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By participating in this year’s meeting, you will reach a large, specialized audience of customers for your products and services. We are expecting more than 400 registrants of leading specialists in the U.S., Canada, and other countries, including heads of research institutes, academic deans and department chairs, private consultants, and graduate students.

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Please join us this fall as we gather for our 47th Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL. Our Annual Meeting attracts more than 650 theorists from colleges, universities, and conservatories from around the world

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The SMT provides funding to certain eligible groups to travel to the annual meeting, listed below.

This annual award honors an outstanding undergraduate syllabus that promotes diversity in music theory. Deadline for applications: August 21.

These grants help reimburse authors for out-of-pocket expenses associated with the preparation and publishing of any article or book in the field of music theory that has been accepted for publication (e.g., music examples, the payment of copyright or permission fees, the production of graphic and illustrative material, and the development of any relevant computer software, audio material, or other multi-media components essential to the text’s production).
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"Simultaneous Distinct Headbanging Patterns in Heavy Metal" by Guy Capuzzo is now available at SMT-V.org and on YouTube.
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With articles by Boyle and Sherrill, Donaldson, Geary, Gran, Neidhöfer, Eron, and Tönies.