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, 12:17:42am CDT

 
Wed 04 Nov Thu 05 Nov Fri 06 Nov Sat 07 Nov Sun 08 Nov
Fri06Nov
Crystal
Executive Ballroom
Lakeshore AB
Lakeshore C
Manager's Suite
Milwaukee
Pere Marquette
Regency A
Regency B
Regency C
Regency D
Vue East
Vue North
7:00am
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
11:00pm
12:00am
Theorizing Black Music: Aesthetics, Sociality, Politics, Method
9:00am - 12:00pm
Crystal
Location: Crystal

Graduate Student Workshop led by Marc Hannaford. By invitation only.

American Brahms Society Reception
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Crystal
Location: Crystal
Exhibit Hall is Open
8:30am - 6:00pm
Executive Ballroom
Location: Executive Ballroom
Registration Desk is Open
8:30am - 6:00pm
Executive Ballroom
Location: Executive Ballroom
Coffee Break
10:00am - 11:15am
Executive Ballroom
Location: Executive Ballroom
Quotation and Reference
9:00am - 10:30am
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Jazz Harmony and Tonality
10:45am - 12:15pm
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Mathematics of Music Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Canons Old and New
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Pitch-Class, Positional, and Pantuvarali Spaces
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Musical Theory Pedagogy Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lakeshore AB
Location: Lakeshore AB
Committee on Feminist Issues & Gender Equity Brown Bag Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lakeshore C
Location: Lakeshore C
Norton Music Focus Group
7:15am - 8:15am
Manager's Suite
Location: Manager's Suite

By invitation only.

Eye Training for Signed Music Analysis
9:00am - 12:00pm
Manager's Suite
Location: Manager's Suite

Graduate Student Workshop led by Anabel Maler. By invitation only.

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Manager's Suite
Location: Manager's Suite
Global Circulations
9:00am - 10:30am
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
Time and Tonality in Music Since 1950
10:45am - 12:15pm
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
Musical Theater Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
Pastoral and Nature Topics
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
New and Hybrid Pop Forms
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
Russian and Soviet Music Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee
Nursing Mother's Room
8:00am - 8:00pm
Pere Marquette
Location: Pere Marquette

See the registration desk for the key.

Pay Attention!
9:00am - 10:30am
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Considering Country Music
10:45am - 12:15pm
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Music and Psychoanalysis Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Bodies in Motion
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Alternative Formal Constructions
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Improvisation, Global Interculturalism and Musical Peripheries, & Film & Multimedia Joint Interest Groups Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Regency A
Location: Regency A
Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward
9:00am - 12:15pm
Regency B
Location: Regency B

Sponsored by the Committee on LGBTQ+ Issues.

Analysis of World Musics & History of Theory Interest Groups Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Regency B
Location: Regency B
Groove is in the Heart
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Regency B
Location: Regency B
Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Regency B
Location: Regency B
Hip-Hop and Rap Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Regency B
Location: Regency B
Poster Session
8:00am - 9:30am
Regency C
Location: Regency C
Committee on Disability & Accessibility Brown Bag Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Regency C
Location: Regency C
Prospective Graduate Student Fair
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Regency C
Location: Regency C
Florida State University Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Regency C
Location: Regency C
The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice
9:00am - 10:30am
Regency D
Location: Regency D
Revisiting Formalism
10:45am - 12:15pm
Regency D
Location: Regency D
Music Notation and Visualization Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Regency D
Location: Regency D
“For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin
2:15pm - 5:30pm
Regency D
Location: Regency D
Scholars for Social Responsibility Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Regency D
Location: Regency D
Retired Members Coffee Hour
7:45am - 8:45am
Vue East
Location: Vue East
CV Review
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Vue East
Location: Vue East
Student Breakfast Reception
7:15am - 8:45am
Vue North
Location: Vue North
CV Review Waiting Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Vue North
Location: Vue North
you know you want to: karaoke night
8:00pm - 11:59pm
Vue North
Location: Vue North