Program Chair: Melissa Parkhurst
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More information on the 2024 Northwest Chapter Conference is coming soon!
Submission Deadline: October 3rd, 11:59pm Pacific Time
The Northwest chapter of The College Music Society will hold its xxth Conference on March 15-16, 2024, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
The Program Committee welcomes proposals for demonstrations, discussion forums, panels, scholarly research papers, posters, and workshops relating to all aspects of music creation, performance, scholarship, teaching, learning, career considerations, and other areas of interest to the music professional. The Committee invites the broadest representation from the music profession and its interests, and welcomes proposals from students, faculty, retirees, and independent musicians from all educational and professional settings.
The Program Committee particularly encourages, and will give priority to, proposals that:
(a) relate to The College Music Society’s Common Topic of “Leading Change”
(b) relate to the Northwest region’s rich musical heritage
CONSIDERATIONS
STUDENTS
We highly encourage students to submit paper/panel/workshop/demo/poster proposals. If you are a CMS Northwest Chapter student member, you will have the opportunity to be considered for the Student Paper Award. Please note that while only an abstract is due at the time of the submission, a full paper will need to be submitted prior to the conference to be eligible for the Student Paper Award.
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
1. The proposal’s title.
2. An abstract of 250 words or less.
Preparing an Abstract: The Program Committee chooses presentations based primarily on the abstract as submitted, so it is important to write an abstract that the Committee will understand and can evaluate fairly. The purpose of the abstract is to convey to the reader what will be said in the presentation. Do not merely describe the subject or list the topics to be covered. Rather, state the main point of the presentation, online the subsidiary points, and summarize the evidence offered, so that someone who has not heard the presentation can know in brief what it will say and can evaluate its contribution to our knowledge and understanding of music. The abstract, like the presentation itself, should be clear to an audience of musicians and music educators of all kinds, not just to those with a narrow specialty. While it may be necessary to set the context or lay out the problem to be addressed, this should be kept to a minimum.
3. You may add up to 3 supporting materials to your proposal (optional). These might include printed music examples, photos, statistics, or relevant data. Do not include lengthy documents, dissertations, CVs, resumes, or PowerPoint presentations. Neither file names nor uploaded materials should identify the proposer or any collaborators.
4. A list of required equipment and audio-visual needs.
5. A biography of the proposer and each co-presenter, if applicable (250-word maximum per person).
6. Details regarding all personnel involved in the presentation, including complete contact information (email address, mailing address, and phone) and a biography (250-word maximum) for each person. If your presentation includes 3 or more persons, download this spreadsheet, save the file using your name as the file name (e.g., smith_john.xlsx), and include the requested information for all additional presenters. You will be required to upload this completed file with your proposal.
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Melissa Parkhurst
Program Chair, 2024 CMS Northwest Conference
Submission Link:
Submission Deadline: October 3rd, 11:59pm Pacific Time
The Northwest chapter of The College Music Society will hold its 35th Conference on March 15-16, 2024, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
The Program Committee of The College Music Society welcomes proposals for lecture-recitals and performances. The Committee solicits the broadest representation of our profession and its interests, and welcomes proposals from students, faculty, retirees, and independent musicians from all educational and professional settings.
The Program Committee particularly encourages, and will give priority to, proposals that:
(a) relate to The College Music Society’s Common Topic of “Leading Change”
(b) relate to the Northwest region’s rich musical heritage
CONSIDERATIONS
1. Stand-alone Performance: A 25-minute program from a single performer or ensemble may be proposed that features music by one or more composers. The time limit is inclusive of set-up and tear-down.
2. Showcase Performance: Brief performances of 10 minutes or less may be proposed which will be included on a larger concert organized by the Program Committee. The time limit is inclusive of set-up and tear-down.
STUDENTS
We highly encourage students to submit paper/panel/workshop/demo/poster proposals. If you are a CMS Northwest Chapter student member, you will have the opportunity to be considered for the Student Performance Award.
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
Each member may submit a maximum of 1 proposal in response to this Call.
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
1. The proposal’s title and format.
2. Abstract / Program Notes
a. Lecture-recital proposals require an abstract of 250 words or less.
