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The American Musicological Society (AMS) is pleased to announce that the following in-person special events have been proposed and accepted for inclusion in the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting, which will be held online 14–15 and 19–20 November 2026. In-person special events are lectures, panels, roundtables and performances organized by AMS chapters, study groups, and committees. All accepted proposals will receive up to $3500 to defray the cost of organizing the proposed event. More information about these and all other annual meeting sessions will be made available later this summer.
Emerging Scholars on Race, Indigeneity, and Ethnicity in Music Studies Today
Organized by the AMS Committee on Race, Indigeneity and Ethnicity Location: UC Davis Student Community Center (Davis, CA)
America at 250: A Celebration of American Opera
Organized by the AMS Greater New York Chapter
Location: PianoPiano Studios (New York, NY)
Music History from Below and Across the Gulf-Caribbean World: Archival Envelopment, Thick Description, and Atlantic Methods in
Historical Musicology
Organized by the AMS Ibero-American Music Study Group
Location: Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Arise, My Love: Renaissance Polyphony Inspired by the Song of Songs
Organized by the AMS Midwest Chapter
Location: Weigel Concert Hall, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Hybrid Session of the AMS Music and Dance Study Group
Organized by the AMS Music and Dance Study Group
Location: Dance Performance Studio, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Beyond Interpretation: Theorizing Music, Sound, and Dreams
Organized by the AMS Music and Philosophy Study Group
Location: 313 Bowne Hall, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
AMS-SW at the AMS: A Regional Watch Party and Pedagogy Forum
Organized by the AMS Southwest Chapter
Location: University of North Texas College of Music (Denton, TX)