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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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This yearly award, made possible by the SMT-40 campaign, is intended to recognize and foster excellent research in music theory by helping highly qualified PhD students to complete their dissertations. Deadline: December 15.
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"Between Art and Science: Amy Beach’s Hermit Thrush Pieces and Early-Twentieth-Century Birdsong Transcription” by William O’Hara is now available at SMT-V.org and on YouTube.
SMT 2025 Awards Collage Wide

The Society for Music Theory is pleased to announce its 2025 publication award winners.

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Oxford University Press has made these articles free to read for three months.

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With articles by Boyle, Horton, Smith, Poorhaydari, Boyle, Wu, Sheehy, and Salley, and reviews by Sears and Ketter.
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With articles by Chang, Hottle, Hunt, Malin, Shanahan, Maliniak, Martin, Ross, and Benadon, and a review by Smither.