Below is a list of upcoming events that might be of interest to SMT members. You may click on the event title for more information.
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Journal of Sonic Studies | Call for Papers – Radical organizing
A “radicle” is the first part of a seedling to emerge, the beginnings of new growth. Similarly, radical practices are fundamental. Around the world, people organize sonic art, media, and design in heterodox ways that challenge hegemonies and nurture community. This radical organizing is the…
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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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“Not Your Mama’s Feminism:” Call for Submissions for Project Spectrum’s 2026 Zine
Otherwise known as intersectional feminism. Public feminism. Hood feminism. Third world feminism. Anti-facist feminism.
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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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Graduate Music Conference at The University of Toronto
University of TorontoThe program committee welcomes proposals for the annual Graduate Music Conference to be hosted by the University of Toronto Music Graduate Students’ Association. It will take place in-person from March 7-8, 2026.
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Chamber music: synergies through time, places and spaces
Cardiff, WalesProposals are invited from postgraduate students and early-career researchers for academic papers and lecture-recitals of up to 20 minutes; each will be followed by a ten-minute Q&A session. Please note there is no piano at the venue.
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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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RMSMT 2026
University of ArizonaThe Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory is pleased to announce our 2026 Annual Meeting, which will take place March 27-28, 2026 at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. This will be a joint meeting with the Rocky Mountain chapter of the American Musicological Society.
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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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