Call for Presentations

Call for Presentations is Open May 15th – September 15th

Thank you for your interest in our upcoming conference on February 6, 2027, beginning at midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If you live in the Americas, the conference will begin February 5, 2027 at 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT. If you live elsewhere, this time zone calculator will help you determine the conference February 6th start time where where you live.

  • Presentation proposals are due by 23:59 UTC on September 15th. Our annual conference has an open theme so proposals on various topics of music therapy practice and research are welcome.
  • OCMT Organizing Committee members (minus the Continuing Education Coordinator) and invited blind reviewers will view submissions. Personally identifying information is removed from submissions prior to undergoing blind review. You will receive an email from the Organizing Committee if your submission has been accepted.
  • Proposals are only accepted in English and in an electronic format. All concurrent sessions are one hour in length. Please submit only one form per submission.

You will be sent an email confirming that your proposal has been received. This will come from continuing.education@onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com. This is an automated email, so please check the spam folder of the email used in the proposal form. If still no response after two weeks, then please email:  continuing.education@onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com.

Submit a Proposal

Thank you again for your interest! We look forward to “seeing” you on February 6, 2027, at midnight UTC.

This Year’s Keynote Speakers

  • [Keynote] Dr. Gene Ann Behrens, MT-BC

    Dr. Gene Ann Behrens, MT-BC, is Professor Emerita after 23 years of directing the musictherapy program at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. During her professorship, shealso served on several committees and executive boards for regional, national, andinternational music therapy organizations. She continues her over 50-year career as a board-certified music therapist; now also contracts as a lecturer,…

  • [Keynote] Hanne Mette Ochsner Ridder, PhD

    Hanne Mette Ridder, PhD, DMTF, EAMI-accredited BMGIM Therapist, professor of music therapy, and coordinator of PhD Specialization in Music Therapy at Aalborg University, Denmark, is an approved clinical supervisor and past president of the European Music Therapy Confederation (2010-2016). Her research is based on her clinical experience in dementia care and focused on music therapy…