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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Call for papers for Súmula: Revista de teoría y análisis musical

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Cascade Song Festival

Eugene, Oregon

We are pleased to solicit proposals for the inaugural Cascade Song Festival, a weekend devoted to the study and performance of song. The organizers are music theorist Stephen Rodgers (University of Oregon) and musicologist Stephen Rumph (University of Washington), along with sopranos Camille…

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2025 GAMuT Student Conference Call for Papers

Denton, TX

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming 12th annual 2025 GAMuT Student Conference to be held on February 1st, 2025 at The University of North Texas. We invite graduate students to submit their paper proposals for this incredible opportunity to present current research.…

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MTSMA 2025

Gettysburg, PA

The Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic is excited to announce a call for papers for its next annual meeting, which will take place on February 21–22, 2025, at Gettysburg College.

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Indiana University 31st Annual Symposium of Research in Music

Indiana University Bloomington

2025 Indiana University Annual Symposium of Research in Music: Call for Papers

Hosted jointly by the Graduate Theory Association and Graduate Musicology Association
Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana
Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22nd, 2025

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Music Theory/Genre Theory

University of Texas at Austin

Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in questions of musical genre, ranging from thinkpieces on whether genre is irrelevant or stubbornly persistent in the 21st century, to critiques directed at the gatekeeping function that genre has historically served within the music industry. While…

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TSMT 2025

Baylor University

The Texas Society for Music Theory will hold its 47th annual meeting on February 28 - March 1, 2025, on the campus of Baylor University, with Amy Fleming serving as local arrangements coordinator. Jennifer Snodgrass, Professor and Academic Director at Lipscomb University, will deliver the…

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Harvard Graduate Music Forum 2025 Graduate Conference: TRANS∗Media

Harvard University

The 2025 Harvard Graduate Music Forum invites proposals for individual papers or alternative-format presentations (lecture-recitals, performance demonstrations, or other scholarly and creative presentations) engaging with this year’s theme: "TRANS∗Media." We welcome submissions from…

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42nd annual Music Theory Forum at Florida State University

Virtual

The Music Theory Society at Florida State University is pleased to announce its 42nd annual Music Theory Forum to be held March 1, 2025. This conference will be entirely virtual! We are excited to welcome Vivian Luong (University of Oklahoma) as this year’s keynote speaker. This year’s…

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Sixth International Schenker Symposium

University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the International Forum for Schenkerian Research are pleased to announce the Sixth International Schenker Symposium, which will be held on the University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 6-8, 2025. The conference…

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Music Theory Southeast 2025

Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina

The 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 Orleans

South 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, Canada

We 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

Virtual

Galant 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, Montreal

The 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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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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Paradigmatic Revolutions: Reframing Western Music Globalism from the Perspective of Asian Composers

University of Alberta

The 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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Northeast Conference of Music Theorists (NECMT)

Williams College; Williamstown, MA

The 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)

The MTSNYS 53rd annual meeting will take place at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) in New York, NY from April 5–6, 2025. Clifton Boyd (New York University) will give the meeting’s keynote and Kristi Hardman (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)…
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