Society for Research in Music Education
Research Symposium II
at Music Education Week in Washington

Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel
Arlington, VA
June 20 and 21, 2009
 

MENC: The National Association for Music Education is pleased to announce a Research Symposium to be held in Washington DC, June 20-21, 2009, in conjunction with national Music Education Week in Washington (June 17-23). All interested individuals are invited to attend the Symposium.

This symposium is designed as a forum for the dissemination and discussion of new scholarship relating to music teaching and learning. Individuals are invited to submit proposals for presentation in which they may share new, unpublished research in music education. Submissions are invited for EITHER paper presentation OR poster presentation. Please direct inquiries about the Symposium to co-presiders Christopher Johnson (cmj@ku.edu) and Terese Volk Tuohey (ag7658@wayne.edu).
Those who wish to submit a report for consideration should comply with the following:

FOR PAPER PRESENTATION

Research submitted for paper presentation must not have been presented at any other conference or forum, regardless of size or type of audience. The paper may have been submitted for publication but must not have appeared in print prior to the Symposium.

FOR POSTER PRESENTATION

Research submitted for poster presentation must conform to the Code of Ethics published regularly in the Journal of Research in Music Education (also available at www.menc.org), in that (a) the paper should not have been presented at another major conference or other forum; and (b) the paper may have been submitted for publication but must not have appeared in print prior to the Symposium.

Papers presented at other conferences will be considered for poster presentation if the audience was substantially different (e.g., a state meeting or a university symposium). A statement specifying particulars of presentation must be included with the submission.

FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS

1. The research may be of any type, but a simple review of literature will not be considered. Manuscript style of articles representing descriptive or experimental studies must conform to the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Authors of other types of studies may submit manuscripts that conform to the most recent editions of either A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian) or The Chicago Manual of Style.

2. Only electronic submissions will be considered. Submit one file containing the full copy of your report, including an abstract not to exceed 250 words, with no title page. The full report should contain no clues as to author identity or institutional affiliation. In the body of the e-mail, please include the following information: (a) the author’s or authors’ names, (b) current position(s) and institutional affiliation(s), (c) mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address (submitter only), (d) the report’s title, (e) the abstract, and (f) specifications of prior presentation. Also, in the body of the e-mail, please specify whether you want your submission to be considered for PRESENTATION ONLY, POSTER SESSION ONLY, or EITHER PRESENTATION OR POSTER SESSION. The full report with abstract should not exceed 6000 words in length. Send the file as an attachment in Word Document (.doc) or Portable Document (.pdf) format. Other formats will not be accepted. Incomplete submissions (e.g., projects in progress, reports without abstracts, requested information not present in the body of the e-mail, etc.) will be rejected.

3. Correspondence will be sent only to the submitter, and only by e-mail. The submitter should send the manuscript from the e-mail address he or she wishes to use for correspondence. You will be notified of receipt of the manuscript and the reviewers’ decision exclusively by e-mail.

4. Send submissions to Terese Volk Tuohey at ag7658@wayne.edu. Subject line: MENC Papers. Please use this e-mail address for all correspondence. Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted.

5. The submission deadline is January 31, 2009. Extensions will not be granted. If you have not received confirmation of receipt of your manuscript by February 10, please notify Terese Volk Tuohey at the above e-mail address.

6. A panel of qualified reviewers will screen all submissions.

7. Submitters will be notified of the reviewers’ decision no later than March 15, 2009.

8. All presenters and attendees must be members of MENC and must register for the Symposium through MENC. Information about registration, lodging, and travel can be found at www.menc.org/events/view/menc-s-music-education-week-in-washington.

9. All participants are expected to attend all sessions on June 20 and 21. An informal reception will be held on Friday, June 19.

A copy of this call can be viewed on MENC’s Society for Research in Music Education page, www.menc.org/v/higher_education_admin/society-for-research-in-music-education-srme, under “Announcements.”