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Call for Conference Proposals
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Virginia Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference
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The Virginia Music Educators Association will host two research poster sessions at the Fall 2020 Professional Development Conference, November 19-21, 2020. The poster sessions will be held on November 19 and 20. This will be a virtual conference, with presenters hosting virtual break out rooms for the presentation of research. The goal of the research poster sessions is to disseminate scholarly work that has implications for music teaching and learning in a variety of settings.
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Types of Submissions Sought:
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Description of Types of Submissions Sought:
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Research paper abstracts focusing on topics in music education, music performance, music therapy, or other related topics are welcome. Researchers whose projects are selected will be required to prepare a visual presentation of their research (suitable for on-screen viewing), and to be available during the two virtual poster sessions on November 19 and 20, 2020 to present and discuss their work with interested conference attendees. Projects may be completed or in progress; an abstract is required for consideration.
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Research paper abstracts focusing on topics in music education, music performance, music therapy, or other related topics are welcome.
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Please send submissions, attached to an email, to the VMEA Research Coordinator Dr. Douglas T. Owens, dtowens@odu.edu, by Monday August 3, 2020. The document should be a Microsoft word (.doc or .docx) or portable document file (.pdf). A confirmation email will be sent upon receipt from the research coordinator.
Submissions should include two separate documents: The first document should only include the primary author’s name, mailing address, phone number, current email and institutional affiliation. If there are co-authors, please list their names and institutional affiliations. Submission results will be emailed to the primary author. The second document should be an abstract of no more than 400 words. The abstract should not identify the author(s) in any way. Please give the file a brief descriptive name but do not identify the author(s).
Abstracts must conform to the Code of Ethics published regularly in the Journal of Research in Music Education: (a) if the data have been presented in whole or substantive part at previous research sessions, a statement specifying the details of that presentation must be included with the submission in a cover letter. (b) the paper may have been submitted for publication, but must not appear in print prior to the fall conference.
All submissions will be blind reviewed by an independent panel of music teacher educators that are members of VMEA.
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Deadline for Submissions and Timeline for Acceptance of Proposals:
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Deadline for Submissions: Monday, August 3, 2020
Notifications sent by: Friday, August 28, 2020
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Inquiries About the Conference Proposal Should Be Directed To:
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Douglas T. Owens dtowens@odu.edu
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A Note from Brian Wesolowski:
The mission of the Music Research Nexus is to connect those involved in music education/music therapy research at higher education institutions.
1. Music education/music therapy position vacancies
2. Calls for international, national, and state music education conferences
3. Calls for nominations for service-related activities
4. Calls for papers
5. Research funding/award opportunities
To see records of postings, to subscribe to the listserv, or to submit a dissemination request, visit the Music Research Nexus at: http://musicresearchnexus.com/
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