1. 2012 Presenters - submissions open

It is time to begin submitting proposals for presentations at ISME 2012

Reminder
• World Conference submission deadline is October 1 (including ISME Forum for Instrumental and Vocal Teaching)
• Commission submission deadline is November 1.

In order to submit your paper, please log onto the ISME members' website: http://members.ISME.org

Please review the Call for Papers for the World Conference and/or Commissions before submitting your proposal - please pay special attention to the multiple submission policy, which will be strictly enforced.

NEW GUIDELINES (Style Guide)
If you are submitting a full paper for consideration for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, note that the ISME Guidelines for Authors are new this year, and replace the old template. There are links to the guidelines document on the Call for Presenters page on the ISME website.

Please note the following:
YOU MUST BE A CURRENT ISME INDIVIDUAL MEMBER TO LOG IN AND BEGIN THE SUBMISSION PROCESS. Your ISME login will serve as the login for the submission system.

ALL individuals who will present on your session at the conference in any capacity, whether co-author, co-presenter, discussant, etc., must be an ISME individual member to be included in your submission. ONLY individuals who are added to your proposal during the submission process will have their names included in the conference program. There will be a step in the submission process to search and find the name of current ISME members to add. If you begin a submission and do not find the individual you need in the system, contact that person immediately. You may save your work and return to complete the submission once the person joins/renews as a member, anytime before the submission deadline.

Member Log in:
Only members who have brought their membership in line with ISME's 2-year membership system can submit and/or present, so please bring your membership up to date if you have not already done so. If unsure, please contact: isme@isme.org

2. ISME FORUM for INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL TEACHING

The Forum for Instrumental and Vocal Teaching will be held within the ISME World Conference for Music Education.

Submissions for the Forum should be made directly on the ISME World Conference submission system by choosing "Submit Proposal for World Conference" from the Submit a New Proposal menu, and "Forum for Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy" from the Topics menu on the Proposal page.

See the ISME website for the vision and mission statements of the Forum.

Chair: Helena Gaunt: hgaunt@blueyonder.co.uk

3. Special Interest Groups in 2012 (SIGs)

As a pilot project for ISME 2012, nine special interest groups have been approved.

Submissions for the SIGs should be made directly on the ISME World Conference submission system (after logging in as an ISME Individual Member) by choosing "Submit Proposal for World Conference" from the Submit a New Proposal menu, and the SIG of your choice from the Topics menu on the Proposal page.

Further details about the SIGs can be found on the ISME website.

The SIGs are as follows:
SIG #1: Active Music Making
Convenor: Susie Davies-Splitter
(specifically for methodologies eg Orff, Dalcroze, Kodaly, Suzuki etc)

SIG #2: Assessment, Measurement, Evaluation
Convenor: Timothy Brophy

SIG #3: El Sistema
Convenor: Theodora Stathopoulos

SIG #4: Jazz
Convenor: Kim McCord

SIG #5: Musician's Health and Wellbeing
Convenor: Gail Berenson

SIG #6: New Professionals
Convenor: Alex Ruthman

SIG #7: PRIME: Practice and Research in Integrated Music Education
Convenor: Markus Cslovjecsek

SIG #8: SAME: (Spirituality in Music Education)
Convenor: Giorgos Tsiris

SIG #9: Music Technology
Convenor: Samuel Leong

4. Commission Seminars - submissions open

Call for Presenters - see ISME website.
Map of locations see ISME website.
For a list of Seminar locations, contacts and distances, please see ISME website.

EACH Commission Seminar page will give the following information once available:
Schedule
Abstracts
Practical Information
How to book to attend the Seminar

Submissions:
The Commission Seminar submissions should be made on the ISME World Conference submission system by logging in as an ISME Individual Member (not for Associate Members). Choose "Submit proposal for Commission Conference" from the Submit a New Proposal menu, then click on the Commission of your choice.

ISME Commissions

1. Research
Chair: Christopher Johnson

2. Community Music Activity (CMA)
Chair: Donald DeVito

3. Early Childhood Music Education (ECME)
Chair: Margré van Gestel

4. Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM)
Chair: Janis Weller

5. Music Policy: Music, Education and Mass Media
Co-Chairs: Scott Goble, Tadahiko Imada

6. Music in Schools and Teacher Education (MISTEC)
Chair: Jody Kerchner

7. Music in Special Education: Music Therapy, Music Medicine
Chair: Alice-Ann Darrow