AMS New England Chapter Meeting
2025-04-12 | Smith College, 7 College Lane, Northampton, MA, 01063, United States
The American Musicological Society, New England Chapter, announces its meeting of Spring 2025, to take place on April 12 hosted by Smith College. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers. In addition, the committee would also like to invite proposals for participation in a roundtable discussion that will focus on pedagogy and research during difficult times, connecting emotional, pedagogical, and political experiences to scholarly research and teaching. All abstracts are subject to anonymous review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and students are encouraged and welcome.
Abstracts should be submitted by March 10 to the Program Committee through this Google form. Submitters will be informed of the committee’s decision by the end of March, with the hope of announcing the conference program by April 4.
Questions can be directed to the chapter email ams.newengland -at- gmail.com

AMS New York State - St. Lawrence Chapter Meeting
2025-05-09 - 2025-05-10 | AR
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the New York State St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society will take place on Friday and Saturday 9-10 May, 2025, in Ottawa (Canada), hosted by the School of Music of the University of Ottawa and chaired by Professors Lori Burns and Christopher Moore.
The chapter welcomes proposals for 20-minute presentations on all areas of scholarship in music, in addition to proposals for panels or alternate format sessions. The chapter also encourage proposals for a session of lightning talks consisting of five-minute research presentations on any topic (including work-in-progress).
Please visit the chapter website for more information and to find the link to the submission form: https://ams-nyssl.blogspot.com/2024/11/call-for-proposals-2025-annual-meeting.html
Submissions will be accepted until February 1, 2025. For questions about submissions, please contact Professor Lori Burns, University of Ottawa, at laburns -at- uOttawa.ca.

AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting
2025-09-13 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
The next meeting of the Greater New York Chapter of the American Musicological Society will take place on Saturday, 13 September 2025 at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Please send proposals of 200-300 words to both jonathan.waxman “at” gmail.com and DrJSDailey “at” aol.com by 31 August 2025. Proposals on all musical subjects are accepted.

AMS Southeast Chapter Meeting
2025-10-04 | University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
The Southeast Chapter of the American Musicological Society will hold its Fall 2025 meeting on Saturday, 4 October at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

AMS Midwest Chapter Meeting
2025-10-11 - 2025-10-12 | Oakland University, Rochester, MI, United States
Deadline for abstract submission: August 22, 2025, by 11:59 PM EST
The Midwest Chapter officers are pleased to announce that the Fall 2025 meeting will be held in-person with an option for virtual presentation on Saturday and Sunday, October 11–12. David Kidger and Jessica Payette will be the hosts for the meeting. Please note that the virtual option is intended for those who live more than 150 miles from the conference location or have other extenuating circumstances that preclude attendance in person.
Proposals for presentations, special sessions, panel discussions, and papers with a performance component are welcomed on any topic related to musicology. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and should clearly indicate the scope of the research, methodology, and conclusions. Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes, with an additional ten minutes allotted for questions and discussion. Speakers at the 2024 Fall meeting are not eligible to submit a paper abstract for the 2025 Fall meeting; however, they are welcome to participate in panel discussions. Only one submission per person is allowed.
In lieu of a keynote speaker, the meeting will feature a roundtable panel discussion, moderated by Chapter President Keith Clifton, titled “Search Committee Confidential.” This session will offer strategies and advice for effectively managing the current musicology job market with panelists representing a variety of institutions.
Complete Guidelines for Paper Submission and our easy online submission form may be found on the chapter’s Abstract Submission page.
After you submit an abstract, you will receive a confirmation that your proposal has been received. Blind copies of all proposals will be forwarded to the Program Committee.
You need to be a current regular or student member of the AMS-Midwest Chapter for your abstract to be considered (chapter membership is not the same as national membership in the AMS). To join or renew your membership, please visit the chapter’s membership page.
Submission of an abstract denotes the speaker’s willingness and availability to attend the 2025 Fall Chapter meeting.
We encourage both graduate and undergraduate students to present their work at our meetings. In addition to the abstract and other requested information, students submitting proposals must name and provide the email address for an advisor or other faculty member who can verify the student presenter’s readiness to present at a professional meeting. Student members of AMS-Midwest are invited to compete for one of two annual prizes for outstanding papers offered by Indiana University Press and A-R Editions, Inc. Students wishing to compete for the award are expected to submit their final text, including handouts and/or slides, as an email attachment to Dr. Megan Eagen-Jones, Chair of the Program Committee, at eagen -at- illinois.edu, by September 26, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. For updated details of the awards, see the chapter’s Awards page.
Your AMS-Midwest Chapter Officers:
Keith Clifton, President
amsmidwestpresident -at- gmail.com
Sophie Benn, Secretary
ams.midwest.secretary -at- gmail.com
Jessica Payette, Treasurer
ams.midwest.treasurer -at- gmail.com

AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting
2026-02-06 | Online
The Winter Meeting of the Greater New York Chapter will take place ONLINE on Saturday, February 6, 2026.
The chapter is seeking proposals for presentations at this time. Please send 250 word proposals by December 20th. We invite proposals in all areas of musical scholarship.
Send your proposals to both jonathan.waxman “at” gmail.com and DrJSDailey “at” aol.com. Do not send attachments—everything must be pasted in the e mail. Include a brief (3 sentence max) bio and include your current affiliation. Put “AMSGNY Winter 2026” in the subject line.

