Conference Agenda

The Online Program of events for the SEM 2025 Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early October.

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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 18th Oct 2025, 04:47:22pm EDT

 
 
Session Overview
Location: M-302
Marquis Level
Date: Thursday, 23/Oct/2025
8:00am
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10:00am		 01B: Musicking through European Migratory Spaces: Gendered, Ethnic, and Racial Place-Making
Location: M-302
10:45am
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12:15pm		 02B: Beyond Venting in the Dressing Room: Abuses of Power, Trauma, and Resistance in the Early Careers of Classical Singers
Location: M-302
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 SIG for Music and Violence
Location: M-302
1:45pm
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3:45pm		 03B: Afrodiasporic Linguistics and Gestures
Location: M-302
4:00pm
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5:30pm		 04B: The ‘Context’ Argument: Three Musical Case Studies in the Instrumentalization of Context
Location: M-302
7:00pm
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9:00pm		 Improvisation Section Business Meeting
Location: M-302
Date: Friday, 24/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 05B: Participatory Sacred Harp Singing and Discussion on Editing The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition
Location: M-302
10:45am
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12:15pm		 06B: Engaging Citizenship through Musical Communities: Three Different Approaches in Puerto Rican Music
Location: M-302
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 Gender and Sexualities Studies Section Open Meeting
Location: M-302
1:45pm
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3:45pm		 07B: Sound and Sociality in Modern Markets: Three Perspectives on Music and Commoditization
Location: M-302
4:00pm
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5:30pm		 08B: Divergent Listening
Location: M-302
7:00pm
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8:00pm		 Society for Arab Music Research Keynote
Location: M-302
8:00pm
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9:00pm		 Society for Arab Music Research Mixer
Location: M-302
Date: Saturday, 25/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 09B: Organology
Location: M-302
10:45am
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12:15pm		 10B: Alliances and Intersections on the Margins of the Sinophone
Location: M-302
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 African and African Diaspora Studies Keynote
Location: M-302
Date: Sunday, 26/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 11B: Sounding the Environment
Location: M-302
10:45am
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12:15pm		 12B: From Marginalization to Empowerment
Location: M-302