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Expanding the Gateway to Music Therapy the 2008 Conference of the American Music Therapy Association |
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Make your plans now for the 2009 Conference:
Pacific Melodies: Catching Waves to the FutureSan Diego, California
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATES!! • Sessions Nov. 13-15, 2009 • • Meetings Nov. 10-15, 2009 • • Trainings & Institutes Nov. 11-15, 2009 • • CMTE’s Nov. 12 & Nov. 15, 2009 • Check back for updates as they become available. |
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Event Summary |
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Agenda of Special Courses and CMTEs |
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Conference Details -
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Registration Rates for the 2009 Conference |
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AMTA Members: Express = $310 Earlybird = $410 Regular = $510 Non-members: AMTA Student Members: Non-Member/Full time Students: Single Day Registration = $480 Express registration deadline:
Postmarked by September 1, 2009 |
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2009 Conference Refund Policy |
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| Activities are planned in advance based on the number of registrants therefore full refunds cannot be made. Refunds for cancellations of any conference activities (including Trainings, Institutes and CMTE courses) are available by written request only and must be sent to the AMTA national office. 75% of fees will be refunded if the request is postmarked and/or received no later than 10/2/09, 50% if the request is postmarked and/or received 10/3/09-11/6/09. NO REFUNDS will be made after 11/6/09, so please plan ahead. Refunds are processed 45 days after the conclusion of the conference. Refunds requested after October 3, 2009, must be requested by contacting the AMTA national office. | ||
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Hotel Rates |
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The 2009 Conference of the American Music Therapy Association is being held at the beautiful Town and Country Resort in San Diego, November 11 – 15. Enjoy the many benefits of staying at the official conference hotel. Warm and charming, the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center is located in the heart of San Diego’s Mission Valley. Featuring lush tropical gardens and palm trees, the Town and Country is located near world class shopping, diverse dining, entertainment, and on property access to San Diego’s light rail trolley system. Staying at the official conference hotel helps AMTA keep costs down in all areas of member services, so please book your room at the Town and Country. Rates based on occupancy
Taxes extra. To make reservations, visit http://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=155786 Or call 1 (800) 772-8527 or (619) 291-7131 ext. 3810 Be sure to mention that you are with AMTA. See you in San Diego: Voted by Pleasant Weather Rating Service as "Best Year Round Weather in the United States and Second best in the world."!!!!! |
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AMTA Conference Scholar Award |
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Each scholar will receive: $500 cash for conference expenses at the upcoming AMTA National Conference, Free conference registration, Free participation in CMTE courses and Institutes. Eligibility: Open to current, Professional AMTA members in good standing. Application Instructions:
Submit electronically to: AMTA National Office at scholarships@musictherapy.org. All entries must be received by 6pm EST June 26, 2009. Application must be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document, using the official Scholarship Application Form. Click here for the Scholarship Application Form. Additional materials may be submitted in MS Word or .pdf files. If you are unable to send any of the required materials electronically, please contact Scholarship Coordinator, Rebecca Smith (smithr@musictherapy.org) for further instructions. Only complete applications that follow the application guidelines and format will be considered. Please include the name of the scholarship that you are applying for and the application year in the subject line. Selection Process: All applications will be reviewed and three winners selected by the AMTA Scholarship Committee. Winners will be notified in September. |
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2009 Conference Call for Papers |
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DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED to APRIL 17, 2009 Proposal submissions will be totally electronic for the 11th Annual American Music Therapy Association Conference in San Diego, California. Save paper and mailing costs! Submissions are accepted in MSWord format only using this form. Please download/save this form to your computer, then save it as a new file, using the last and first names of the contact person. If submitting more than one proposal under the same contact person’s name, please add a number at the end of the file name to distinguish multiple proposals. Example: If contact person is John Smith, filename should be smithjohn1.doc; second proposal should be named smithjohn2.doc; etc. To enter required information in the Word document, click on the gray boxes below and type in your text. For check boxes, click to highlight box and then type an “x”. Don’t forget to save your work! Please send only one (1) email that includes the completed proposal (all items, A through U) as an attachment to proposals@musictherapy.org. Information for the blind review will be taken from your submission form so please do not include any identifying data in items A through D. Questions? – contact Al Bumanis at (301) 589-3300 ext. 103 or Bumanis@musictherapy.org |
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Submissions to the Research Poster Session |
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Submissions for the Research Poster Session
AMTA's Research Committee is now entirely electronic and will sponsor a
Research Poster Session on Saturday, November 14, 2009; 1:30-3:30 PM. at
the San Diego National Conference. This session will provide
participants with an opportunity to display their research in exhibition
format. Those interested in having their research considered for the
Research Poster Session should:
1) Submit one copy of a 600-800 word abstract; or a copy of the full report (including an abstract). Regardless of choice each submission must include complete information for judging research quality. 2) Submissions must be received as an e-mail attachment using WORD (12 point in Times New Roman). 3) In the MAIN BODY OF THE E-MAIL include all of the demographic information necessary for listing in the final program including 1) the title of the paper, 2) names(s) of author(s) 3) institutional affiliation(s) and a complete address. 4) On the abstract or full paper INCLUDE ONLY the paper’s title. DO NOT include the name of the author or affiliation. The deadline for submissions is JULY 15, 2009. Please send submissions to: cmadsen@fsu.edu Clifford K. Madsen, AMTA Research Committee, Center for Music Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2098 USA. If, after 5 days of submission you have not received a confirmation of your paper being received. Please send it again and call Dr. Madsen (850) 644-4565. After a blind review by the committee, each participant selected will be notified via e-mail of their being selected or rejected. |
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