FROM NACWPI PRESIDENT Kenneth Broadway:
I have exciting news to share with you! NACWPI will be collaborating with the College Music Society for our next national conference, NACWPI 2012! The conference will take place in San Diego, California, with the NACWPI sessions tentatively scheduled for November 17, 2012. This particular meeting will also be held in conjunction with the National Association of Schools of Music, so it is going to be a big event!

Application Procedures
Performances/Lectures/Clinics
NACWPI 2012 Sessions at CMS National Convention
November 2012

Application must be postmarked by October 28, 2011

Applicants should send three copies of a detailed outline of the proposed presentation

2. The outline should state the category of the presentation(s) being proposed:

A. Lecture (25 minutes)

B. Clinic (25 minutes)

C. Recital performance (include performance times of works)

3. Performers (faculty ensembles are strongly encouraged to apply) should submit thee copies of a high quality audio CD of a performance commensurate with the one proposed. While the works proposed are not required on the CD, the recording should provide a similar performance to that proposed. The recording should be a maximum of 15 minutes. If part of a longer CD, please indicate to the audition committee which selections are to be adjudicated.

4. Recordings will not be returned unless requested and unless labels and sufficient postage are provided.

5. Electronic submissions are encouraged! These can be submitted as doc, rtf, or pdf formats (no docx, please), and recordings can be sent as mp3 files or links to websites. Contact kbroadway@arts.ufl.edu for more information.

6. All materials will be adjudicated by a NACWPI committee.

7. All participants in the proposal must be members of NACWPI and CMS.

8. CMS and NACWPI are not responsible for financial arrangements to support any group’s or individual’s expenses.

9. Selected proposals to present and perform will be announced by early December 2011.

If submitting hard copies, send three copies (in one package but separated for easy dispersal to the committee) to:
Ken Broadway
University of Florida School of Music
PO Box 117900
MUB 130
Gainesville, FL 32311-7900
Send email submission to : kbroadway@arts.ufl.edu

Please label ALL submissions, “NACWPI Session Application”

CMS Conference Information (from www.music.org/html )

The College Music Society will hold its Fifty-Fifth National Conference November 15-18, 2012, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, in conjunction with the 2012 National Conferences of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), Pi Kappa Lambda (PKL), and the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

CMS National Conferences routinely attract over 450 faculty, administrators, graduate students, independent scholars, composers, publishers, and music business personnel who share a common interest and dedication to the improvement of music and its relationship to the other academic disciplines of higher education.

The conference program presents higher education's broadest array of topics dealing with music. Academic citizenship, administration, music business and industry, careers in music, community engagement, composition, cultural inclusion, ethnomusicology, higher education, mentoring, music education, music in general studies, music technology, music theory, musicology, performance, and the scholarship of teaching and learning are explored in a variety of formats, including open discussions. Through papers, performances, lecture-recitals, lightning talks, panels, posters, and workshop sessions, CMS conferences provide the opportunity to consider the philosophy and practice of music as an integral part of higher education. Through formal sessions, open forums, and dialogue with colleagues from around the world, these meetings provide the opportunity to share insights and perspectives on teaching, to hear new and unusual musics, to experience regional musics, to discuss American musical life and culture, and to consider future directions for the art of music.