Conference Focus

This gathering is practical, creative, and community-driven. The program features hands-on sessions, real-world teaching tools, and a variety of exchange formats:

• Workshops
• Presentation
• Posters
• Artist interviews
• Community sessions
• Breakout groups
• Integrated performances

PopVoxCon brings together research, artistic practice, and lived teaching experience, creating a shared space where performance and pedagogy meet in open dialogue across disciplines and experience levels.

Who Should Attend?

Voice professionals, music educators, students, researchers, artists, and anyone interested in the development of contemporary vocal practice. PopVoxCon is open to contributions and participation from a wide range of backgrounds.

Call For Papers

The Call for Papers is now open. Alongside research and presentation formats, we also invite contributions to our Open Classroom (Learning Zone), a welcoming space for sharing real-world teaching practices, ideas, and approaches in contemporary vocal education. Please submit a title, format, abstract (max. 300 words), short bio, and the relevant program pillar(s) to popvoxcon.submissions@mdw.ac.at by Monday, 20 April 2026. Submissions in English or German are welcome.

Contact

For updates, registration info, or general inquiries, please visit ipop.at or contact popvoxcon@mdw.ac.at.

PopVoxCon

is committed to accessibility, inclusion, and the generous exchange of ideas in the popular voice community.
Join us in Vienna for an inspiring and collaborative experience!

Call for Papers (Popular Voice Conference)

If you have an approach, a question, a practice, a study, or a teaching idea that helps singers learn and thrive in contemporary styles, PopVoxCon offers a space to share it generously, accessibly, and with curiosity. We invite contributions that support the development, research, and artistic practice of contemporary commercial music (CCM) and popular voice within higher education and beyond.

Artistic and Research Contributions Welcome

We encourage submissions that:

• Bridge research and practice
• Highlight innovative pedagogical approaches
• Explore cross-cultural perspectives
• Share artistic research or interdisciplinary collaboration
• Present community-based or performance-driven practices

Artistic research, collaborative projects, and emerging voices are especially welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals may be for workshops, presentations, posters, artist interviews, community sessions, breakout groups, or performances in the following formats:

• Research Presentation 20-minute presentation of research findings or scholarly work, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
• Workshop 45-minute interactive session focused on practical skills, creative processes, or embodied experience. High audience participation is expected. Please include a brief session outline describing interactive elements. Followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
• Poster Session Visual presentation of research, teaching innovations, or creative projects. Designed to encourage direct exchange and informal discussion.
• Open Classroom (Learning Zone) A practice-based format focused on how teaching actually happens. This is a welcoming and flexible space for sharing real-world approaches to teaching popular voice. Possible approaches include: Demonstrating a teaching concept, exercise, or method; Sharing lesson structures or classroom strategies; Working live with participants; Presenting short clips of student work; Reflecting on teaching processes, challenges, or discoveries. This format is intentionally open, practical, and community-oriented, and especially encourages contributions that make teaching visible and accessible.

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  Please include: title, format, abstract (max 300 words), short bio, and which program pillar(s) your proposal addresses.
  Both English and German submissions are welcome!
• Deadline: Monday, 20 April 2026
• Notifications: Monday, 18 May 2026
• Submit via: popvoxcon.submissions@mdw.ac.at.
• For any questions or to discuss your idea before submitting, contact us at popvoxcon@mdw.ac.at.
• We look forward to your contributions and to a vibrant exchange at PopVoxCon!