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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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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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International Musicological Conference on the 100th Birthday of György Kurtág
Institute for Musicology (Research Center for the Humanities), Budapest, HungaryThe Institute for Musicology (Research Center for the Humanities) invites scholars interested in the oeuvre of György Kurtág to pay tribute to him on his 100th birthday by analyzing his works, interpreting his life events, and scrutinizing the cultural, national, and political context in which…
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Prokofiev in Paris: Exploring early 20th Century Cultural Networks through Digital Archives
Columbia University Paris Global Center; 4 Rue de Chevreuse, 75006 ParisAdvancing scholarship on Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), this symposium draws on digital humanities methodologies and archival innovation to offer new perspectives on his professional activity in France. The symposium aims to foster dialogue between traditional musicological scholarship and…
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North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, 24-28 June 2026
Aberdeen, United KingdomCall for papers
Traditions & Transformations
24-28 June 2026
Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
https://www.northatlanticfiddle.com/
A unique, globe-trotting event for enthusiasts of fiddle…
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22nd International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada22nd International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music
Centre for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Music
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
24-27 June 2026
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Ninth Biennial International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM 2026)
Durham University, UKDurham 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…
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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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