Graduate Student Workshop Leader
“Presumptions, Limitations, and Misrepresentations in
Roman Numeral Analyses of Popular Music Harmony”
The program committee solicits proposals for presentations, special sessions, lecture-demonstrations, or panel discussions on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. Proposals should be for 20-minute presentations or 60- or 90-minute special sessions. As part of the conference, graduate students are invited to apply for a workshop led by Trevor deClercq.
This conference is a joint meeting of Music Theory Southeast, the Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast & Caribbean Chapter, the College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter, and the American Musicological Society Southeast Chapter. The program committees for these societies encourage cross-disciplinary discussion and paper attendance throughout the weekend. Please note, however, that an individual cannot submit the same proposal to MTSE and other societies participating in this joint conference. Although not encouraged, an individual may submit different proposals to MTSE and other participating societies, but must indicate this double submission and select which proposal takes priority (in the case of double acceptance).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM EST Sunday, December 1, 2019.
Confirmation of proposals received will be made electronically upon their receipt. Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision by Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals and abstracts should be sent via e-mail as .pdf attachments. Put all cover letter information in the body of your e-mail, and attach the proposal as a separate .pdf file. No other electronic format will be accepted. Please be sure that your name does not appear in the .pdf file, even as metadata. Individuals may submit no more than one proposal. Send submissions to the MTSE Secretary (Adrian Childs) at mtseproposals@gmail.com with the subject line: “MTSE 2020 Proposal.” Include the following in your e-mail:
- A proposal of no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes. (Each mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) A maximum of four pages of supplementary materials (such as musical examples, diagrams, and selected bibliography) may be appended; these pages will not be counted within the 500-word limit, but captions should be brief, not appreciably augmenting either the word count or the proposal’s content.
- The proposal must include the title of the paper but exclude the author’s name and any other identifying information. References to the author’s own work must occur in the third person. Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session, along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization.
- A cover letter, written as the body of your e-mail, that includes the author’s name, paper title(s), institutional affiliation or city of residence, phone number(s), and e-mail address. (Special sessions or panel discussions should also include a list of all participants, along with their contact information.)
IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2020 meeting. To be eligible for consideration, interested students should identify themselves in the cover letter and, if their proposals are accepted, must submit a PDF of their complete paper to the Program Committee Chair (Sarah Iker) at siker@mit.edu by Monday, March 9, 2020. Winners from previous years are ineligible.
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP: Students in music theory and related fields may submit, via e-mail, a 200-word statement detailing their interest in the workshop. In addition, we ask that a faculty member at your own or another institution send the program chair a brief e-mail confirming your enrollment in a degree program in music theory (or related field) and vouching for your ability to work collegially and willingness to participate actively in the workshop. Please apply to attend the Graduate Student Workshop by February 14, by sending an e-mail the Program Committee Chair (Sarah Iker) at siker@mit.edu with the subject line “MTSE 2020 Workshop.”
Program Committee:
Sarah Iker, Chair (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Juan Chattah, MTSE President (University of Miami)
Benjamin Dobbs (Furman University)
Robert Komaniecki (Appalachian State University)
Dickie Lee (University of Georgia)
Nancy Rogers (Florida State University)
Nate Mitchell, 2019 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Princeton University)
Local Arrangements:
Jennifer Snodgrass (Appalachian State University)
2019 Conference Registration & Local Arrangements Information
Registration for the 2019 conference is now open. Click here to go to the form or select “2019 Conference Registration & Local Arrangements” from the “Conferences” menu tab above.
See you in Elon!
2019 Conference CFP
UPDATE: As a courtesy to our colleagues experiencing inclement weather in the Southeast region, Music Theory Southeast is extending our call for participation to Monday, December 17.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST 2019 MEETING
ELON UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH 29-30, 2019
Yayoi Uno Everett (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Keynote Speaker
Jennifer Snodgrass (Appalachian State University)
Graduate Student Workshop Leader
“Music Theory Pedagogy in the 21st Century”
The program committee solicits proposals for presentations, special sessions, lecture-demonstrations, or panel discussions on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. Proposals should be for 20-minute presentations or 60- or 90-minute special sessions. As part of the conference, graduate students are invited to apply for a workshop led by Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM EST, Monday, December 10, 2018.
UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM EST, Monday, December 17, 2018.
Confirmation of proposals received will be made electronically upon their receipt. Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision by Monday, January 21, 2019.
SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals and abstracts should be sent via e-mail as .pdf attachments. Put all cover letter information in the body of your e-mail, and attach the proposal as a separate .pdf file. No other electronic format will be accepted. Please be sure that your name does not appear in the .pdf file, even as metadata. Individuals may submit no more than one proposal. Send submissions to the MTSE Secretary (John McKay) at mtseproposals@gmail.com with the subject line: “MTSE 2019 Proposal.” Include the following in your e-mail:
- A proposal of no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes. (Each mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) A maximum of four pages of supplementary materials (such as musical examples, diagrams, and selected bibliography) may be appended; these pages will not be counted within the 500-word limit, but captions should be brief, not appreciably augmenting either the word count or the proposal’s content.
- The proposal must include the title of the paper but exclude the author’s name and any other identifying information. References to the author’s own work must occur in the third person. Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session, along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization.
- A cover letter, written as the body of your e-mail, that includes the author’s name, paper title(s), institutional affiliation or city of residence, phone number(s), and e-mail address. (Special sessions or panel discussions should also include a list of all participants, along with their contact information.)
IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2019 meeting. To be eligible for consideration, interested students should identify themselves in the cover letter and, if their proposals are accepted, must submit a PDF of their complete paper to the Program Committee Chair (Peter Smucker) at psmucker@stetson.edu by Monday, March 25, 2019. Winners from previous years are ineligible.
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP: Students in music theory and related fields may submit, via e-mail, a 200-word statement detailing their interest the workshop. In addition, we ask that a faculty member at your own or another institution send the program chair a brief e-mail confirming your enrollment in a degree program in music theory (or related field) and vouching for your ability to work collegially and willingness to participate actively in the workshop. Please apply to attend the Graduate Student Workshop by March 1, by sending an email the Program Committee Chair (Peter Smucker) at psmucker@stetson.edu with the subject line “MTSE 2019 Workshop.”
Program Committee:
Peter Smucker, Chair (Stetson University)
Juan Chattah, MTSE President (University of Miami)
Jane Piper Clendinning (Florida State University)
Sarah Iker (University of Tampa)
John Peterson (James Madison University)
Alyssa Barna, 2018 Irna Priore Prize for Graduate Student Research (Eastman School of Music)
Joshua Tanis, 2018 Irna Priore Prize for Graduate Student Research (Florida State University)
Local Arrangements:
2019 Conference Location and Dates
Music Theory Southeast is excited to announce that the 2019 Conference will be held at Elon University, in Elon, NC March 29-30, 2019.
More details will be posted as they become available.
