2025 MAR-AMTA Annual Hybrid Conference Call for Papers is open! April 3rd-5th, 2025 

Hello MAR-AMTA! The Conference Planning Committee is so excited to be having a completely new format for conference this year! All concurrent sessions will be held virtually on April 3rd and 4th and at in person satellite sites on April 5th, 2025. The 2025 “Call for Papers” for our conference is officially open, and information for submitting a proposal is below! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Allison Broaddrick, VPCP at her email address below. Thank you all and we look forward to receiving your proposals and hosting you VIRTUALLY and at our Satellite sites (TBA) in 2025!! 

  • Our virtual conference will be held April 3rd-5th, 2025, with the 5th offering in-person satellite sites at Universities throughout the region. 
  • The “Call for Papers” is OPEN. All presenters must register for conference for their presentation to be accepted and included. Concurrent sessions may be pre-recorded or live. CMTE’s must be live. 
  • Before filling out the online form, please review the following documents:
    • The 2025 Conference Proposal Review Information provides information on items that reviewers will be paying attention to, and provides more information on the proposal question related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
    • The 2025 Call For Papers PDF is a document that includes all of the questions so you can have a hard copy to refer to.  Please DO NOT use this to turn in your call for papers.  It must be submitted electronically through the link below. You may use this document for preparing to submit your proposal. 
  • CMTE credits available to be earned for presentations: Total allowed: 100
    • 10 Credits for Less Than 150 Minutes of Delivery 
    • 30 Credits for Equal to or More Than 150 Minutes of Delivery 
  • The Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association seeks to acknowledge and repair the oppressive structures placed upon our historically marginalized music therapy colleagues and students. With this in mind, we are providing compensation in the form of free conference registration for historically marginalized music therapy members. We recognize the emotional labor required in both constructing and presenting these sessions. To receive this free conference registration:
    • Individuals must be from a historically marginalized community (e.g. Asian, Black, Disabled, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQIA2+, North African, South-West Asian).
      • MAR-AMTA recognizes Affinity Groups as those who represent historically marginalized and oppressed community members.
    • Individuals must submit their presentation within the “Call for Papers” call period.
      • Presentations must undergo the anonymous review process and receive a passing score. 
    • In the “Call for Papers,” individuals must select “yes” in the corresponding section for this compensation.
      • The Vice-President for Conference Planning will have sole access to this identifying information and will not question or police individuals identity. 

PROPOSAL DEADLINES:

NOVEMBER 25, 2024 (by 11:59pm): $35.00 registration discount

DECEMBER 16, 2024 (by 11:59pm): $25.00 registration discount

DECEMBER 31, 2024 (by 11:59pm): Final submission deadline.  (No registration discount.)

(Discounts are for concurrent sessions ONLY. Both CMTE’s and Pre-Conference Institutes receive a stipend)

Last but not least, please follow THIS LINK to submit your proposal. We are excited for your submissions and hope to host you at the 2025 Virtual Conference! 

If you have any questions please contact Allison Broaddrick at vpconferenceplanning@maramta.org

In service, 

Allison Broaddrick, MT-BC 

Vice-President of Conference Planning MAR-AMTA

vpconferenceplanning@maramta.org 

Alysha Suley, MM, MT-BC

Vice-President of Conference Planning Elect MAR-AMTA

vpconferenceplanningelect@maramta.org 

Miranda Murphy, MT-BC 

Continuing Education Coordinator, MAR-AMTA

continuingeducation@maramta.org