Events

Every year the AMS and its affiliates organize scores of conferences, workshops, lectures, and performances.

Meetings & Events

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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.