Denver 2009SAM Conference: Denver, Colorado
18-22 March 2009
Call for Papers
2009 Program Committee: John Koegel, Chair; Michael Pisani, Ann Sears, Cecilia Sun, Patricia Woodard
The Society for American Music invites proposals for papers, panels of 2-3 papers, concerts, lecture-performances, and scholarly posters for its 35th Annual Conference. The conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, March 18-22, 2009, at the Marriott City Center Hotel. Concerts and other special events will be offered as part of the conference, including a Friday afternoon visit to the Denver March Pow-Wow. The online and postmark submission deadline for all proposals is June 15, 2008.
We welcome proposals involving all facets of musical life throughout the Americas, and American music and aspects of its cultures anywhere in the world. We especially welcome proposals addressing:
- Musical life in the West: The western United States, western Canada, and in Mexico, the equivalent of the U.S. West— Mexico 's northern states
- Music and shifting geographic images of the West, related to westward expansion and changing political borders
- Local and regional identities in the West: Denver and the Inter-Mountain West, the Southwest, Pacific rim, California
- Composers and performers of art music looking westward towards Pacific Asia
- Connections between the music of native peoples and Euroamerican musical cultures in the West
- Native American musical traditions
- Asian American, Latino/Latina, African American studies
Guidelines
Presenters are required to register for the entire conference. The committee encourages proposals from those who did not present at the 2008 San Antonio meeting, but all proposals will be judged primarily on merit. With the exception of concerts and lecture-performances, all proposals should be submitted through the online electronic submission process.
Proposers for all except concerts or lecture-performances 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. Concerts and 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 proposals and abstracts for each paper.
Research Poster Sessions
The poster format provides an opportunity for SAM members to meet informally with authors and discuss research. Each author attends her/his 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.
Concerts and Lecture-Performances
Proposals for concerts and lecture-performances of music from anywhere in the Americas are particularly welcome.
Include the following for all submissions:
- 250-word proposal
- 100-word abstract suitable for publication in the conference program booklet
- Panels must include proposals and abstracts for each paper
- 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.
- Proposer's name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and institutional affiliation or city of residence
For concerts and lecture-performances please include the above-mentioned materials, plus:
- Seven copies of a recording related to the proposed concert or lecture-recital (CD, cassette tape, DVD, or VHS)
- An addressed, stamped mailer if you would like the recordings returned
- A list of special needs (e.g., piano, music stand, space for dance demonstration, choral risers)
All materials must be electronically date-stamped by June 15, 2008 . Postal submissions for concerts and lecture-performance materials only should be addressed to: John Koegel, Chair, SAM 2009 Program Committee, Department of Music, California State University , Fullerton 800 North State College Blvd., Fullerton, California 92831-3599. Questions about the submission process may be sent to: jkoegel@fullerton.edu
Interest Groups — Interest Groups with a guaranteed slot for 2009 are requested to convey a brief description of their plans to the Program Committee using the online submission system not later than August 5 to ensure proper scheduling and room assignments. Interest Groups without a guaranteed slot for 2009 may submit panel proposals via the online submission system if they wish, but acceptance or rejection of these proposals will be at the discretion of the Program Committee. All Interest Group submissions should use the "Panel" option below.