Preparing an Abstract: The Program Committee chooses presentations based primarily on the abstract as submitted, so it is important to write an abstract that the Committee will understand and can evaluate fairly. The purpose of the abstract is to convey to the reader what will be said in the presentation. Do not merely describe the subject or list the topics to be covered. Rather, state the main point of the presentation, online the subsidiary points, and summarize the evidence offered, so that someone who has not heard the presentation can know in brief what it will say and can evaluate its contribution to our knowledge and understanding of music. The abstract, like the presentation itself, should be clear to an audience of musicians and music educators of all kinds, not just to those with a narrow specialty. While it may be necessary to set the context or lay out the problem to be addressed, this should be kept to a minimum.
b. Performance proposals require program notes of 250 words or less, as well as a list of all titles, movements, and composers being proposed, an indication of the instrumentation, and duration of each work. If a proposal includes lengthy pieces which will not be played in their entirety, please clarify within the program notes which sections will be performed.
Preparing Program Notes: In conjunction with supporting audio files, Program Notes should convince the review committee that your proposal merits programming. Your program notes will also be published in the concert program and/or conference materials to describe the performance to attendees. Please write in clear and direct prose that informs and enlightens the reader. Avoid listing the full program again to avoid redundancy. Your program notes should offer insight into the selected repertoire and should be written in such a way that they will increase the audience’s understanding and enjoyment of the music. You may consider addressing elements of structure, style, content, and/or historical relevance, or you may wish to highlight the significance of the program and/or the connection of the composer(s) to the conference destination. Due to available space, in-depth analysis should be avoided.
3. A list of required equipment and internet needs (internet connections are not guaranteed).
4. A digital recording of the performer(s) to demonstrate proficiency. The duration of each recordingshould be a minimum of 3 minutes, but no longer than 8 minutes. Preference will be given to submissions that include a recording of the proposer performing the actual work being proposed. When this is not possible, the submitted example must be of a comparable style, genre, or historical period. Most audio file formats are supported within Submittable. File names should not identify the proposer or any collaborators (please erase the metadata that is automatically saved with the file).
5. If performing a work based on music notation, PDF reference scores to accompany the audio samples submitted under item #4.
6. Optional: In addition to the two required audio samples of the performer(s), an additional reference recording of the proposed work being performed by someone else may be added to support the submission. This is recommended in cases where the proposer(s) have not recorded the proposed work.
7. Optional: You may add up to 3 supporting materials to your proposal. These might include printed music examples, photos, statistics, or relevant data. Do not include lengthy documents, dissertations, CVs, resumes, or PowerPoint presentations.
8. Contact details and a brief biography of the proposer (not to exceed 250 words).
9. Name of performing ensemble, if applicable.
10. Collaborator Biographies:
a. If the presentation will be given by a named ensemble, a biography of ensemble must be included (not to exceed 250 words). Ensemble biographies may briefly address the achievements of each ensemble member; however, separate biographies of each individual performer are not requested in this case.
b. If the presentation will not be given by a named ensemble, biographies of individual performers should be included (not to exceed 250 words per person).
11. Details regarding all personnel involved in the presentation, including complete contact information (email address, mailing address, and phone) and a biography (250-word maximum) for each person. If your presentation includes 3 or more persons, download this spreadsheet, save the file using your name as the file name (e.g., smith_john.xlsx), and include the requested information for all additional presenters. You will be required to upload this completed file with your proposal.
Please note: To support the anonymous review process, the name(s) or affiliation(s) of anyone involved in the presentation should not appear in the title or abstract, nor in the file names or body of submitted supplemental materials, as submissions are evaluated anonymously. Names and affiliations may appear in the “Co-Presenter” section of the proposal in the submitted biographies, however, as the review committee will not have access to this information.
When referencing one’s own previously published research, the proposer should refer to such research in the third person to avoid identifying themselves. For example, hypothetical proposal submitter D. Graham should write, “D. Graham’s article, ‘XYZ,’ summarizes pertinent issues,” instead of writing, “My article, ‘XYZ,’ summarizes pertinent issues.” The wording in the first example protects the anonymity of the author, while the second compromises the author’s anonymity by linking the author of the proposal to previously published work by a named author.
