Events - AMS

Meetings & Events

AMS Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society (AMS) held since 1934

Matty Metcalfe playing electric guitar and acordion

Many Musics of America

A landmark event series spotlighting the richness of America's musical traditions

Jul 27

A line of guitars and other stringed instruments in sepia

Deadline: 27 Jul 2025

2025 Summer Institute

A residential institute on updating the stories we tell about American music

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and downtown Cleveland

AMS/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Lecture

A public lecture series organized in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

AMS/NYU Lecture

A lecture series for the New York University (NYU) community and general public

AMS/Library of Congress Lecture

A public lecture series organized in partnership with the Library of Congress

Hildegard's Cosmos & Its Music: A Digital Model for the Modern Planetarium

This 2014 talk by Margot Fassler explores a collaborative project on performance, scholarship, and technology. In it, the creators transform flat illuminations into moving, sounding three-dimensional images, following Hildegard of Bingen’s instructions for how they work to create a medieval digital model for the modern planetarium.

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November 2025

Upcoming

Thu

6 November @ 12:00 am-9 November 2025 @ 11:59 pm

2025 AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting

In 2025 the American Musicological Society (AMS) and Society for Music Theory (SMT) will hold their annual meetings jointly on 6–9 November 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Join us for this exciting scholarly event which will feature hundreds of papers, workshops, roundtables, lectures and performances. Don’t miss out. Save the date!