The American Musicological Society is calling for applications for the Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship, Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship, and Holmes / D’Accone Dissertation Fellowship in Opera Studies. These programs provide support for advancing or completing a doctorate. Apply by 3 February 2025, 11:59pm ET.

Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Fellows receive a twelve-month stipend, currently set at $25,000.

The William F. Holmes / Frank D’Accone Dissertation Fellowship in Opera Studies provides funding for dissertation research and completion focused on the study of opera. The Holmes/D’Accone Opera Studies Fellowship is awarded on the basis of academic merit. Fellows receive a year-long stipend, currently set at $25,000.

The Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship supports one year of graduate work for a student at a U.S. or Canadian university who is a member of a historically underrepresented group. The fellowship carries a twelve-month stipend, currently set at $25,000.

To apply, visit https://americanmusicologicalsociety.submittable.com/submit/282715/ams-fellowships

CFP: Timbre and Orchestration in Popular Song

McGill Univ., Montreal, 5-7 Jun 2025

The proposal submission deadline for the Timbre and Orchestration in Popular Song Conference (TOPS) is February 1st, 2025.

Two updates regarding the CFP:

1. TOPS will be able to, in a limited capacity, facilitate several presentations given remotely / virtually

2. TOPS will also offer partial travel and accommodation support for two applicants of successful proposals, based on stated need (i.e., if the applicant is a student, precariously employed professional, or otherwise unable to secure travel funding). These offers will be made per the recommendation of the program committee.

All details are available at: https://www.mcgill.ca/tops2025/cfp

Spokane, Washington, February 13-16, 2025

Sessions

Deb Confredo, NAfME President

• February 13: “Collaboration, Connections, and Creativity: Working Together Towards Music Education Goals”
• February 15: “A Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession: All Hands on Deck!”
• February 16: “Our Shared Mission: Mapping the Future of Music Education Through the Blueprint”

Angela Keedy, NAfME Professional Development Specialist

• February 16: “Connected Arts Networks: Creating Systems of Support and Professional Learning for Music Teachers”

Jazzmone Sutton, NAfME Senior Manager for State Advocacy and Equity

• February 16: “Seeking the Light Within: How to Maintain Your Advocacy Efforts in the Face of Burnout”

https://nafme.org/event/2025-nafme-northwest-division-conference/

The Cascade Song Festival happens THIS WEEK at UO. See the complete schedule here:

Complete Festival Schedule

The NAfME Society for Music Teacher Education invites proposals for the 2025 Symposium on Music Teacher Education (SMTE) under the theme Advancing an Inclusive Community: Renew, Reinvigorate, Recharge. This is a time of rapid educational change, and pathways to and through the profession are constantly evolving. SMTE provides a space to refresh our approaches, reinvigorate our practices, and recharge our shared commitment to excellence in music teacher education. As political shifts and uncertainties challenge traditional assumptions, we gather to critically examine our field’s foundations while imagining new possibilities. To promote an ethos of inclusivity, SMTE remains committed to fostering dialogue across the full spectrum of music teacher education research and practice. The Society for Music Teacher Education welcomes voices representing the rich diversity of our profession: music teacher educators from all institutional types, music faculty from a variety of disciplines (e.g., performance, conducting, theory, musicology), state and local arts supervisors, P–12 educators, policy officials, people involved in non-traditional or alternative certification, deans and directors of the arts, and students in music education at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

We welcome submissions of scholarship at all stages, from emerging studies (to be completed by October 2025) to completed work, recognizing that meaningful contributions to our field take many forms. Proposals may address any aspect of music teacher education, including but not limited to empirical research, philosophical inquiry, promising practices, professional development initiatives, and policy considerations. We encourage submissions that bridge research and practice, foster school-university partnerships, contribute to an ongoing discussion around ideas in the Blueprint for the Music Teacher Profession, and/or examine issues connected to SMTE Areas for Strategic Planning and Action.

https://nafme.org/blog/call-for-proposals-2025-symposium-for-music-teacher-education/

Call for Presentations:
28th Annual Graduate Students in Music (GSIM) Conference
The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

The students of the Department of Music at The Graduate Center, CUNY, are pleased to announce the 28th Annual GSIM Conference, held on April 26–27, 2025. The conference will be held fully in person for attendees. However, we are offering the option for presenters to share their work virtually via Zoom if they are unable to attend the conference in person. In addition to student presentations, a keynote address will be given by Maureen Mahon, Professor of Music at New York University, whose research focuses on constructions of race, gender, and sexuality in music. Her most recent book, Black Diamond Queens, explores the pivotal part African American women have played in the development of rock and roll.

We invite graduate students in all disciplines who work on music to submit proposals for presentations relating to the theme of “Musical Labor and Process.” This theme is meant to be construed broadly, but we encourage presentations that expand the definition of what constitutes musical labor and especially highlights the work of historically marginalized groups or those who have been excluded from traditional narratives of music-making. Fruitful topics might include (but are certainly not limited to):

See full call here:

Call for Presentations

The Society for Ethnomusicology’s Northwest Chapter will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, Feb 22 at the University of Oregon’s main campus in Eugene, OR.  Formal paper, performance and instructional workshops, roundtable proposals are welcome. Feel free to reach out if you have ideas for alternative formats. There is no theme for this year’s conference, but presenters are encouraged to present their most current research on any contemporary topic in ethnomusicology.

Papers will be given twenty minutes, with ten minutes allotted for questions and discussion afterwards. Proposals and abstracts should be approximately 250 words and included both in the text of the email and attached as a file. Appropriate file formats include Microsoft Word Document (.doc or .docx) and Rich Text Format (.rtf). Include your full name and institutional affiliation. Submissions should be received no later than Jan 10, 2025; applicants will all be notified of acceptance no later than January 17.  Please send your abstract to ewolf2[at]uoregon.edu with “SEM NW 2025” in the subject line.