Below is a list of upcoming events that might be of interest to SMT members. You may click on the event title for more information.
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Music Theory Southeast 2025
Furman University, Greenville, South CarolinaThe 2025 Music Theory Southeast Annual Meeting will be held on the campus of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Megan Lyons will serve as the local arrangements coordinator. Michael Buchler will offer the keynote, and Jane Piper Clendinning will serve as the graduate student…
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SCSMT 2025
New OrleansSouth Central Society for Music Theory conference. Registration also open for two workshops: “Rhythm (Sometimes) without Meter” led by Mitch Ohriner, and “Timbre in Aural Skills” led by Timothy Chenette. Note that workshop registration deadline is different (January 31, 2025) from that for…
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McGill Graduate Music Symposium
Schulich School of Music, McGill University in Montreal, CanadaWe welcome abstracts up to 250 words in length (or 275 words in French) from graduate students in any area of music research, performance, and composition from any institution/university. In addition to the abstract, up to two pages of supplementary materials (e.g., bibliography, diagrams, and…
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RMSMT 2025 Annual Meeting
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)Submissions should include the following:
1) A proposal of no more than 500 words, including any footnotes or endnotes. (One mathematical equation may be counted as one word.) A maximum of four pages of supplementary materials (such as musical examples, diagrams, and selected bibliography…
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Galant Schema Theory: Contemporary Approaches to Composition, Pedagogy, Performance
VirtualGalant Schema Studies will hold its third international conference on galant schema theory via Zoom from March 21-23, 2025 (Eastern Time, New York). The conference will include papers, lecture-recitals, and discussions. We invite submissions that take advantage of the digital format of the…
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McGill Music Graduate Symposium 2025
McGill University, MontrealThe McGill Music Graduate Students’ Society (MGSS) is pleased to announce its thirty-seventh annual Symposium, which will be held March 21–23, 2025 at the Schulich School of Music in Montréal.
We welcome abstracts up to 250 words in length (or 275 words in French) from graduate students…
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Invitation to Columbia University's graduate 2025 Current Musicology Conference
Dodge Hall at Columbia University in the City of New YorkThe graduate students of the Columbia University Music Department are pleased to invite you to attend our hybrid 2025 Current Musicology Conference, “CO:CREATING-COLLABORATION IN MUSIC STUDIES.” All conference events will take place on March 28th, 2025 in Dodge Hall at Columbia University in the…
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Drawing the Line: Race, Gender, Ethics, and the Arts, an interdisciplinary conference
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH [New Hampshire Institute of Politics]Drawing the Line: Race, Gender, Ethics, and the Arts
An interdisciplinary conference
Saint Anselm College
New Hampshire Institute of Politics
March 28–29, 2025
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Audible Futures: Media, Ecology, and Art
Hanyang University, SeoulFollowing the success of “Rethinking Sound”(2018) and “Differentiating Sound Studies: Politics of Sound and Listening”(2022), the Music Research Center at Hanyang University is pleased to announce “Audible Futures: Media, Ecology, and Art,” a conference exploring the complex interplay between…
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Current Musicology Conference 2025: "Co-Creating: Collaboration in Music Studies"
Columbia University in the City of New YorkKeynote Speakers:
Dr. Christopher Washburne, PhD, Columbia University
Dr. Michael N. Shadlen, MD, PhD, Columbia University
And a Jazz Artist-in-Residence at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University
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Karl Geiringer Scholarship in Brahms Studies
NAThe American Brahms Society is seeking applications for its Karl Geiringer Scholarship in Brahms Studies, from students in the final stages of preparing a doctoral dissertation written in English. Work relating to Brahms should form a significant component of the dissertation, but it need not be…
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Paradigmatic Revolutions: Reframing Western Music Globalism from the Perspective of Asian Composers
University of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is pleased to host the conference-festival "Paradigmatic Revolutions: Reframing Western Music Globalism from the Perspective of Asian Composers" from April 1-5, 2025. This event will explore the intersections of tradition, modernity, and cultural identity in…
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17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education: Special session on Computer Supported Music Education (CSME 2025) – 6th edition
Porto, PortugalThe International Conference on Computer Supported Education is an annual meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational tools and environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, and institutional policies on computer-supported…
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Northeast Conference of Music Theorists (NECMT)
Williams College; Williamstown, MAThe Northeast Conference of Music Theorists (NECMT) is pleased to announce its thirty-seventh meeting, which will be held April 4-5, 2025 at Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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MTSNYS 2025
Fordham University (NY, NY)Deadline:
Music Biennale Zagreb
Zagreb, CroatiaFounded in 1961, the Music Biennale Zagreb was the most significant cultural event in Yugoslavia in the early 1960s and continued to play a pivotal role in the country’s cultural diplomacy over the next three decades.
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Music Biennale Zagreb Conference: Broken Relationships
Zagreb, CroatiaKeynote Speakers
- Andrea F. Bohlman (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
- Dalibor Davidović, “Nikša Gligo and John Cage––The Chronicle of a Friendship” (University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Croatia)
- Peter J. Schmelz (Johns Hopkins…
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CFP International Conference "A Tribute to Georges Delerue (1925-1992)"
University of Evry Paris-Saclay, FranceCALL FOR PAPERS
« Au creux du souvenir… trois petites notes de musique ». A Tribute to Georges Delerue (1925-1992)
International Conference organized by Chloé Huvet (Université d’Évry Paris-Saclay) and Jérôme Rossi (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
Hosted by the University of Évry Paris-…
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Midwest Graduate Music Consortium
University of MichiganThe 29th annual meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (MGMC) will be hosted at the University of Michigan on April 18th and 19th, 2025. MGMC is a collaborative organization composed of the graduate students in music from the University of Chicago, the University of Iowa, Northwestern…
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Joint Conference of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis (WCCMTA) and the AMS Pacific Northwest Chapter (AMS-PNW)
University of Victoria, BC, CanadaThe West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis (WCCMTA) and the AMS Pacific Northwest Chapter (AMS-PNW) are excited to announce a joint annual conference, to be held 25-27 April at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC (Canada). We envision an in-person conference that includes one…
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