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We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the upcoming Society for Music Theory (SMT) conference in 2026, to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Nov 5–8. Deadline: February 16, 2026.

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With articles by Chang, Hottle, Hunt, Malin, Shanahan, Maliniak, Martin, Ross, and Benadon, and a review by Smither.
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We are currently seeking participants for the Committee on Race and Ethnicity’s (CoRE) mentorship program. This is an opportunity for junior scholars/students (mentees) to seek guidance from senior scholars on career development.

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With articles by Capuzzo, Cobb, Goldberg, Hannaford, Gougalōn, Lee, Lee, and Poorhaydari.

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"Improvising the Changes in a Miles Davis Rhythm Section" by Ben Geyer is now available at SMT-V.org and on YouTube.
SMT newsletter

August issue of the SMT Newsletter.

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On the theme of public music theory, with pieces by Rodgers, Krebs, 12tone, Bangura, Barna, Jenkins, Buchler, Boyd, Tan, Manabe, Lumsden, Piilonen, Graf, Lavengood, Roberson, Grasso, Hara, Decker, and Desinord.