CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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.