Below is a list of SMT interest groups. Also listed are three standing committees: the Committee on the Status of Women , the Committee on Diversity, and the Professional Development Committee. Membership in the interests groups is open to all SMT members; please contact the chairs of the interest groups to find out how to join. Please refer also to the Interest Group Guidelines.
This section of the website also provides links to regional music theory societies and to other related music and professional societies.
Many interest groups also maintain online discussion forums. A list of these online discussion forums can be found here.
Committee on Diversity
As noted above, this is a standing committee, not an interest group. For information about this committee, please see the Committee on Diversity webpage.
Committee on the Status of Women (CSW)
As noted above, this is a standing committee, not an interest group. For information about this committee, please see the CSW webpage.
Early Music Analysis Interest Group
Contact: Timothy Chenette, timothy.chenette@usu.edu
Website: Early Music Group
Film and Multimedia Interest Group
Contact: Juan Chattah, j.chattah@miami.edu
Website: Film and Multimedia Interest Group
History of Theory Interest Group
Contact: Nathan Martin, nathan.martin@yale.edu
Interest Group on Improvisation
Contact: Paul Steinbeck, paul.steinbeck@gmail.com
Website: SMT Improvisation Group
Jazz Interest Group (SMT-Jz)
Contact: Keith Salley, ksalley@su.edu
Website: SMT Jazz Interest Group
Mathematics of Music Analysis Group
Contact: Jason Yust, jason.yust@gmail.com
Website: SMT Mathematics and Music Interest Group
Music and Disability Interest Group (DISMUS)
Contact: Jennifer Iverson, jennifer-iverson@uiowa.edu
Website: Music and Disability Interest Group
Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Contact: Brian Kane brian.kane@yale.edu
Website: Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Music Cognition Group
Contact: Mitch Ohriner, mohriner@gmail.com
Website: Music Cognition Group
Music Informatics Group
Contact: Johanna Devaney, j@devaney.ca
Website: SMT Informatics Site
Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group
Contact: Daniel Stevens, stevens@udel.edu
Website: SMT Pedagogy Group
Performance and Analysis Interest Group
Contacts: Daniel Barolsky, barolskd@beloit.edu and Edward Klorman, eklorman@gc.cuny.edu
Website: SMT Performance and Analysis Group
Popular Music Interest Group
Contact:Brad Osborn, bradosborn@ku.edu
Website: SMT Popular Music
Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group
Contacts: Catherine Losada, losadacc@ucmail.uc.edu and Matthew Schullman, matthew.schullman@yale.edu
Website: SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis
Professional Development Committee (PDC)
As noted above, this is a standing committee, not an interest group. For information about this committee, please see the PDC webpage.
Queer Resource Group (SMT-LGTB)
Contact: Gavin Lee, lee_shin_kang@hotmail.com
Website: SMT Queer Resource Group
Russian Music Theory Interest Group
Contact: Inessa Bazayev, inessa.bazayev@gmail.com
Website: Russian Music Theory Interest Group
Work and Family Interest Group
Contact: Clare Eng, clare.eng@belmont.edu
Website: Work and Family Interest Group
World Music (Analysis of World Music Group)
Contact: Lawrence Schuster, lawshuster@gmail.com
Website: SMT Analysis of World Music Group