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 2016 Annual Meeting, click here.
Adjunct Faculty Interest Group
Website: Adjunct Interest Group
Contact: Heather Holmquest
Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group
Website: Autographs and Archival Documents Group
Contact: Patricia Hall
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
Contacts: Kara Yoo Leaman, kara.leaman@yale.edu, 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: Mark Richards, mcrichards@fsu.edu, Tahirih Motazedian, tahirih.motazedian@yale.edu
Website: Film and Multimedia Interest Group
History of Theory Interest Group
Contact: Carmel Raz, carmel.raz@columbia.edu
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: Bruce Quaglia, bruce.quaglia@gmail.com
Website: Music and Disability Interest Group
Music and Philosophy Interest Group
Contacts: Brian Kane, brian.kane@yale.edu, 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
Website: SMT Performance and Analysis Group
Popular Music Interest Group
Contact: Nancy Murphy, nancymurphy@uchicago.edu
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: Inessa Bazayev, 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: Clare Eng, clare.eng@belmont.edu
Website: Work and Family Interest Group
World Music Analysis
Contact: Panos Mavromatis, pm68@nyu.edu
Website: SMT Analysis of World Music Group