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2026 Conference CFP

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Music Theory Southeast 2026
Morehouse College
February 27–28, 2026

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 may be submitted for 20-minute presentations, 10- minute lightning presentations, or digital posters. As part of the conference, students are invited to apply for a workshop on “Spirituals and Spirituality in Music by Black Composers” led by Horace Maxile, Jr. (Baylor University). Attendees will also be treated to a concert performance by the acclaimed Morehouse College Glee Club.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. EST December 1, 2025.

Authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by January 5, 2026.

Program Committee:
Evan Jones, Chair (Florida State University)
J. Daniel Jenkins, MTSE President (University of South Carolina)
Jess Forgione, 2025 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Michigan State University)
Sabrina Clarke (Meredith College)
Tamika Howard (Lanier Technical College)
Clair Nguyen (University of North Carolina–Greensboro)

Local Arrangements:
Benjamin Dawson (Morehouse College)

SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals should be submitted to the online Google form. Individuals may submit no more than one proposal. The proposal should be submitted as a single .pdf attachment; 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.

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 in the same .pdf attachment; 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 submitted as a single .pdf attachment. If you have any difficulty submitting your .pdf, please email the Program Committee Chair (Evan Jones; eajones@fsu.edu) prior to the submission deadline.

Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session (no more than 500 words each), along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization. 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.

To access the Google submission form, please click HERE.

The submission form will prompt you to select from among three presentation formats—a 20-minute presentation, a 10-minute lightning presentation, and a digital poster presentation using your own laptop. You may select one, two, or all three, depending on which options would be acceptable to you. The form also requires you to indicate whether you wish to be considered for the Irna Priore Prize for Student Research, an award to be presented for the best student presentation at the 2026 meeting. To be eligible for consideration, students should reply YES to the question in the Google form. If their proposals are accepted, students must submit a .pdf file of their complete paper to the Program Committee Chair (Evan Jones; eajones@fsu.edu) by February 20, 2026. Winners from previous years are ineligible.

Student Workshop: Students in music theory and related fields may submit, via email, a 200-word statement detailing their interest in the workshop (to be held on Saturday morning, February 28). In addition, we ask that a faculty member at your own or another institution send the program chair a brief email 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 (Evan Jones; eajones@fsu.edu) with the subject line “MTSE 2026 Workshop.” The deadline to apply for the workshop is February 13, 2026.

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2025 Conference CfP

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Music Theory Southeast 2025
Furman University
March 7–8, 2025

Keynote Speaker:
Michael Buchler (Florida State University)

Graduate Student Workshop Leader:
Jane Piper Clendinning (Florida State 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 on “Opening Music Theory to World and Traditional Musics” led by Jane Piper Clendinning.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. EST December 2, 2024.

Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision by January 3, 2025.

Program Committee:
William R. Ayers, Chair (University of Central Florida)
J. Daniel Jenkins, MTSE President (University of South Carolina)
Audrey Slote, 2024 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (University of Chicago)
David Geary (Wake Forest University)
Shannon Groskreutz (Stetson University)

Local Arrangements:
Megan Lyons (Furman University)

SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals should be submitted to the online Google form. Each proposal should be submitted as a single .pdf attachment. 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 in the same .pdf attachment; 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 submitted as a single .pdf attachment.

Proposals for panel discussions or other special session formats should include individual proposals for each segment of the session (no more than 500 words each), along with a separate session proposal (no more than 500 words) that explains the overall content and organization. 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 submission form: https://forms.gle/8FxtL21KBWoteTFB7

IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2025 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 file of their complete paper to the Chair of the Program Committee (William R. Ayers; william.ayers@ucf.edu) by March 1, 2025. 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 8). 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 (William R. Ayers; william.ayers@ucf.edu) with the subject line “MTSE 2025 Workshop.” The deadline to apply for the workshop is February 14, 2025.

