The 14th annual meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (MGMC) will be held at the University of Chicago on Friday-Saturday 16-17th April 2010. Dr. Martin Scherzinger (New York University) will serve as the keynote speaker.

We welcome abstracts written by undergraduate and graduate students pertaining to musicology, ethnomusicology, music analysis, cognition, theory, pedagogy, performance, composition, education, and all other music-related subjects. Interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. Selected presentations will be limited to twenty-minute talks, followed by ten additional minutes of questions and comments.

Please submit abstracts electronically, either as a PDF or Word document attachment, to Martha Sprigge at mgmc2010 at gmail.com. Abstracts should not exceed *350 WORDS* and must be received by *MONDAY 4th JANUARY, 2010*. Each applicant must submit their abstract in an attachment that contains the title of their presentation but does not contain their name, email address, affiliation, or other identifying features. The e-mail accompanying this abstract should include the applicant's name, affiliation, email address, and phone number and should also list the technological aids needed for the proposed presentation (e.g. piano, CD-player, LCD-projector, etc.) Each applicant may submit up to two abstracts, but only one will be accepted for presentation.

Proposals will be evaluated anonymously, and applicants will be informed of the evaluation committee’s decision by Monday 1st February, 2010. We will select proposals based on originality, clarity, and appropriateness for oral presentation.

For further information about MGMC feel free to consult our website, http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/mgmc/ . Alternatively, contact the co-chairs, Martha Sprigge (papers) and Shawn Allison (compositions) with questions at mgmc2010 gmail.com.