Thursday, June 25, 2026

Music Theory Midwest

Music Theory Midwest invites scholars from all geographic regions to submit proposals on any area of music theory and analysis for our annual conference. This year’s conference will feature keynote speaker Nancy Murphy (University of Michigan) and a workshop led by Melissa Hoag (Oakland…

Deadline: Monday, February 16, 2026

Thursday, July 2, 2026

4th International Conference on Timbre

We have the pleasure to announce that the 4th edition of the International Conference on Timbre (https://timbreconference.org/timbre2026-cfp/) will be held in Montreal from July 2 to 4, 2026, hosted by University of Montreal in…

Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025

Thursday, July 2, 2026

3th International Conference on Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM 2026)

The Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM) conference presents a venue specifically for those working on, and with, Digital Library systems and content in the domain of music and musicology. DLfM welcomes contributions related to any aspect of digital libraries and musicology, including topics…

Deadline: Friday, January 23, 2026

Monday, July 6, 2026

Music Theory Pedagogies Reimagined

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, invites proposals for Music Theory Pedagogies Reimagined, a multidisciplinary Conference and Hackathon dedicated to collaborative, expansive, and innovative thinking in undergraduate music theory…

Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026

Monday, July 13, 2026

Ninth Biennial International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM 2026)

Durham University, UK, hosts the ninth instalment of the Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM) international conference series. Building on the success of previous conferences, AAWM 2026 will continue to explore the rich and diverse musical heritages of the world through a broad array of…

Deadline: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Monday, July 13, 2026

CFP: Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM 2026), Durham University, UK

AAWM 2026 welcomes submissions that examine the world’s musical traditions from any analytical or theoretical angle, including (but not limited to) ethnographic, historical, formal, computational, and cognitive perspectives.

Submission formats include papers, special sessions, lecture-…

Deadline: Monday, February 2, 2026

Monday, July 13, 2026

Dublin Music Analysis Conference (DubMAC 2026)

The DubMAC 2026 programme committee welcomes submissions in any aspect of music analysis and theory, relating to music of any genre, geographical region, and historical period.

We also particularly welcome proposals on:
The New Formenlehre
Practice-As-Research
Eco-Music…

Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2026

Thursday, July 16, 2026

SMA Formal Theory Study Group - Study Day

The SMA’s Formal Theory Study Group is pleased to announce its annual study day, to be held on Thursday, July 16 2026 at Trinity College Dublin immediately after the annual conference, DubMAC. The study day will feature an analytical roundtable on Balakirev’s First Symphony alongside workshops…

Deadline: Thursday, February 19, 2026

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Research Retreat in Memory of David Huron

We are pleased to announce a research retreat in partnership with the Society for Music Perception and Cognition and Northwestern University, in memory of David Huron. The retreat will combine sessions on empirical research methodology with a project-based hackathon. The hackathon will put into…

Deadline: Thursday, February 19, 2026

Friday, August 21, 2026

Western University Graduate Symposium on Music

Western University, Canada, August 21 - 22, 2026

The Society of Graduate Students in Music at Western University is pleased to announce our 27th annual Graduate Symposium (WUGSOM).

Call for Papers, Presentations, and Lecture-Recitals

Deadline: Monday, April 6, 2026

Monday, September 7, 2026

EuroMAC 11

We are pleased to announce that EuroMAC 11, the Eleventh European Music Analysis Conference, will take place in Barcelona from 7 to 10 September 2026. Most venues will take place at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC).

Deadline: Monday, January 5, 2026

Monday, September 21, 2026

Fourth International Conference on Computational and Cognitive Musicology (ICCCM 2026)

The Fourth International Conference on Computational and Cognitive Musicology (ICCCM 2026) will take place at Centre for Philology and Digitality at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, on September 21-23, 2026. Following editions in Athens (2023), Utrecht (2024), and Aalborg (2025…

Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Biennial Meeting of the American Bach Society

The 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…

Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026

Friday, October 2, 2026

16th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis

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…

Deadline: Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Thursday, October 22, 2026

International Carl Nielsen Conference 2026: Carl Nielsen and Beyond. Music, Musical Cultures and Future Nielsen Studies

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…

Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (SMT)

The 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.