2024 Conference CFP

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MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST AND 
SOUTH CENTRAL SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY

2024

Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
March 15–16, 2024

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Victoria Malawey (Macalester College)
“She Who Digs: Timbre, Voice, and Lateral Placement in Björk’s Fossora” 

Graduate Student Workshop
Dr. Christopher Brody (University of Louisville)
 “Analyzing Vocal Music of the Baroque: Concepts and Categories”

The program committee for the Music Theory Southeast (MTSE) and the South Central Society for Music Theory (SCSMT) joint meeting, hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, on March 15–16, 2024, invites proposals on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. As part of the conference, graduate students are invited to apply for a workshop analyzing Baroque vocal music led by Dr. Christopher Brody. We are also pleased to announce that our keynote speaker will be Dr. Victoria Malawey.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 P.M. CST December 3, 2023

Submission Guidelines: Please submit a single document in .pdf format via this Google form. Proposals must be no more than 500 words, including footnotes or endnotes. (Each mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) Proposals should articulate the paper’s premise and its relation to existing music-theoretical research and provide some illustration of applications. In addition to the 500-word proposal, submissions may include up to four pages of supplementary materials (e.g., figures, tables, examples, or bibliography). Supplemental materials may include text annotations, but these annotations should not appreciably add to the word count of the proposal. Since proposals will be evaluated anonymously, author tags must be removed from .pdf files and references to the author’s own work must be in the third person.

Questions on the proposal guidelines can be directed to Program Committee Chair Olivia Lucas at olivialucas1@lsu.edu.

Presentation Formats: Submissions may be made for 20-minute papers, 10-minute lightning talks, or poster presentations. Authors may request their proposal be considered for any or all the available formats. The program committee reserves the right to request a proposal in an alternate format, as necessary.

Submission Restrictions: Only a single submission from an author will be considered. Previously published papers or papers given at national or international conferences will not be considered.

Submission Deadline: To be considered, submissions should be received before 11:59 p.m. CST on December 3, 2023, through the Google Forms portal. Authors will be notified electronically of the Program Committee’s decision in early January 2024.

Student Paper Award: Graduate students who wish to be considered for either the MTSE Irna Priore Prize or the SCSMT Student Paper Award will be asked to indicate interest in the Google Forms submission. Candidates must submit a copy of their complete paper to the program chair (olivialucas1@lsu.edu) by Friday, February 23, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winners from previous years are ineligible.

Graduate Student Workshop: Students in music theory and related fields may apply to join the graduate student workshop via the Google form application. The deadline to apply is Thursday February 15, 2024.  

MTSE and SCSMT 2024 Joint Program Committee

Olivia Lucas, Program Committee Chair (Louisiana State University)
William Ayers (University of Central Florida)
Jacob Eichhorn, 2023 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Eastman School of Music)
Laura Emmery, MTSE President (Emory University)
Pamela Mason-Nguyen, 2023 SCSMT Student Paper Award Winner (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Xieyi “Abby” Zhang (Georgia State University) 

Local Arrangements

Jennifer Snodgrass (Lipscomb University)

2023 Conference CFP

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MUSIC THEORY SOUTHEAST 2023

University of Georgia
March 10–11th, 2023

Graduate Student Workshop Leader:
Dr. Leigh Van Handel (University of British Columbia)

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. Leigh VanHandel.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. EST December 15, 2022.

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, 2023.

SUBMISSION FORMAT: Proposals should be submitted to the online Google form as .pdfattachments. 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. 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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWlxyUN2-nuh6okIUTV-UpH-S01jde0MV0yrEMLYiTYjaXrA/viewform?usp=sf_link

IRNA PRIORE PRIZE FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: The Society will present an award for the best student presentation at the 2023 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 (Alexander Martin; amartin17@stetson.edu) by Monday, March 6. 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 10). 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 (Alexander Martin; amartin17@stetson.edu) with the subject line “MTSE 2023 Workshop.” The deadline to apply is Tuesday, February 21.

Program Committee:

Alexander Martin, Chair (Stetson University)
Laura Emmery, MTSE President (Emory University)
Alan Elkins, 2022 Irna Priore Prize for Student Research Winner (Florida State University)
David Geary (Wake Forest University)
Emily Gertsch (University of Georgia)
Jason Solomon (Agnes Scott College)

Local Arrangements:
Dickie Lee (University of Georgia)

2022 Conference CFP

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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.

MTSE 2017 Dates

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The Bower School of Music & the Arts. Image courtesy of artswfl.com.

The Bower School of Music & the Arts.
Image courtesy of artswfl.com.

Mark your calendars! The 2017 MTSE Conference dates have been confirmed. The Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of Music Theory Southeast will take place March 3-4, 2017 and will be hosted by the Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music & the Arts in Ft. Myers, FL.

More details will be posted as they become available.