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Biennial Meeting of the American Bach Society
Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH, USAThe 2026 American Bach Society (ABS) meeting will take place at Baldwin Wallace University (BW) in Berea, Ohio. BW is home to the first collegiate Bach Festival in the United States, the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI), and BACH: The Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute. In…
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Analytical Approaches to World Musics Special Topics Symposium 2026: REPOSITIONING LOCAL EPISTEMOLOGIES IN AFRICAN MUSIC RESEARCH: TOWARD ADVANCING THEORY AND ANALYSIS
OnlineWe conceive of the conference theme broadly; possible topics and subthemes include, but are not limited to:
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16th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis
Rectorate of the University of Arts in Belgrade (Kosančićev venac 29)As the Department of Music Theory of the Faculty of Music celebrates 20 years of its modern existence under a new name, the 16th International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis raises questions about the polyphonic nature of music theory and its methodologies. The proposed theme is…
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Third Biennial Conference on Expression, Language, and Music (ELM3)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)The Third Biennial Conference on Expression, Language, and Music (ELM3) will bring together researchers from linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, music theory, dance theory, anthropology, and neurobiology with the aim of integrating recent findings and insights from diverse perspectives…
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The miracle of hearing. Musical hearing between artistic ambition, creativity, and science
Halle (Saale), GermanySection I: Musical perception and form
Section II: Musical perception from the perspectives of neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychoacoustics
Section III: Music education approaches between music theory, ear training and artistic standards
Section IV: Free topics and open…
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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.
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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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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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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