Society for Music Theory
The scholarly society of music theory, advancing the discipline as both scholarship and pedagogy through its journals, annual meeting, and an unusually developed system of access and diversity grants.
Financial profile
Society for Music Theory · EIN 13-3013019 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $179,701 | $25,075 | $138,630 | $158,431 | $902,224 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $159,702 | $16,183 | $106,267 | $157,761 | $784,051 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $236,159 | $13,461 | $199,159 | $166,376 | $947,977 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $191,695 | $15,598 | $161,743 | $153,583 | $782,696 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $233,999 | $12,452 | $206,484 | $203,113 | $667,802 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $134,462 | $7,462 | $109,985 | $123,016 | $548,081 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Society for Music Theory is read alongside.
AMS
American Musicological Society
A scholarly society advancing the study of music through research, teaching, and public outreach
12 companies named
SAM
Society for American Music
A scholarly society devoted to the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of all the musics of the…
IASPM
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
A multidisciplinary international scholarly association that established popular music as a legitimate field…
CMS
College Music Society
A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars that promotes music…
4 companies named
MLA
Music Library Association
The professional association for music librarianship, advancing the collection, description, and access of…
3 companies named
Who backs SMT
Every company Society for Music Theory names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Artusi | Meeting sponsor | AMS |
| Auralia Musition | Meeting sponsor | Only Society for Music Theory, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
SMT 2026 Annual Meeting Sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Annual Meeting sponsor logos; names from alt text and link targets (Auralia/Musition are Rising Software products).
Who backs Society for Music Theory's peers, but not Society for Music Theory
Companies named publicly by at least one of Society for Music Theory's five peer societies, and not found in Society for Music Theory's reviewed public records.
| Company | AMS | CMS | MLA | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-R Editions | Named | Corporate Patron | 2 of 3 | |
| Auralia & Musition | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Bärenreiter | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Common Time | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Connect For Education | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Connect4Education | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Eartrainer.io | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Harrassowitz (USA) | Corporate Patron | 1 of 3 | ||
| ISD LLC | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Katz Coffee | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| medici.tv | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Palgrave Macmillan | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Routledge | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| The Scholar's Choice | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Theodore Front | Corporate Patron | 1 of 3 | ||
| W. W. Norton & Company | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Yamaha | Named | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
The scholarly society of music theory, advancing the discipline as both scholarship and pedagogy through its journals, annual meeting, and an unusually developed system of access and diversity grants.
- Consensus
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- Inward
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Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Village and The Republic.
Strengths
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