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2026 Publication Awards Nominations
The Society for Music Theory invites nominations for the 2026 Publication Awards, which recognize significant contributions to the discipline of music theory. Eligibility extends to works in English published between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025.…
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Peer Learning Program Application Deadline
Peer Learning Program workshops are three-hour seminars led by prominent scholars. They provide the opportunity to learn—from the workshop leader as well as from peers—new perspectives on fundamental issues in music theory, and to apply that learning to research and teaching. The topics…
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Graduate Student Workshops Application Deadline
The Graduate Student Workshop Program (GSWP) emphasizes instruction, participation, and discussion among graduate students. This year's deadline to apply is June 15, 2026.
2026 Workshops
- Theorizing Black Music: Aesthetics, Sociality,…
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Karl Geiringer Scholarship in Brahms Studies
The American Brahms Society is seeking applications for its Karl Geiringer Scholarship in Brahms Studies, from students in the final stages of preparing a doctoral dissertation written in English. Work relating to Brahms should form a significant component of the dissertation, but it need not be…
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CfP Best Paper Award 2026: Musicologica Austriaca – Journal for Austrian Music Studies
The Austrian Musicological Society (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft) is awarding a prize of 1000€ for the best academic paper on the broad topic of music and musical culture in or from Austria that will be published as an English-language open access article in Musicologica…
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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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Call for Submissions: Black Music, in Theory
Call for Submissions, Black Music, in Theory
We are pleased to announce a call for submissions to Black Music, in Theory, an open-access peer-reviewed online journal of University of Michigan Journals.
BMiT highlights Black and African American perspectives on music and music…
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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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Columbia Music Scholarship Conference Registration
420 W 116th Street, New York, NYWe are delighted to share that the Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (CMSC) is open for registration! It will take place at Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St, New York, NY) on April 10th. Our conference will feature a keynote address by Dr.
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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
First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CTThe 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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Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (CMSC)
Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St, New York, NY)We are delighted to share that the Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (CMSC) is open for registration! It will take place at Deutsches Haus (420 W 116th St, New York, NY) on April 10th. Our conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Alejandra Bronfman (SUNY Albany, National Humanities…
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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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