Program Chair: Courtenay Harter
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Submission Deadline: 12 noon Mountain Time on Monday October 2, 2023
The Southern Chapter of The College Music Society will hold its 44th Conference February 22-24, 2024 at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
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 proposals that relate to the current CMS Common Topic, “Leading Change,” or that engage with the conference location of Memphis.
This year, we are particularly interested in poster presentations on the topic of change as it applies to the various activities around music in higher education. We plan to have a reception to highlight these posters and provide an opportunity for discussion among all those in attendance and strongly encourage submissions in this format.
CONSIDERATIONS
STUDENTS: We highly encourage students to submit paper/panel/workshop/demo/poster proposals. If you are a CMS Southern Chapter student member, you will have an opportunity to submit your work in advance of the conference in order to be considered for the David C. Kushner Student Paper Award.
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Alice Clark CMS Southern Chapter Board Member for Musicology
Courtenay Harter CMS Southern Chapter President
Submission Link:
Submission Deadline: 12 noon Mountain Time on Monday October 2, 2023
The Southern Chapter of The College Music Society will hold its 44th Conference from February 22-24, 2024 at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
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 proposals that relate to the current CMS Common Topic, “Leading Change,” or that engage with the conference location of Memphis.
This year, we are particularly interested in poster presentations on the topic of change as it applies to the various activities around music in higher education. We plan to have a reception to highlight these posters and provide an opportunity for discussion among all those in attendance and strongly encourage submissions in this format. (See the Call for Oral & Poster Presentations for more details.)
CONSIDERATIONS
STUDENTS: We highly encourage students to submit lecture-recital and performance proposals!
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
1. The proposal’s title and format.
2a. Lecture-recital proposals require an abstract of 250 words or less.
2b. 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.
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. Preference will be given to submissions that include a recording of the proposer performing the actual work being proposed. Where this is not possible, the submitted example must be of a comparable style, genre, or historical period. Reference recordings of a proposed work(s) by a performer other than the proposer may be submitted, provided the file name reflects this distinction by including the word “Reference.” Most audio file formats are supported within Submittable.
5. 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.
6.A brief biography of the proposer (not to exceed 250 words).
7. Name of performing ensemble, if applicable.
8. Biographies of the performer(s) or ensemble (maximum total text of 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.
9. Contact details for all collaborators, including an email address, mailing address, and phone number for each person. Pianists must be named in this section. 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 complete the requested information for each involved person. You will be required to upload this completed file with your proposal.
Please note: To support the blind review process, the name(s) and/or affiliation(s) of anyone involved in the presentation, including the ensemble, performers, or commissioners (if applicable), should not appear in the title, abstract, or program notes, nor in the file names or body of submitted supplementary materials. Submissions are evaluated anonymously and proposals identifying the proposer or co-presenters will be disqualified. Names and affiliations may appear in the “Collaborators” section of the proposal and in submitted biographies, however, as the review committee will not have access to this information.
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Serena Scibelli CMS Southern Chapter Board Member for Performance
Submission Link:
Submission Deadline: 12 noon Mountain Time on Monday October 2, 2023
The Southern Chapter of The College Music Society will hold its 44th Conference February 22-24, 2024 at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
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, provide their own performer(s), or submit pieces for the following volunteer performers/ensembles:
Piano (solo and collaborative)
Voice (soprano and tenor)
Trumpet
Trombone
Euphonium
Flute
Horn
Oboe
Guitar
Cello
Violin
If submitting works for the volunteer performers, please limit the instrumentation to solo or small chamber esembles (up to 3 musicians). The Composition Committee will select works from the Call for Scores submissions, and will forward selected works to the performers for their perusal. The performers will review the works, accept or decline to perform them.
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.
CONSIDERATIONS
STUDENTS: We highly encourage students to submit compositions. If you are a CMS Southern Chapter student member, you will have an opportunity to submit your work in advance of the conference in order to be considered for the David Camp Student Composition Award.
ELIGIBILITY
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION POLICY
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
Please note:
TIMELINE
QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding this call should be directed to:
Valentin Bogdan, CMS Southern Chapter Board Member for Composition
Submission Link:
There are no hotel rates secured for the Southern Chapter Conference, but there are many hotels nearby. Please see the link below (also, be sure to check if there is a Rhodes rate in place for visitors).
Nearby Hotels/Directions to Rhodes College
Notes from Courtenay Harter, Program Chair:
Downtown: Crowne Plaza (closest to campus), but any of the others on the Rhodes list would also work. If you’re at all thinking about hanging out on Beale Street one of the evenings, the Hampton Inn on Peabody Place is one of my favorites. Anything downtown between GE Patterson and North Parkway is a pretty good bet — there are a lot of newer hotels that have opened recently.
Midtown: The Memphian is the nearest to Rhodes campus — the rate really depends when you book.
Thinking of what else you could do while in Memphis? Bringing the family? Here are some other sites to check out.
Looking forward to seeing you in February. (We’ll have the BBQ list when you arrive!)
Courtenay Harter
Program Chair
2024 CMS Southern Chapter
Event Date | 02-22-2024 |
Event End Date | 02-24-2024 |
Cut off date | 02-22-2024 |
Individual Price | $110.00 |
Late Fee | $25.00 (From 02-22-2024 16:58) |
Location | Rhodes College |