2026 Joint National Conference
November 12 - 14, 2026 Amway Grand Plaza Grand Rapids, Michigan The 2026 NACWPI National Conference will be held November 12-14, 2026, at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in conjunction with the 2026 National Conferences of the College Music Society (CMS), the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda (PKL). |
Presentation & Performance Proposals
Presentation and Performance Proposal submissions for the 2026 joint CMS - NACWPI - ATMI National Conference will be accepted through April 1, 2026, 11:59PM (CST), using the appropriate online submission form linked below .
Proposal submissions are limited to two proposals per member. Proposers must submit their own work and may not submit proposals on behalf of their students or colleagues, except of course, in the case of proposals where there are multiple performers or presenters - primary and secondary proposers will be designated in the proposal submission process. Proposers agree to present or perform on any day of the conference should their proposal be accepted. NACWPI does not fund travel expenses of accepted presenters and performers, nor provide accompanists or musical equipment beyond a piano and, as available, large percussion equipment. Proposals of a commercial nature that promote products and services will not be considered.
In order to be accepted, all primary and secondary wind and percussion performers and presenters, including all professors/instructors, retired faculty, associates, and students, must hold active NACWPI membership, for the March 1, 2026 - February 27, 2027 membership period. All accepted presenters and performers must preregister in advance of the conference once the registration window is opened. The primary presenter or performer will be notified of acceptance via email in May 2026.
A 25-minute (demonstration, scholarly paper) or 55-minute (workshop, panel) spoken presentation, or research e-Poster presentation. Complete proposals require the names and email addresses of all presenters, an abstract not to exceed 250 words, and biographies of 250 words or less all in a single up-loadable attachment. | Performance Proposal Submissions A 25-minute recital or lecture recital featuring a performer or ensemble. Complete proposals require the names and email addresses of all performers (including accompanist), name of work or works to be performed, accurate composer/arranger names and birth-death dates, biographies of 250 words or less for performer(s)/ensemble, a representative audio recording, and optional program notes not to exceed 250 words all in a single up-loadable attachment. |