CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: September 27, 2024, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

The MTNA Collegiate Symposium Planning Committee is seeking proposals from collegiate chapters, college students and newly graduated young professionals to present at the 2025 MTNA Collegiate Symposium, January 18–19, 2025, at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. MTNA welcomes submissions from individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds, abilities and education levels to provide a broad spectrum of ideas for program consideration.

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Proposals are invited that:

• Reflect innovation and cutting-edge content
• Stimulate and provoke audience discussion
• Pertain to young professionals
• Explore building a diverse teaching studio and community
• Use multimedia approaches to enhance learning
• Explore pedagogical and performance issues important to all levels

Topics may include:

• Current technology trends
• Inclusive teaching
• Musicians as entrepreneurs
• Current state of scholarship in the music field
• International pedagogy
• Historical performance and pedagogy
• Underrepresented composers and underserved populations

Presenter Eligibility:

• Current college students
• Newly graduated young professionals (less than 3 years post graduation)

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 

General Sessions are presentations up to 25 minutes in length that showcase current Collegiate Chapter research in presentation-style or lecture-recital format. Group and individual sessions are permitted.

Keyboard Lab Sessions are interactive workshops up to 25 minutes in length that utilize the digital keyboard lab classrooms at the University of Oklahoma. Group and individual sessions are permitted.

Networking Sessions are 25-minute sessions that target specific interest groups in Independent Teaching, Group Teaching, Grad School, Entrepreneurship and Interdisciplinary Research. We are looking for moderators who have demonstrated expertise in the subject area. You may apply for more than one subject area. The role of the moderator is to engage the attendees to discuss pertinent topics, innovative approaches and share advice. Moderators must submit a resume and a two-paragraph description detailing why and how they would make a good moderator. Individual submissions only.

Lightning Sessions are brief, 5-minute versions of elevator pitches that focus on a single topic, example, idea, project or technique. They do not attempt to cover all aspects of their subject matter, but present one facet of the idea clearly and succinctly that will allow attendees to immediately apply to their teaching/learning. Individual submissions recommended.

Poster Sessions showcase research, projects or outreach. All posters must include pertinent information in a manner that is visible from three to four feet away. Presenters applying for the Poster Session must additionally submit a computer-generated sample in PDF or JPEG format. For guidance, please see this article on How to Create a Research Poster as well as this sample poster from a prior Symposium. Group or individual submissions are permitted.

Proposal Submission Requirements

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