PMTA Conference: General Info

Save the date for the 2025 PMTA State Conference! June 6-8, 2025 at Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA!
The conference theme is: Rising Together: Building Collaborative Pathways in Music
The 2025 PMTA conference theme celebrates collaboration between teachers, students, performers, and the integration of technology, science, psychology and interdisciplinary ideas in the field of music.
 
Our conference guest recitalist and masterclass clinician is concert pianist Sean Chen, Steinway Artist and Jack Strandberg/Missouri Endowed Chair and Distinguished Visiting Professor in Piano at the University of Missouri- Kansas City.
Learn more about Mr. Chen here.

 

The conference keynote speaker is Kevin Chance, MTNA President-elect and Associate Professor and coordinator of the Gloria Narramore Moody Piano Area at the University of Alabama. Learn more about Dr. Chance here.

 

Call for Clinicians – Due January 10, 2025

The Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association’s state conference planning committee invites you to submit a proposal for the 2025 State Conference. This year’s conference theme is Rising Together: Building Collaborative Pathways in Music” and will be held in person on June 6-8, 2025 on the campus of Lycoming College, in Williamsport, PA. The 2025 PMTA conference theme celebrates collaboration between teachers, students, performers, and the integration of technology, science, psychology and interdisciplinary ideas in the field of music. Proposals on ensemble or collaborative repertoire, techniques, and pedagogy are welcomed and encouraged as part of this year’s theme. College students are invited to apply!

The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2025.

For consideration, please e-mail the following to both co-conference chairs:

Seulki Yoo (seulkisusieyoo@gmail.com) AND Melody Quah (mquah@psu.edu).

General Sessions 

  •   A 250-word proposal outlining the proposed session for a 50-minute session.
  •   A 50-word or less description of the proposed 50-minute session.
  •   A 50-word biography of each of the proposed presenter(s).
  •   A color photo of each proposed presenter.

College students (open to students currently enrolled in a music program anywhere in the country)

  •   A 250-word proposal outlining the proposed session for a 25-minute session.
  •   A 50-word or less description of the proposed 25-minute session.
  •   A 50-word biography of each of the proposed presenter(s).
  •   A color photo of each proposed presenter.

All components listed above must be sent to Seulki Yoo and Melody Quah no later than January 10, 2025

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by January 25, 2025.

As you are preparing your proposal, please review the information about our concert artist, and masterclass artist Sean Chen, and keynote speaker Kevin Chance. 

We look forward to receiving your application!