Mannes College Graduate Student Theory Conference

[Society for Music Theory]

Mannes College is delighted to host its fourth Graduate Student Theory Conference on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Mannes College in New York City. The conference will focus on Schenkerian Analysis. 

Eligibility and Call for Papers

Current students in Master’s or Doctoral programs in music are invited to submit proposals for papers on topics reflecting Schenkerian-related approaches to the analysis of tonal music. (Submissions from advanced undergraduates may also be considered.)

Proposals should include:

1.       A description of the presentation no longer than 500 words.  If included, musical examples should be no longer than 2 pages in length.  The author’s name should not appear in the description or the musical examples.

2.       An abstract of no more than 250 words, suitable for printing in the meeting program.

3.       A cover email with the author’s name, the title of the proposal, the author’s school affiliation and current program of study, and whether the author wishes 20 or 30 minutes to present her/his paper. 

4.       A piano and playback equipment will be provided. If other equipment is desired, please enquire. 

The proposal should be emailed to Robert Cuckson, Chair, at cuck...@newschool.edu  no later than:

 Monday, November 10, 2014.

The proposals will be read by members of the Mannes Techniques of Music faculty.

At the beginning of December, Mannes will inform all those who submit proposals whether their proposal has been accepted. 

The Program on January 25

There will be two sessions of paper readings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with time for discussion following each paper or group of papers.

Keynote Address

Hedi Siegel will present the keynote address.

Logistics

There will be no registration fee, but all attendees must register in advance.  Housing will not be provided, but efforts will be made to supply suitable housing advice.  Participants should arrive at Mannes by 9 AM on January 25.  Mannes will provide coffee and bagels, etc. in the morning, coffee and cookies in the afternoon.  

Location

Mannes College The New School for Music, 

150 W. 85th St, NY, NY 10024

Contact

If you have any questions, please email Christopher Park at pa...@newschool.edu