   |
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|||||
Call for Papers
Society for American Music
San Antonio, Texas
February 27 - March 2, 2008
The
Society for American Music invites proposals for papers, panels of 2-3 papers, concerts, lecture-performances, and scholarly posters for its 34th Annual Conference. The conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, February 27 - March 2, 2008, and will be centered at the historic Menger Hotel in the city's vibrant River Walk area. The online and postmark submission deadline for all proposals is 15 June 2007. More information may be found at www.american-music.orgWe welcome proposals involving American music and aspects of its cultures anywhere in the world. We especially welcome proposals addressing
- Border, Tejano, and conjunto music, perhaps highlighting living musical legends such as Lydia Mendoza and Flaco Jiménez
- Ethnicity and identity in country music
- Cowboy music and/or the singing cowboy
- Mexican music from any century
- Mission- and colonial-era music
- Regional movements such as 1950s-1970s San Antonio "west-side" sound
- Chicana/Chicano studies
- Latino/Latina studies
Guidelines
Presenters are required to register for the entire conference. The
committee encourages proposals from those who did not present at the
2007 Pittsburgh meeting, but all proposals will be judged primarily on
merit.
With the exception of Lecture-Performances, we prefer that all proposals be submitted via e-mail.
Proposers for all except Lecture-Recitals must specify whether the proposal is for 1) paper, 2) poster, or 3) either presentation format, the latter to be determined by the Program Committee as it builds sessions.
Individual or joint papers should be no longer than twenty minutes. Lecture-Performances should be no longer than thirty minutes. For complete session proposals, the organizer should include an additional statement explaining the rationale for the session, in addition to abstracts for each paper.
New in 2008—Research Poster Sessions
The poster format provides an opportunity for SAM members to meet informally with authors and discuss research. Each author attends his/her respective 90-minute session, distributes abstracts, and answers questions. Supporting sound and/or video examples (on personal computers and utilizing battery, rather than A/C power) will be coordinated with other presenters once sessions have been formed by the Program Committee. Further poster guidelines may be found at
www.american-music.orgInclude the following for all submissions:
1) 250-word proposal
2) 100-word abstract suitable for publication in the conference program
3) audio and visual needs selected from the following list only: CD and audiocassette player, overhead projector, VHS/DVD player, LCD projector. Due to logistics and the high cost of renting this equipment, we cannot accommodate AV changes once a proposal is accepted.
4) proposer's name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and institutional affiliation or city of residence
For Lecture-Performances please include the above-mentioned materials, plus:
5) seven copies of a recording (CD, cassette tape, DVD, or VHS)
6) an addressed, stamped mailer if you would like the recordings returned
7) a list of special needs (e.g., piano, music stand, space for dance demonstration, choral risers)
All materials must be electronically date-stamped (online submission) or postmarked (mail submission) by 15 June 2007. If online submission fails, submit to
Kay.Norton@asu.edu by the same deadline. Postal submissions should be addressed to: Kay Norton, Chair, SAM 2008 Program Committee, School of Music E301, Arizona State University, PO Box 870405, Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
Current issue/Vol. 5 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 3 | | Vol. 2 | Vol. 1 | Purpose & Copyright | Submissions & Guidelines | Editorial Board | Contact Us
ISSN 1532-8090
All material © 2007 Research and Issues in Music Education All rights reserved.