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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Analysing Form in Italian Opera
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89427824221The SMA’s Formal Theory Study Group is pleased to announce an online roundtable on Tuesday, October 13, 4 PM BST entitled “Analysing Form in Italian Opera.” It will feature three speakers:
Nathan Martin (Michigan), “Phenomenal Song in Mozart's Operas: Second Thoughts on the…
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Rhythm under the Microscope II: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Microrhythm and Tempo Variability in Popular Music
University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaIn September 2024, scholars gathered at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna for Rhythm Under the Microscope, a conference examining microtiming and groove in popular music. Keynote speakers Anne Danielsen and Justin London explored the effects of a variety of parameters on the…
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International Carl Nielsen Conference 2026: Carl Nielsen and Beyond. Music, Musical Cultures and Future Nielsen Studies
Carl Nielsen Centre, Museum Odense, Odense, Denmark.To mark the opening of the Carl Nielsen Centre at Museum Odense, an international hub
for Nielsen studies, all aspiring and established Nielsen scholars are invited to attend the
International Carl Nielsen Conference 2026: Carl Nielsen and Beyond. Music,
Musical Cultures and…
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49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (SMT)
Milwaukee, WisconsinThe forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (SMT) will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Thursday, November 5, to Sunday, November 8, 2026.
Emerging Directions in Musicology
Sydney Conservatorium of MusicThe student representatives of the Musicological Society of Australia — Sydney Chapter invite abstracts from musicology students across NSW for the annual Student Symposium, exploring emerging directions in musicology.
The Symposium provides students with an opportunity to share their…
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26th International Conference "Principles of Music Composing: Interaction between Technologies and Conventions"
Vilnius, Lithuania26th International Conference
Principles of Music Composing:
Interaction between Technologies and Conventions
November 18–20, 2026
Vilnius, Lithuania
Special guest: Prof. Panayiotis Kokoras, University of North Texas, US
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JAM 2026 – Articulating Orality and Notation in Music
Bordeaux, FranceFor its 2026 Journées d'Analyse Musicale, the SFAM (French Society for Music Analysis) has formed a partnership with Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques-Thibaud and SCRIME. As in previous editions, the aim of this conference is to bring together researchers and…
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Journées d’Analyse Musicale
Université Bordeaux Montaigne et Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques-ThibaudThe call for papers for the 2026 JAM (Journées d’Analyse Musicale) has been extended until June 15, 2026, in order to encourage greater representation of various musical genres, particularly jazz and contemporary amplified music.
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AMS/SMT/SEM After Dark XI
8pm EST on twitch.tv/bardicknowledgeEsteemed Colleagues,
Since 2016, we at #AMSafterdark have hosted an annual comedy panel to accompany the fascinating scholarship we encounter at AMS/SMT/SEM conferences.
Like any other panel, it begins with a CFP. Please send us your ideas/proposals, & we will review them. If…
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Intersections CFP
We invite submission to Intersections, a digitally published bilingual (French and English) journal for refereed scholarly research in music.
Submission of around 7,000 words are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAThe Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic (MTSMA) extends a call for papers for its 25th annual meeting, which will take place on February 19–20, 2027, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. All papers and addresses for this conference will be presented in a live, in-person format. We are…
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Society for Christian Scholarship in Music
Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven, CTThe 2027 annual meeting of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music will take place from Thursday, March 4th, through Saturday, March 6th, at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven, CT. Welcoming any topic related to music and Christianity, the program committee invites…
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At Play: Performance, Analysis, and Artistic Research
5–7 March 2027
University of Colorado Boulder
Call for presentations
Submission deadline: 1 September 2026
Keynotes:
Ian Pace (piano and musicology): recital and keynote
Edward Klorman (music theory and viola)
Barbara Lüneburg (violin and artistic research)
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At Play: Performance, Analysis, and Artistic Research
College of Music, University of Colorado BoulderThe interactions of performance, analysis, and artistic research have provoked debate at least since the start of the 21st century. Differing schools of thought have in turn interacted with, castigated, and ignored one another. The time is ripe for a reappraisal of work implicating these three…
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FSU MTS Forum
Florida State University College of Music, Tallahassee, FloridaThe Music Theory Society at Florida State University is pleased to announce its 44th annual Music Theory Forum to be held in-person on Saturday, March 6, 2027. We are excited to welcome Professor Chelsea Burns (Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin) as this year’s keynote…
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16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART 2027)
Mainz, GermanyOn behalf of the organisers of the 16th International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART 2027), I would like to
kindly ask for your assistance in sharing the following Call for Papers with
your community and through your regular…
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Music Theory Society of New York State annual meeting
Hofstra University, Hempstead NYAnnual meeting of the Music Theory Society of New York State. A Call for Proposals will be announced in Fall 2026.
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MTSNYS Call for Presentations
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NYThe Call for Presentations is open for the 2027 Music Theory Society of New York State meeting at Hofstra University. Proposals are invited for regular twenty-minute presentations. Proposals for individual posters and for special-format sessions are also welcome. No individual should submit…
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Workshop in preparation for a special issue (Journal of Musicological Research)
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria)Workshop in preparation for a special issue (Journal of Musicological Research)
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS: Intersections of Art, Society, and Politics
April 7–8, 2027, mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria)
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Music and the Extended Mind: A Conference on Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century
Florida State UniversityFlorida State University’s College of Music and the 21st Century Music Practice network (C21MP) invites submissions that explore the radical developments in musical thinking and activity emerging in our contemporary landscape. Under the overarching theme of Musical Intelligence, we examine what…
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