American Musicological Society, Rocky Mountain Chapter

Submission instructions and deadline: See below.

We invite paper submissions on any topic related to musicology, broadly defined. Proposals may be for any of the following formats:

• Paper (20 minutes). Authors should submit a PDF proposal of no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes
• Special session on a single topic (three 20-minute papers). A special session proposal may submit three 500-word proposals combined into one document, delineated with appropriate titles.
• Roundtable discussion (90 minutes). Submit session title and abstract (up to 450 words).

Proposals should be submitted at the following link no later than Friday, January 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST:  https://forms.gle/dUPoTrcrxZdMsMSX7

There will be an award for the best student paper presented at the conference. Students who wish to be considered should declare their interest on the form above and will be asked to submit a PDF file of the complete paper (with graphics and/or other supporting materials) by Friday, March 6, 2026.

For all submissions, please do not include names or affiliations in the PDF.

Papers will be chosen by the selection committee through a blind-review process. According to Chapter bylaws, papers submitted by undergraduate or master’s students must be accompanied by faculty letters of endorsement (not to be shared with the selection committee). Faculty letters should be sent to Jay Rosenblatt jrosenbl@arizona.edu.

Additional information about conference format and registration will be posted at  https://arts.unco.edu/music/rocky-mountain-society-music-theory/ in January 2026.

Planning Committee:

Jay Rosenblatt (University of Arizona)

Hannah McLaughlin (President, BYU)

Jennifer England (Montana State University)