Call for Performances

Deadline: 17 February 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST

Overview

The American Musicological Society (AMS) invites proposals for concerts, lecture-recitals, workshops, and other types of performances during its 2026 Annual Meeting to be held Saturday and Sunday, November 14–15, 2026 and Thursday and Friday, November 19–20, 2026. The meeting will be held online as well as streamed from various locations around the world, and will include sessions and performances organized by the International Musicological Society’s (IMS) regional associations for Latin America and the Caribbean (ARLAC) and East Asia (IMSEA). The AMS encourages proposals that develop a point of view, offer a programmatic focus, or explore new musicological findings. Proposals that engage with the Society’s diversity of interests and methodological approaches (including proposals that expand on the concept of “performance” itself) are especially welcome. Freelance artists as well as performers and ensembles affiliated with colleges, universities, or conservatories are encouraged to submit proposals.

Given the online modality of the 2026 Annual Meeting, performance proposals must include details of the proposed space in which the performance will take place. All performances at the 2026 Online Annual Meeting will be either livestreamed or prerecorded and then shared to the rest of the conference attendees.

Although the AMS is unable to offer a fee to artists, funding of up to $2,500 is available to assist with performancerelated expenses, including venue fees, recording costs, and travel or equipment costs associated with the performance.

Required Application Materials

• a proposed program listing repertory, performer(s), and the duration of each work;
• a description of the proposed space in which the performance will take place, and from which it will be recorded and/or streamed;
• a short (100-word) biography of each participant named in the proposal;
• for concerts, an explanation (500 words maximum) of the significance of the program or manner of performance;
• for lecture-recitals, a description (1,000 words maximum) explaining the significance of the program and/ or manner of performance, and a summary of the lecture component, including information pertaining to the underlying research, its methodology, and conclusions;
• for workshops or other types of performance, a description (1,000 words maximum) explaining the concept of the activity or event and its musicological significance or relevance; and
• representative audio or visual materials pertaining to the program and performers (20 minutes maximum).

Materials must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. EST, 17 February 2026. Individual exceptions cannot be made to this deadline, so please plan accordingly. Decision notices will be sent out in mid-May.

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