AMS Chapter Leaders Meeting
2026-02-06 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Online
The Chapter Leaders Meeting is the annual meeting of AMS committee chairs with the AMS Executive Director and members of the Board of Directors. The purpose of the meeting is to share news and information, and to maintain open lines of communications between AMS committees and the Board of Directors. The Zoom link to access the meeting will be shared with chapter leaders via email.

AMS New England Chapter Meeting
2026-02-21 | Online
The Winter 2026 meeting of the New England Chapter will take place on Saturday, February 21, hosted online by Dartmouth College. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers or for themed sessions or panels. All abstracts are subject to anonymous review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and students are encouraged and welcome.
Abstracts should be submitted by January 23 to the Program Committee through this Google form or at the following email: ams.newengland [at] gmail [dot] com. Submitters will be informed of the committee’s decision by the end of January, with the hope of announcing the conference program by February 6.

AMS Southern Chapter and SEM Southeast/Caribbean Chapter Meeting
2026-02-27 - 2026-02-28 | Florida State University, 222 S Copeland St, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, United States
Florida State University will jointly host the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society Southern Chapter and the Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast/Caribbean Chapter in Tallahassee, Florida on 27–28 2026.

AMS Southeast Chapter Meeting
2026-02-28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
The Southeast Chapter of the American Musicological Society will hold its Spring 2026 meeting hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday, 28 February 2026. The program committee hereby invites proposals for individual presentations in the following formats:
Papers: Papers will be limited to 20 minutes in length in order to allow 10 minutes for discussion. Proposals should include a formal title, an abstract of no more than 250 words, as well as the author’s name, email address, and institutional affiliation or place of residence. Indicate any audio-visual equipment or instruments (such as piano).
Lecture-Recitals: Lecture-recitals connecting musicological research with live performance will be limited to 20 minutes in length, including both spoken and performed components. These proposals should follow the same guidelines as those for papers. The abstract should include a description explaining the significance of the work(s) or manner of performance, as well as a summary of the lecture component, including information pertaining to the underlying research, its methodology, and conclusions. Proposals must be accompanied by an .mp3 recording of the performer(s) in order to demonstrate proficiency. Please be sure that the .mp3 file does not have any identifying information in the file name or metadata. While a recorded performance of the proposed piece(s) is strongly preferred, a recorded performance comparable in style and difficulty level will also be accepted. Those proposing lecture-recitals are responsible for providing all personnel needed for the performance.
Posters: Posters will be displayed throughout the meeting and will receive a designated session during which each presenter will have the opportunity to deliver a 5-minute summary of methodology and research findings prior to attendees’ circulation and questions. These proposals should follow the same guidelines as those for individual papers. Student posters are eligible for a Student Presentation Award in a separate poster designation.
Please submit all proposals via this link by Friday, 16 January 2026.
Student members are encouraged to work with a faculty mentor to ensure a presentation of the highest quality. All student members of the AMS Southeast Chapter whose papers are accepted to the meeting are encouraged to apply for a Student Presentation Award. To be considered for this award, student presenters must submit a complete draft of their paper to the chapter president via e-mail no later than twenty-four hours prior to the conference or provide three paper copies to the president the morning of the conference.

AMS Allegheny and Capital Chapter Meeting
2026-02-28 - 2026-03-01 | Gettysburg College, 300 N Washington St, Gettysburg, PA, 17325, United States
The Allegheny and Capital Chapters of the AMS are excited to announce a joint conference to be held 28 Feburary–1 March 2026 at Gettysburg College. The conference will feature guest speaker Dr. Rodrigo Sigal (composer and sound studies specialist) and a colloquy on musicology pedagogy today. The program committee invites proposals for individual papers, lecture-recitals, seminar panels, or other presentation formats on any subject of musicological interest. Preceding the conference, participants will have the opportunity to attend a Friday night concert by the Gettysburg College Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. César Leal, featuring music by Sigal.
The chapters invite faculty to participate in a Micro-Colloquium titled Musicology and Practice, a one-hour session focused on sharing innovative, practical approaches to teaching undergraduate music history. The chapters welcome brief, four-minute presentations on topics such as curricular innovations, performance-informed teaching, communicating musicology to younger generations, and navigating the “new normal” in today’s higher education crisis. Proposals should be around 100 words. No full papers are required, just fresh ideas and lively discussion.
The chapters encourage proposal submissions for a number of scholarly presentation formats:

Individual papers: a 20 minute presentation with 10 minutes of discussion.
“Lightning” sessions papers: individual 8-10 minute talks with additional discussion or media. The entire session will fill a one-hour slot.
Video presentation: a presentation of variable length with 10-minutes of discussion. Abstracts should include information on the goals, format, and length of the presentation. Additional guidelines will be distributed with acceptance.
Seminar panels: 3-4 papers that will be distributed ahead of the conference and comprise an extended discussion of the topic followed by questions.
Additional formats (workshops, roundtables, lecture-recitals) should fill an hour time slot. Please identify session format, musicological significance, and participant roles in your abstract.

