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Transitions: A Pedagogy Workshop for Evolving Music Theory Curricula
NYU Steinhardt, New York, NYWe warmly invite all members of our community to join us at NYU from June 6–8 for our summer workshop, Transitions: A Pedagogy Workshop for Evolving Music Theory Curricula.
Hearing the Virtual Cue: An Online Conference on Theme Park Music and Sound
VirtualMusic and sound are critical elements for shaping the theme park experience. The burgeoning field of scholarship in this area has forged a path for further study of the musical materials and sonic qualities of themed experiences, including sonic/musical design in theme park attractions and…
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music & online cultures in a changing platform ecosystem
Nova University, LisbonWe are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 'music & online cultures in a changing platform ecosystem’ conference, taking place on 19–21 June 2025 at FCSH, Nova University Lisbon. We have a wonderful programme lined up, the full extent of which we look forward to…
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23rd Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology
Ireland University College DublinWe are delighted to announce that Esteban Buch (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris) will deliver the keynote address. Proposals are invited from all areas of musical scholarship, including – yet not restricted to – historical musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies,…
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North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music
Wayne State University, Detroit, MichiganThe program committee for the 2025 North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music invites proposals for presentations on topics related to the “long” nineteenth century. The conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, June 25–27, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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The Lost Voices of Electronic Music History
University of Huddersfield, UKThe dominant narratives of electronic music tend to centre around institutions including the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, radio studios such as WDR (Germany), INA-GRM (France), PRES (Poland), and NHK (Japan) as well as Universities including Princeton and Columbia, and the activity of composers…
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Screening Live Performance
University of SouthamptonA two-day cross-disciplinary conference, "Screening Live Performance" will bring together scholars and practitioners to consider the impact, aesthetics, history, and future of multi-camera production in the performing arts. "Screening Live Performance" will feature a workshop…
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Cincinnati Sounds: Exploring a Musical City's Spaces, Places, and Sounds
Cincinnati, OHThe University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and
the National Endowment for the Humanities present
Cincinnati Sounds:
Exploring a Musical City's Spaces, Places, and Sounds
July 6–11 and July 20–25, 2025
Applications Due: 5 March 2025
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Rethinking Landscape: Environment, Place, and Heritage in British Music Studies
ZoomThe topic of the 2025 biennial symposium is Rethinking Landscape: Environment, Place, and Heritage in British Music Studies. Landscape and environment have been topics of perennial interest in British Music Studies, inspiring both celebrated and controversial readings of connections between…
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Manchester Music Analysis Conference (McrMAC 2025)
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of ManchesterThe SMA is pleased to confirm dates for the Manchester Music Analysis Conference (McrMAC 2025), which will take place from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 July 2025 at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester.
The McrMAC 2025 programme committee welcomes…
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Cincinnati Sounds: Exploring a Musical City's Spaces, Places, and Sounds
Cincinnati, OhioThe University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and
the National Endowment for the Humanities present
Cincinnati Sounds:
Exploring a Musical City's Spaces, Places, and Sounds
July 6–11 and July 20–25, 2025
Applications Due: 5 March 2025
University…
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Sixth Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Music Theory and Analysis (TeMA): Knowledge production in Music: relevance of Musical Theory and Analysis and its intersections with Practice
Hybrid - UDESC in Florianópolis, Santa CatarinaThe Brazilian Association of Musical Theory and Analysis (TeMA) is pleased to invite all interested parties to submit paper proposals for the VI TeMA Meeting, which will be held in hybrid mode between August 18 and 21, 2025 at UDESC in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.
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Musica Viva Festival: Music in the Galant Style and Beyond – A Modern Renaissance
Florence (Italy)The Musica Viva: Florence Festival presents an International Mini-Conference titled "Music in the Galant Style and Beyond – A Modern Renaissance," taking place from August 20 to 22, 2025, in Florence, Italy. This scholarly gathering will bring together performers, musicologists,…
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Eduard Hanslick 1825-2025: Background, Context, Legacy
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, AustriaWe warmly invite you to submit an abstract in either German or English on any topic related to Hanslick. Critical assessments of his writings and activities are as welcome as explorations of broader topics and issues related to Hanslick as an aesthetic theorist, scholar, music critic, and…
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8th Biennial Conference of the International Musicological Society East Asian Regional Association (IMSEA)
Yunnan University, ChinaThe International Musicological Society East Asian Regional Association (IMSEA) is pleased to announce its upcoming biennial meeting, under the theme: “Heritage and Community”
We invite proposals that address topics and issues related to the creation, transmission, and inheritance of…
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12th International Conference on Digital Libraries for Musicology
Sogang University, Seoul, South KoreaThe Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM) conference is the premiere
venue for scholars engaging with digital libraries in the domain of
music and musicology. It provides a forum for musicians, musicologists,
librarians, and technologists to share findings and expertise.…
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Third International Conference on Computational and Cognitive Musicology (ICCCM 2025)
Aalborg University, DenmarkConference Theme: "Getting to Grips with Musical Complexity"
This year’s theme encourages submissions addressing large and complex
musical works or insights from diverse digital music collections. We
especially welcome research using innovative computing paradigms (e…
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Practitioner-Centered Music Theory: Concepts, Methods, Perspectives
The Ohio State University, Columbus OHTo honor the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Ohio State University School of Music, we are excited to invite you to a conference on Practitioner-Centered Music Theory: Concepts, Methods, Perspectives.
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AAWM Special Topics Symposium 2025: Music Theories, Histories, Analysis, and the Musical Cultures of Asia
Cornell UniversityThe year 2025 marks the third installment of the Analytical Approaches to World Musics Special Topics Symposium series, dedicated to the intersections of indigenous and contemporary music theories, music analysis, and diverse musical traditions of Asia. The symposium will be held October 11-14,…
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“Whose Brahms?” Reception and Uses of Nineteenth-Century Music Up to the Present Day: A Pre-Conference for the 2025 Joint AMS-SMT Annual Meeting
Minneapolis, MNSince at least the nineteenth century, Western concert music has been used by divergent political and social causes as a rallying point, as model, and as a potent communicator of personal and group identities. Brahms's music, for example, has represented the political ideals of Vienna'…
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