Conference Agenda

The Online Program of events for the 2025 AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early November.

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Session Overview
Session
SMT Analysis of World Musics & Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Groups Meeting
Time:
Saturday, 08/Nov/2025:
12:30pm - 2:00pm

 Location: Lake Bemidji
Session Topics:
SMT

Session Abstract

The SMT Analysis of World Musics and Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Groups joint meeting will feature four lightning talks on global histories of music theory, intercultural communications, and applications of these in archival studies. We welcome both new and returning members of SMT and AMS to join us for these engaging presentations! The meeting will conclude with brief business meetings for each group. 

Yonatan Malin (Univ of Colorado-Boulder), "Archives and Living Traditions: Interpreting Klezmer Manuscripts from the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine”

Nico Schuler (Texas State University), "Digital Archival Research for the Rediscovery of Late-19th Century African-American Music: A Case Study”

Aidan McGartland (McGill University), "Uncovering Interculturalism in Margaret Sutherland's The Young Kabbarli”

Eli Oesterheld (Northwestern University), " 'And They Say There Are No New Melodies': Tensions Between Novel Cultural Practices and Familiar Musical Syntax in the Music of the John Frum Cargo Cult”