Conference Agenda

The Online Program of Events for the 2026 SMT Annual Meeting appears below. Please note that we have Thursday morning sessions!

This program is subject to change. Sessions that are color coded purple indicates that all or some of the presentations are scheduled to either be remote or livestreamed. This is also subject to change.

Use the search bar to search by name or title of paper/session. Note that this search bar does not search by keyword. Click on the session name for a detailed view (with participant names and abstracts).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 12th Aug 2026, 12:22:56am CDT

 
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Atrium
Crystal
Executive Ballroom
Lakeshore AB
Manager's Suite
Milwaukee
Pere Marquette
Regency A
Regency B
Regency C
Regency D
Vue East
Vue North
Registration Desk is Open
8:30am - 6:00pm
Opening Reception
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Theorizing Timbre and Harmony in Contemporary Music
9:00am - 12:00pm
Exhibit Hall is Open
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Coffee Break
3:15pm - 4:30pm
Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking
9:00am - 10:30am
Voice Leading
10:45am - 12:15pm
Topic Formation and Use
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Composition Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Three Chords and the Truth: Theories and Analyses of Songwriting
9:00am - 12:00pm
Historical Materials: Phrase, Meter, Scale
9:00am - 10:30am
Transformations and Interval Spaces
10:45am - 12:15pm
Pop Formal Functions
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Voice and Identity
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Nursing Mothers' Room
8:00am - 8:00pm
Analytical Methodologies for 8-Bit Chiptune Music
10:45am - 12:15pm
Pedagogies and Public Music Theory
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session
9:00am - 12:15pm
Timbre Studies
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Interest Group Fair
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Genre and Crossover in the 21st Century
9:00am - 10:30am
Choreography
10:45am - 12:15pm
Meters, Perceived and Otherwise
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Integrating Timbre into the Undergraduate Music Theory Curriculum
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Executive Board Meeting
8:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Guides Meeting
1:00pm - 2:00pm