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.

The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology will be held on October 23 – 26, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. For information on meeting arrangements, including a copy of this call for proposals, please visit the 2025 Annual Meeting area of the SEM website (www.ethnomusicology.org). Please note that SEM is organizing its 2025 Annual Meeting as an in-person event.

The deadline for online submission of all proposals is February 17, 2025, 11:59 PM EST.

See full CFP here: https://www.ethnomusicology.org/resource/resmgr/2025_annual_meeting/cfp2025_20241211_final.pdf

[Note from John: I recently spoke with one of the researchers on this study. Their project could greatly benefit from the expertise of musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Please reach out!]

Call for Participation in Study, Musicians’ Mental Health Research

Call for Musicologists: Help Shape the Future of Musicians’ Mental Health Research

We are conducting a groundbreaking study on musicians’ mental health, kindly funded by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and we are reaching out to the musicology community for your expertise and insight.

Our research seeks to bridge critical gaps in the current understanding of the mental health challenges musicians face. In the initial phase of our study, we’ve mapped the existing literature, identifying key risk and protective factors. Now, we’re organizing international focus groups to hear directly from musicians, educators, students, and experts from multiple fields—including musicologists like you. Importantly, we also want to hear from those who have personal experience with mental health struggles, to ensure a comprehensive exploration of the topic. The focus groups will delve into the crucial factors affecting mental health in the music industry and explore areas that may have been overlooked so far.

To express your interest and share your availability, please contact:
Raluca Matei at rmatei1 -at- jh.edu
Giulia Ripani at gripani1 -at- jh.edu

We’d be incredibly grateful for your involvement and help in spreading the word. Let’s work together to drive meaningful change for the mental health of musicians!

More details will be provided upon expressing interest.

May 6-10, 2025

Oregon Bach Festival Musicking Conference:
Culturally Informed Performance Practices

Call for Lecture Concert & Individual Paper Proposals

Theme: Resonant Alliances: Sound as Collaboration
Conference Dates: May 6–10, 2025
Location: University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
Submission Deadline: Friday, January 3, 2025
Notifications sent by: Friday, January 17, 2025

The Oregon Bach Festival is happy to present the tenth annual Musicking Conference, “Musicking: Culturally Informed Performance Practices,” to be held in person at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance on Tuesday, May 6 through Saturday, May 10, 2025. The 2025 conference will bring together research, education, and performance by considering performance practice studies through a cultural lens, related to the theme, “Resonant Alliances: Sound as Collaboration.” What role do partnerships and collaboration play in the creation of musical artifacts, music composition, and performance? How do partnerships enable or inhibit creativity? What power structures are at play? How does collaboration enforce or subvert social hierarchies?

This year’s conference will feature a residency with celebrated vocal and instrumental ensemble Cappella Artemisia, who explores the musical world of women in 16th- and 17th-century Italian convents. Cappella Artemisia’s residency will include lectures, rehearsals, and masterclasses that will be open to conference participants and the public.

See more details at the Musicking site: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/musicking/

Two different fellowships are available through the OHC.
Application deadline is Monday, February 3, 2025 at 4 pm PST.

Graduate Research Support Fellowships 

The purpose of the Graduate Research Support Fellowship program is to stimulate humanities research and support graduate education by providing doctoral students with resources to assist with their doctoral research and the completion of their dissertations.

Graduate Research Support Fellowships provide:

• Up to $1,000 in research support for travel to an appropriate professional conference, research library, or archive; to attend a conference or obtain copies of archival materials; or for books or other materials needed for the completion of the dissertation;

• An invitation to participate in the OHC intellectual community by attending OHC Work-in-Progress talks, Books-in-Print talks, and other OHC events during the year;

• On request and as space is available, an office at the Oregon Humanities Center for a maximum of one term during the fellowship year.

Dissertation Fellowships 

For PhD candidates expecting to defend their dissertation 

Winter 2026–Spring 2027

The Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) offers the Dissertation Fellowship in partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. This fellowship program provides the fellow with a one-term research appointment to allow full-time work on the dissertation. Academic year 2025–26 fellowships provide the following, subject to GTFF and Graduate School policies (which are subject to change):

A one-term Research GE3 appointment in your home department for the fellowship term. As a GE you will receive the following GE benefits: 

• GE salary equivalent to a GE3 with a .49 FTE appointment for the fellowship term, including salary and associated OPE. Your department will process your GE appointment documents using the OHC’s index to pay your salary. The exact value of the award will depend on the still-to-be-announced GE salaries for FY26.

• A one-term tuition waiver (up to 16 credits; you must register for at least 9 credits).

• A fee subsidy covering all but $61 of mandatory student fees.

• GTFF health insurance eligibility with the university covers 95% of the premium (GE is responsible for 5% of premium).

• On request and as space is available, an office at the OHC during the fellowship term.