We are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue of Music Theory Spectrum.

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Articles

The Enigma of Entropy in Extended Tonality
Kenneth M Smith

Perceiving the Mosaic: Form in the Mashups of DJ Earworm
Jeffrey Scott Yunek, Benjamin K Wadsworth, Simon Needle

End-Accented Sentences: Towards a Theory of Phrase-Rhythmic Progression
Samuel Ng

Steve Reich’s Signature Rhythm and an Introduction to Rhythmic Qualities
Jason Yust

“Musique cannibale”: The Evolving Sound of Indigeneity in Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Tres poêmas indigenas
Chelsea Burns

On the Nonindependent Parts of Time-Consciousness: Husserl’s Early Phenomenological Investigations and the Perception of Melody
Jessica Wiskus

Metric Manipulations in Post-Tonal Music
James Sullivan

Tropological Interaction and Expressive Interpretation in Stravinsky’s Neoclassical Works
Scott C Schumann

Reviews

Music, Analysis, and the Body: Experiments, Explorations, and Embodiments. Edited by Nicholas Reyland and Rebecca Thumpston
Caitlyn Trevor

Foundations of Musical Grammar. By Lawrence M. Zbikowski
Mark Reybrouck

Musical Illusions and Phantom Words: How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain. By Diana Deutsch
Daniel Shanahan


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SMT Jacksonville 2024

The Society for Music Theory celebrates its forty-seventh Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, November 7–10, 2024.

ABOUT JACKSONVILLE

Visit Jacksonville built a microsite for our attendees to use. Visit the site to learn more about Jacksonville, including where to eat, what to do, and how to get there.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Information about the conference can be found on the SMT website

Hotel Reservations 

The Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel (225 E Coastline Drive) has reserved a block of rooms for conference attendees. The rates are $169/night for single and double occupancy; $194/night for triple occupancy; $219/night for quadruple occupancy; and $169 for student quadruple occupancy (limited rooms available). Hotel reservations for non-students may be made online.  SMT student members should have received an email with a code to reserve at the student rate; please email Jennifer Diaz at smt@societymusictheory.org if you did not receive the email. 

Using the conference room block at this hotel helps us meet our contractual obligations and keeps you close to all conference activities.

Conference Registration

Conference registration is open and available on our website. The rates are as follows:

Rate Category Early (6/01–9/27/2024) Regular (9/28–11/1/2024)
Student or low-income $70.00 $95.00
Emeritus/Retired $100.00 $135.00
Standard $130.00 $175.00
Student Helpers

We are in need of student volunteers to assist during the conference. Volunteers will receive a registration fee waiver in exchange for 6.5 hours of service. The deadline to apply is September 6

Hotel Accessibility

Every effort will be made to meet the unique requirements of all attendees. For specific needs or questions please contact Jennifer Diaz, Executive Director, at smt@societymusictheory.org.  

Sponsorships

The Society provides several sponsorship opportunities for organizations at our Annual Meeting. 

Exhibits 

The deadline to reserve an exhibit booth is September 6

Program Guide Advertisements 

The final deadline to reserve a program guide ad is September 6