Taken in Stride: The Mundanity of Ambulation
2025-11-07 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Music Box Theatre, 1407 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The American Musicological Society is proud to present an unforgettable performance and lecture by musicologist and music creator Kwami Coleman.
This lecture/performance focuses on stride piano technique, where a pianist’s left hand maintains the rhythmic pulse of a song with alternating leaps between the instrument’s lower and middle registers, simulating the dialogic and propulsive exchange within a band’s rhythm section.
“Taken In Stride” is Kwami Coleman’s dialog with a more acoustic past and the thoroughly electronic and more automated present, and this dialog will extend to attendees who, in their presence and participation, will join in, in stride—in rhythmic and registral exchange.
This event will be held as part of the American Musicological Society’s Many Musics of America Project and in conjunction with the 2025 AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting. Registration is required.

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AMS Board Meeting
2026-01-16 - 2026-01-17 | New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Floor 3, New York, NY, 10003, United States

AMS Study Group Leaders Meeting
2026-01-23 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Online
The Study Group Leaders Meeting is the annual meeting of AMS study group leaders 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 study groups and the Board of Directors. The Zoom link to access the meeting will be shared with study group leaders via email.

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 Committee Leaders Meeting
2026-02-13 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Online
The Committee 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 committee chairs 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.”

Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies
2026-06-14 08:00 - 2026-06-26 17:00 (America/New_York) | New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Floor 3, New York, NY, 10003, United States
In summer 2026, the American Musicological Society (AMS) will host a two-week residential Institute for Higher Education Faculty entitled Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies at New York University, 14 – 26 July 2026. This institute will apply insights from recent scholarship in humanistic music studies (musicology, music theory, music analysis, etc.) and digital humanities to organize an innovative program for the machine-assisted study of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music. It will bring together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars and teachers engaged in using computers to do research on music history and theory and who are interested in involving students in their projects.
Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies will provide support for thirty (30) participants and consist primarily of practitioner workshops and seminars on specific tools, formats, and machine-assisted investigative strategies. Through both expert talks and interactive workshops, participants will be equipped with the knowledge needed to advance their own research and teaching, including detailed explorations of the technical, infrastructural, and funding requirements necessary for conceiving, developing, deploying, and maintaining digital humanities projects and programs for the study of early music (c. 1000–1750 CE). Each participant will receive a stipend of $2200 to support attendance and travel, as well as access to reduced-rate NYU dorm accommodations. The 2026 AMS summer institute will be co-directed by Julie E. Cumming and Richard Freedman, and will feature workshops and seminars facilitated by Megan Kaes Long, Chris White, Reba Wissner, Jennifer Bain, Karen Desmond, Ichiro Fujinaga, Debra Lacoste, Cory McKay, Emiliano Ricciardi, Craig Sapp, and Martha Thomae. The institute website and instructions on how to apply will be made available on 8 December 2025.

2026 AMS Annual Meeting - Online
2026-11-14 08:00 - 2026-11-20 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The 92nd AMS Annual Meeting will be held online 14–15 November and 19–20 November 2026. The AMS Annual Meeting is a forum for the exploration of music as a branch of scholarship and learning. Organized with participation by members of the International Musicological Society (IMS) and the support and voluntary service of AMS committee members, the 2026 online annual meeting will focus on forging and strengthening connections with the international community of music experts. With a mixture of streamed in-person programming from around the world and fully virtual session that maximize accessibility, the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting is a can’t-miss event for music studies professionals.
