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2026 Yale Graduate Music Symposium
New Haven, CTThis year's symposium will reflect on our theme of “Music on (the) Edge.” How does music invite or appease feelings of being on the edge? How does music construct an “edge”? Does it construct or just enforce an edge? What is “edgy music” and how does it prescribe and reinscribe social…
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2026 Indiana University Symposium of Research in Music
Bloomington, IndianaThe Graduate Theory Association and Graduate Musicology Association of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music are pleased to announce their joint 2026 Symposium of Research in Music, to take place in Bloomington, Indiana on February 6th and 7th, 2026.
We are very happy to welcome…
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MTSMA 2026
VirtualThe Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic is excited to announce a call for papers for its next annual meeting, which is a virtual conference taking place February 20–21, 2026. All papers and addresses for this conference will be presented in a live, online format.
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Annual Meeting, Society for Christian Scholarship in Music
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, ILThe Society for Christian Scholarship in Music seeks proposals for its upcoming annual meeting, which will take place February 26–28, 2026, at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL.
Individual papers, research posters, panels, and lecture recitals on any topic related to music…
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Texas Society for Music Theory - 48th Annual Meeting
Texas Woman’s UniversityThe Texas Society for Music Theory will hold its 48th annual meeting on February 27–28, 2026, on the campus of Texas Woman’s University, with Paul Thomas serving as local arrangements coordinator. The conference will be held in person and streamed online for distance viewing. Presenters are…
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Music Theory Southeast Conference
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GAMusic Theory Southeast is pleased to announce our 2026 conference from February 27-28, 2026 at Morehouse College. The full call for papers is attached to this announcement, and further conference details will be available soon on our website. Proposals must be submitted by 11:59pm Eastern on…
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43rd annual Music Theory Forum at Florida State University
Florida State UniversityThe Music Theory Society of Florida State University is pleased to announce its 43rd annual Music Theory Forum to be held in-person from Friday, March 6 through Saturday, March 7, 2026. We are excited to welcome Professors Yayoi Uno Everett (Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY) and Jane…
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Clouds, Streams, and Ground (Truths): Developing Methods for Studying Algorithmic Music Ecosystems
Berkley, CAWe are pleased to announce a Call For Papers for the conference, "Clouds, Streams, and Ground (Truths): Developing Methods for Studying Algorithmic Music Ecosystems," to be held at the University of California, Berkeley, March 7-8, 2026.
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International Conference The Hague, 7-8 Mar 2026, "Music Theory and Education Through the Ages"
Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The NetherlandsThe Dutch-Flemish Society for Music Theory, in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, is pleased to announce an international conference focussed on the theme Music Theory and Education Through the Ages. The conference will be held in light of the festivities of the 200th…
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SCSMT 2026
University of LouisvilleThe program committee for the 2026 meeting of the South Central Society for Music Theory (SCSMT) invites proposals on any topic related to music theory, analysis, or music theory pedagogy. The conference will be held at University of Louisville, in Louisville, KY on March 20–21, 2026.…
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Pittsburgh Graduate Music Conference 2026 - Sonic Power: Speculation, Surveillance, and Strength
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAThe Music Graduate Student Organization at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes proposals for 20 minute paper presentations, performance demonstrations, or work that integrates research and practice for its 2026 conference, “Sonic Power: Speculation, Surveillance, and Strength.” We invite…
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McGill Music Graduate Symposium 2026
Montreal, QC, CanadaThe McGill Music Graduate Students’ Society (MGSS) is pleased to announce its thirty-eighth annual Symposium, which will be held March 20–22, 2026 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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Modality in French Music at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Université and the Bibliothèque La Grange-Fleuret, Paris, FranceWe are delighted to announce the second edition of the international colloquium Modality in French Music at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, which will be held on 26–28 March 2026 in Paris, at the Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Université and the Bibliothèque La Grange-Fleuret.
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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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MTSNYS 2026
Vassar CollegeThe Music Theory Society of New York State will hold its 2026 annual meeting on April 11 and 12 on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. A call for papers will be announced in early fall 2025. See MTSNYS.org for more details.
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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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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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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