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Melissa Parkhurst
Program Chair, 2024 CMS Northwest Conference
Submission Link:
Submission Deadline: October 3rd, 11:59pm Pacific Time
The Northwest chapter of The College Music Society will hold its 35th Conference on March 15-16, 2024, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
The Program Committee welcomes submissions of original works to be performed during one or more special concerts during the conference. Composers must either perform their own works or provide their own performer(s). The Committee solicits the broadest representation of our profession and its interests and welcomes submissions from all including those (a) in academia (full-time and adjunct faculty, community college faculty, students, and retired faculty), (b) in the music industry, and (c) active as independent musicians and scholars.
While the Composition Review Committee welcomes proposals from diverse compositional perspectives, compositional approaches that represent progressive trends including improvisation, extended techniques, electronic instruments, unconventional instrumentation and sound creation will be given special consideration.
The Program Committee particularly encourages, and will give priority to, proposals that:
(a) relate to The College Music Society’s Common Topic of “Leading Change”
(b) relate to the Northwest region’s rich musical heritage
CONSIDERATIONS
STUDENTS
We highly encourage students to submit paper/panel/workshop/demo/poster proposals. If you are a CMS Northwest Chapter student member, you will have the opportunity to be considered for the Student Composition Award.
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
1. The composition’s title, instrumentation, and duration, rounding up to the nearest half minute.
2. A PDF copy of the full score and individual parts (anonymous), if applicable. The score may be notated at concert pitch or transposed, but the composer is asked to make this clear in the score. Multi-movement scores should be merged into a single PDF file, as should all parts. Improvisations or purely electronic compositions need not be accompanied by a score, but instrumentation and audio requirements should be clearly indicated.
3. An anonymous digital recording of the work (please erase the metadata that is automatically saved with the file). MIDI file/software-synthesis realizations are acceptable. Most audio file formats are supported within Submittable.
4. Program notes (not to exceed 250 words).
5. A list of required equipment (Internet connections are not guaranteed).
6. A brief biography of the composer (not to exceed 250 words).
7. Name of the performing ensemble, if applicable.
8. Biography of ensemble or performer(s) (maximum total text of 250 words). Ensemble biographies may briefly address the individual achievements of each ensemble member; however, separate biographies of each individual performer are not requested in this case.
9. Contact for all performers, including complete contact information (email address, mailing address, and phone) and a biography (250-word maximum) for each person. If your presentation includes 3 or more persons, download this spreadsheet, save the file using your name as the file name (e.g., smith_john.xlsx), and include the requested information for all additional presenters. You will be required to upload this completed file with your proposal.
Please note: The name(s) or affiliation(s) of anyone involved in the presentation should not appear on the score or parts, in program notes, or in the file names of submitted audio samples, as submissions are evaluated anonymously. Proposals identifying the composer or collaborators will be disqualified. Names and affiliations may appear in submitted biographies and in the “Performers” section of the proposal, however, as the Score Review Committee will not have access to this part of the presentation.
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Melissa Parkhurst
Program Chair, 2024 CMS Northwest Conference
Submission Link:
Student Paper Award
The Paper Committee will select a “best paper” to be awarded to a student-presenter during the conference. A monetary award of $150 will accompany the award. Students whose abstracts are accepted for performance at the conference will be considered for this award. The award will be presented at the final event of the NW conference. Winners will be informed by March 1.
Student Comp Award
The Composition Committee will select a “best student composition’ to be awarded to a student-presenter during the conference. A monetary award of $150 dollars will accompany the award. Students whose compositions are accepted for performance at the conference will be considered for this award. The award will be presented at the final event of the NW conference. Winners will be informed by March 1.
Student Performance Award
The Performances and Lecture Recital Committee will select a “best performance” to be awarded to a student-present during the conference. A monetary award of $150 will accompany the award. Students whose performances are accepted to the conference will be considered for this award. The award will be presented at the final event of the NW conference. Winners will be informed by March 1.
Adjunct Faculty Travel Award
The adjunct faculty travel award is designed to partially fund one presenter for the PNW conference each year. An application for this award will be sent to all accepted presenters shortly after conference notifications are sent, and any part-time faculty member may apply. Travel costs will be reimbursed (not pre-paid) up to $300. The award will be adjudicated on the original application and abstract.
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Event Date | 03-15-2024 |
Event End Date | 03-16-2024 |
Cut off date | 03-15-2024 |
Individual Price | $160.00 |
Location | The University of British Columbia |