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, 12:17:41am CDT

 
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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
Theorizing Black Music: Aesthetics, Sociality, Politics, Method
9:00am - 12:00pm
American Brahms Society Reception
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Exhibit Hall is Open
8:30am - 6:00pm
Registration Desk is Open
8:30am - 6:00pm
Coffee Break
10:00am - 11:15am
Quotation and Reference
9:00am - 10:30am
Jazz Harmony and Tonality
10:45am - 12:15pm
Mathematics of Music Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Canons Old and New
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Pitch-Class, Positional, and Pantuvarali Spaces
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Musical Theory Pedagogy Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Committee on Feminist Issues & Gender Equity Brown Bag Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Norton Music Focus Group
7:15am - 8:15am
Eye Training for Signed Music Analysis
9:00am - 12:00pm
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Global Circulations
9:00am - 10:30am
Time and Tonality in Music Since 1950
10:45am - 12:15pm
Musical Theater Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Pastoral and Nature Topics
2:15pm - 3:45pm
New and Hybrid Pop Forms
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Russian and Soviet Music Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Nursing Mother's Room
8:00am - 8:00pm
Pay Attention!
9:00am - 10:30am
Considering Country Music
10:45am - 12:15pm
Music and Psychoanalysis Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Bodies in Motion
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Alternative Formal Constructions
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Improvisation, Global Interculturalism and Musical Peripheries, & Film & Multimedia Joint Interest Groups Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward
9:00am - 12:15pm
Analysis of World Musics & History of Theory Interest Groups Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Groove is in the Heart
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Hip-Hop and Rap Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Poster Session
8:00am - 9:30am
Committee on Disability & Accessibility Brown Bag Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Prospective Graduate Student Fair
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Florida State University Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice
9:00am - 10:30am
Revisiting Formalism
10:45am - 12:15pm
Music Notation and Visualization Interest Group Meeting
12:30pm - 2:00pm
“For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin
2:15pm - 5:30pm
Scholars for Social Responsibility Interest Group Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Retired Members Coffee Hour
7:45am - 8:45am
CV Review
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Student Breakfast Reception
7:15am - 8:45am
CV Review Waiting Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm
you know you want to: karaoke night
8:00pm - 11:59pm