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Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory
University of Arizona2026 annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory, meeting jointly with the AMS Rocky Mountain chapter.
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CamTAGS 2026 (Cambridge Theory and Analysis Graduate Student Conference)
Cambridge, UKthe Call for Papers for CamTAGS 2026 (Cambridge Theory and Analysis Graduate Student Conference) of the UK-based SMA (Society for Music Analysis) — is closing soon on Friday 16 January 2026 (UK time).
Conference dates: Monday 30 & Tuesday 31 March 2026
Location: Trinity College…
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NECMT 2026
Brown University, Providence, RIThe Northeast Conference of Music Theorists (NECMT) is pleased to announce its thirty-eighth meeting, which will be held April 3–4, 2026 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART 2026)
Toulouse, FranceEvoMUSART 2026 will take place from 8 to 10 April 2026 in Toulouse, France, as part of the evoStar 2026. The conference serves as a multidisciplinary forum for research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and creativity, providing a platform to present, promote, and discuss innovative…
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Contemporary Music Theory - Approaches, Challenges, Limits
Prague, Academy of Performing ArtsDepartment of Music Theory at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
2nd volume of the conference
Contemporary Music Theory - Approaches, Challenges, Limits
Topic: Music Theory in Relation to Contemporary Music Praxis
Music and Dance…
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Music Sustainability Conference 2026
Washington, D.C.The Music Sustainability Initiative of Georgetown University, in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Law Center, invites proposals for the Music Sustainability Conference 2026, to be held April 10–11, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
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[REDACTED]: 2026 Columbia Music Scholarship Conference
Deutches Haus, New York CityCall for Papers: [REDACTED]: 2026 Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (April 10)
The Organization of Music Graduate Students at Columbia University is pleased to announce the [REDACTED]: 2026 Columbia Music Scholarship Conference held on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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Retirement Symposium in Honor of Richard Cohn
Yale Department of MusicThe Yale Department of Music is delighted to announce a retirement symposium in honor of Richard Cohn, Battell Professor of Music Theory. Fifteen distinguished scholars will present papers, including former students and Ph.D. advisees of Professor Cohn, as well as music theorists whose work he…
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MTSNYS 2026
Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NYThe 2026 meeting of the Music Theory Society of New York State (MTSNYS) will be held April 11–12 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Michèle Duguay (Harvard University) will deliver the keynote lecture and Catrina Kim (UMass Amherst) will lead the conference workshop, which will be open to…
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A Conference…but it’s Midwest Emo,
Washington University, St. Louis, MOSince first appearing as a stylistic outgrowth of the D.C. hardcore scene, emo has expanded across the world and to every corner of the internet. Like the genre’s often pubescent audience, this emergence has come with its own growing pains. For every twinkly guitar riff, therapeutic sing along,…
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50th annual conference of the American Hungarian Educators Association
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OHThe American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA, http://ahea.net) will hold its 50th Annual Conference in person at Cleveland State University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. We welcome participation by academics, independent scholars, and graduate students interested…
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Harvard Graduate Music Forum Conference 2026: THE MATTER OF THE POROUS
Harvard University, Department of MusicThis conference seeks to critically investigate the potentials and pitfalls of the "material turn" through the medium of sound. We invite submissions that test, challenge, or refine materialist theories by examining the "acoustic state": from the state of matter in vibration…
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North American Conference on Video Game Music 2026
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Troy, NY (with virtual options)Scholars are invited to submit proposals for the twelfth North American Conference on Video Game Music, which will take place May 1–2, 2026 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and virtually.
This year, we are accepting proposals of 250 words for scholarly talks (20 or 10 minutes in…
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Tenth International Conference on Music and Minimalism
University of Maryland, College ParkCall for Papers: Tenth International Conference on Music and Minimalism, May 7–10, 2026, hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park
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West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis
University of California, IrvineThe West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis program committee invites proposals for
20-minute talks on any theoretical or analytical topic for our annual meeting at the University of
California, Irvine, May 16. Proposals should consist of a 500 word abstract, not counting…
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8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2026)—Special session on Computer Supported Music Education (CSME 2026) – 7th edition
Benidorm, SpainThe International Conference on Computer Supported Education is an annual meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational tools and environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, and institutional policies on computer-supported…
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Third International Symposium on Musical Topics and Topic Theory
University of Northern Colorado, Greely, COWe are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Third International Symposium on Musical Topics and Topic Theory for May 2026.
https://arts.unco.edu/music/symposium-musical-topics/
Third International…
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Transnational musical and theatrical influence in the 18th-century Atlantic world
Royal Building of Mafra - The National Music Museum (near Lisbon, Portugal)This international conference, jointly sponsored by the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM) and Divino Sospiro-Centro de Estudos Musicais Setecentistas de Portugal (DS-CEMSP), will explore transnational musical and theatrical influence in the 18th-century Atlantic world. The conference…
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1991: FALL OF COMMUNISM AND ITS IMPACT ON MUSIC AND THE ARTS
Belgrade, SerbiaThe fall of communism was a series of liberal democracy movements in the late 1980s and early 1990s that led to the collapse of communist governments in the Eastern Bloc, symbolized by the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989, followed by the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The…
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Pedagogy into Practice
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.The Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Center for Music Theory Pedagogy is pleased to announce the 2026 Pedagogy into Practice Conference to be held at the University of British Columbia from May 29-May 31, 2026. The final day of this event will be held in conjunction with the Workshops in Music Theory…
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