Please submit an abstract of up to 250 words along with the proposed title and presentation format via this form by 5 January 2026.
Student members of the Allegheny Chapter are eligible for the annual Deane L. Root Student Paper Award, sponsored by the Center for American Music in the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Student members of the Capital Chapter are eligible for the annual Lowens Student Paper Award.

AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting
2026-03-20 - 2026-03-21 | Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302, United States
The AMS South-Central Chapter is pleased to announce its Spring 2026 meeting (20–21 March 2026) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA with a keynote address delivered by Marian Wilson Kimber. The AMS South-Central Chapter invites submissions for papers, panel discussions, and lecture-recitals from all areas of music research.
Proposals should be sent to the Program Committee Chair, Jason Rosenholtz-Witt (jkro253 [at] uky.edu) by 16 January 2025. Receipt of your submission will be acknowledged via an email reply.
For a proposal submitted by a student, chapter policy requires that an advisor or other faculty member send a separate email message to the Program Committee Chair to verify student status. Students from the AMS South-Central Chapter whose abstracts are selected by the program committee will be eligible to compete in the Rey M. Longyear Student Paper Competition.
Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes with an additional ten minutes allotted for questions and discussion. Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 350 words and clearly indicate the scope of research, the research methods employed, and the presenter’s conclusions. Proposals should consist of a Word doc or PDF file that includes no personally identifying information but only the presentation title, abstract, and format (paper, panel, lecture recital, etc.).
Please attach the proposal to an email that gives the presenter’s full contact information, presentation title, any A/V requirements, and a short bio (100 words or less). Panel proposals should include an abstract describing the scope of the panel in addition to individual abstracts for each of the panel’s components.
Please send all information requested (the last name of the author being the file name) to the Program Committee Chair with the e-mail subject “AMS-SC 2025.”

AMS Southwest Chapter Meeting
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-11 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music, 775 N Armstrong St, Kingsville, TX, 78363, United States
The AMS Southwest Chapter is pleased to announce its Spring 2026 meeting, to be held 10–11 April 2026 at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music. In addition to paper sessions, the meeting will feature a keynote speaker, performances, and an optional excursion to the Padre Island National Seashore.

AMS Midwest Chapter Meeting
2026-04-18 - 2026-04-19 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
The Spring 2026 Chapter Meeting of the AMS Midwest Chapter will take place at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Saturday and Sunday, 18–29 April 2026. More information will become available in the spring.

AMS New England Chapter Meeting
2026-04-25 | Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
The AMS New England Chapter announces its meeting of Spring 2026, to take place on 25 April hosted by Northeastern University, Boston, MA. We are delighted to announce that writer, scholar and critic, Jeremy Eichler (Tufts University), will be joining us to discuss his public humanities work as a long-time writer in the Boston Globe, as well as the author of the award-winning book, Time’s Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War.
For more information please visit https://www.newengland.ams-net.org/?p=1551

AMS Pacific Southwest Chapter Meeting
2026-05-02 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California Polytechnic University, San Obispo, San Obispo, CA, United States
The AMS Pacific Southwest Chapter is pleased to invite you to RSVP for its spring meeting. The meeting will be held on 2 May 2026 from 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. at the California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
The final program for the day is posted on the chapter website.

AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting
2026-05-09 | New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Floor 3, New York, NY, 10003, United States
The next meeting of the AMS Greater New York will take place on Saturday, 9 May at New York University. The chapter invites 250 word proposals showcasing research in any area of musical scholarship. By 2 April, e-mail the proposal, a brief biography, your name, phone number, e-mail address, and affiliation to both DrJSDailey [at] aol.com and Jonathan.waxman [at] gmail.com, with the heading “AMSGNY Spring 2026” in the subject line. Paste everything into the e-mail. Please do not send attachments.

AMS Greater New York Chapter
2026-09-26 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
The Greater New York Chapter invites proposals for its fall meeting to be held Saturday, 26 September 2026 at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Please send abstracts for 20 minute papers by 31 August to both DrJSDailey “at” aol.com and jonathan.waxman “at” gmail.com. Write the abstract in the e mail–no attachments. Include your name, affiliation (if you have one), e mail, phone number and a brief bio.
At this meeting, there will be a roundtable discussion on “What is American Music?” The roundtable will begin with five-minute position papers, after which we will open it up to discussion.
