CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

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.