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 interest groups is open to all SMT members; please see their websites (below) or 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.
- For grants to Interest Groups for events associated with the Annual Meeting, click here.
- For Interest Group activities at the 2017 Annual Meeting, click here.
Adjunct Faculty Interest Group
Contact: Heather Holmquest, hjholmquest@gmail.com
Website: Adjunct Interest Group
Analysis of World Music
Contacts: Panos Mavromatis, pm68@nyu.edu, Chris Stover, cdstover@asu.edu
Website: SMT Analysis of World Music Group
Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group
Contact: Patricia Hall
Website: Autographs and Archival Documents Group
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.
Dance and Movement Interest Group
Contact: Rebecca Simpson-Litke, rsimplit@uga.edu
Website: Dance and Movement Group
Early Music Analysis Interest Group
Contact: Megan Long, megan.long@oberlin.edu
Website: Early Music Group
Film and Multimedia Interest Group
Contacts: Steven Reale, smreale@ysu.edu; Janet Bourne, jbourne@music.ucsb.edu
Website: Film and Multimedia Interest Group
Global New Music Interest Group
Contacts: Tomoko Deguchi, deguichit@winthrop.edu; Gavin Lee, lee_shin_kang@hotmail.com
Website: Global New Music Interest Group
History of Theory Interest Group
Contact: Roger Mathew Grant, rgrant01@wesleyan.edu, Carmel Raz, carmel.raz@ae.mpg.de
Website: History of Theory Interest Group
Interest Group on Improvisation
Contacts: Max Guido, massimiliano.guido@unipv.it ; Gilad Rabinovitch, grabinovitch@gsu.edu
Website: SMT Improvisation Group
Jazz Interest Group (SMT-Jz)
Contact: Ben Geyer, ben.piano@gmail.com
Website: SMT Jazz Interest Group
Mathematics of Music Analysis Group
Contact: Richard Plotkin, richardp@buffalo.edu
Website: SMT Mathematics and Music Interest Group
Music and Disability Interest Group (DISMUS)
Contact: Anabel Maler, amaler@uchicago.edu
Website: Music and Disability Interest Group
Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Contacts: Bryan Parkhurst, bryanparkhurst@gmail.com, Naomi Waltham-Smith, naomiwal@sas.upenn.edu
Website: Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Music and Psychoanalysis
Contacts: David Bard-Schwarz, david.schwarz@unt.edu and Clara Latham, clara.latham@gmail.com
Website: Music and Psychoanalysis Interest Group
Music Cognition Group
Contact: Janet Bourne, jebourne1@gmail.com
Website: Music Cognition Group
Music Informatics Group
Contact: Daniel Shanahan, daniel.shanahan@gmail.com
Website: SMT Informatics Site
Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group
Contact: Jeffrey Lovell, lovell@lvc.edu
Website: SMT Pedagogy Group
Performance and Analysis Interest Group
Contacts: Edward Klorman, edward.klorman@mcgill.ca; Nathan Pell, npell@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Website: SMT Performance and Analysis Group
Popular Music Interest Group
Contact: Megan Lavengood, meganlavengood@gmail.com
Website: SMT Popular Music
Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group
Contacts: Joshua Mailman, jbmailman@ua.edu and Amy Bauer, abauer@uci.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: Christopher Segall, segallcr@ucmail.uc.edu
Website: Russian Music Theory Interest Group
Scholars for Social Responsibility
Contact: Abigail Shupe, abigail.shupe@gmail.com
Website: Scholars for Social Responsibility
Work and Family Interest Group
Contact: Yonatan Malin, yonatan.malin@colorado.edu
Website: Work and Family Interest Group