Music Theories, Histories, Analysis, and the Musical Cultures of Asia
October 11-14, 2025
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA
The year 2025 marks the third installment of the Analytical Approaches to World Musics Special Topics Symposium series, dedicated to the intersections of indigenous and contemporary music theories, music analysis, and diverse musical traditions of Asia. The symposium will be held October 11-14, 2025, at Cornell University, and it is sponsored by the Analytical Approaches to World Musics Journal (AAWM), the International Foundation for the Theory and Analysis of World Musics (IFTAWM), the Cornell University Department of Music, and the Cornell University East Asia and Southeast Asia Programs.
This symposium aims to bring together scholars, performers, composers, and practitioners to explore interdisciplinary and cross-cultural scholarship in all Asian music traditions, past and present, and to engage with theoretical paradigms, cultural frameworks, and analytical methodologies pertinent to the music of Asian communities. In order to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue, promote new research methods and collaborative research, the program will include numerous special panel sessions, paper sessions, roundtable discussions, workshops, and music performances.
The event will be held in a hybrid format. While attendees are warmly encouraged to attend and participate onsite, options for remote participation involving either recorded or live virtual presentations via ZOOM are also available.
Symposium Website: https://web.cvent.com/event/3a244bdc-daae-4004-a413-36ee96df4d7d/summary
Symposium Email: aawm2025cornell@gmail.com
Organizing Committee:
Lawrence Shuster, co-chair (Cornell University)
Yayoi Everett, co-chair (CUNY Graduate Center)
Lorenzo Chiarofonte (University of Bologna)
Bruno Deschenes (Ind. Scholar; Performer)
Xinyi Liang (University of Sheffield)
Nicola Renzi (University of Bologna)
Local Arrangements Committee:
Chris J. Miller (Cornell University)
Lawrence Shuster (Cornell University)
Program Committee:
Eshantha Peiris, co-chair (University of British Columbia; Vancouver Community College)
Jun Feng, co-chair (SOAS, University of London)
Brian Bond, Lorenzo Chiarofonte, Martin Clayton, Bruno Deschenes, Nathan Hesselink, Liam Hynes-Tawa, Sayumi Kamata, Nathan Lam, Ho Chak Law, Andy McGraw, Mohsen Mohammadi, Sam Mukherji, Lara Pearson, Preeti Rao, Oscar Smith, Joseph Chi-Sing Siu, Jonathan Stock, Lawrence Shuster, Michael Tenzer, Chun-Yan Tse, Anna Yu Wang, Robert Wells.
