Below is a list of SMT interest groups. Also listed are three standing committees: the Committee on the Status of Women , the Committee on Race and Ethnicity, 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.
Adjunct Faculty Interest Group
Contact: Heather Holmquest (hjholmquest@gmail.com)
Website: Adjunct Interest Group
Analysis of World Music
Contacts: Chris Stover (cdstover@asu.edu) and Anna Wang (anna_wang@g.harvard.edu)
Website: SMT Analysis of World Music Group
Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group
Contacts: Laura Emmery (laura.emmery@emory.edu) and Áine Heneghan (heneghan@umich.edu)
Website: Autographs and Archival Documents Group
Dance and Movement Interest Group
Contact: Rachel Short (rshort@su.edu) and Matthew Bell (mtbell.theory@gmail.com)
Website: Dance and Movement Group
Early Music Analysis Interest Group
Contact: Carolann Buff (cbuff@indiana.edu)
Website: Early Music Group
Film and Multimedia Interest Group
Contacts: Steven Reale (smreale@ysu.edu) and Janet Bourne (jbourne@music.ucsb.edu)
Website: Film and Multimedia Interest Group
Global New Music Interest Group
Contacts: Tomoko Deguchi (deguichit@winthrop.edu) and 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) and Carmel Raz (carmel.raz@ae.mpg.de)
Website: History of Theory Interest Group
Interest Group on Improvisation
Contacts: Gilad Rabinovitch (grabinovitch@fsu.edu) and Andrew Goldman (agoldma7@uwo.ca)
Website: SMT Improvisation Group
Jazz Interest Group (SMT-Jz)
Contact: Garrett Michaelsen (Garrett_Michaelsen@uml.edu)
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 (anmaler@iu.edu)
Website: Music and Disability Interest Group
Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Contacts: Bryan Parkhurst (bparkhur@oberlin.edu) and Naomi Waltham-Smith (Naomi.Waltham-Smith@warwick.ac.uk)
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: Christopher White (cwmwhite@umass.edu)
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) and 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
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