Name: Mathematics and Computation in Music 2026 (MCM 2026)
Start: 2026-06-23T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-26T17:45:00-04:00
Location: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Mathematics and Computation in Music 2026 (MCM 2026)

from Tuesday, 23 June 2026 (08:30) to Friday, 26 June 2026 (17:45)

Monday, 22 June 2026
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

09:15 Arrival, Registration Pickup, or Registration
Arrival, Registration Pickup, or Registration
09:15 - 09:45
09:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks - Charles Doran Mariana Montiel
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Charles Doran
- Mariana Montiel
09:50 - 09:55
10:00 Voice Leading and Rhythm
10:00 - 12:05
Contributions

10:00 The Note at Infinity - Dmitri Tymoczko

10:35 Counting Rhythms Using Combinatorics on Words - Gonzalo Romero-Garcia

11:35 On Perfectly Balanced Sets: a Computational Investigation - Paul Lascabettes
12:15 Poster Session
12:15 - 12:45
Contributions

12:15 Poster: Tonnetz-Based Mathematical Invariants for the Analysis of Unequal-Tempered Tuning Systems - Kateri Doran

12:20 Poster: Musical Perspectives - Dmitri Tymoczko

12:20 Poster: Towards a Formalization of Fretboards and Gestural Effort - Matt Chiu
12:50 Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
12:50 - 13:50
14:00 Applications of Mathematics to Music Theory Analysis of Composers and Styles: Part 1
Part 1
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Note Spelling Without Scales in Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2 - Noah Kahrs

14:35 Persistent Homology on Pointed Chord Spaces - Alessandro Casali

15:10 Modeling End-Weighted and Goal-Directed Conceptions in Gamelan Gong Kebyar - Qiuwan Zhao
15:40 Break
Break
15:40 - 15:50
16:00 MatheMusical Virtual Museum & Planet Voices by Gilles Baroin
16:00 - 16:35
Contributions

16:00 MatheMusical Virtual Museum & Planet Voices by Gilles Baroin - Gilles Baroin
16:35 Dinner Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Dinner Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
16:35 - 18:45
19:00 Keynote Address: Thomas Noll
Thomas Noll
19:00 - 20:00
Contributions

19:00 Keynote by Thomas Noll: The Algebra of the 'Tongesellschaft': Towards a Mathematical Conceptualization of Tonal Interaction - Thomas Noll
20:10 Concert
20:10 - 21:30
Contributions

20:10 Concert: Hommage à Tom Johnson
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
09:00 Algebraic and Topological Perspectives on Scale Theory, Harmony, and Neo-Riemannian Transformations: Part 1
Part 1
09:00 - 11:15
Contributions

09:00 All-Interval Series in Cyclic Spaces - Ethan Bonnell

09:35 Alternative Symmetries and Systems - Luis R. A. Finotti

10:10 A Matrix Representation of Lewin Duality, and Dualizing Operators for Dual Groups of Triadic Transformations - Thomas M. Fiore Thomas Noll

10:45 A Theory of Scales and Orbit Covers - Drew Flieder
11:15 Coffee Break, Registration Pickup, or Registration
Coffee Break, Registration Pickup, or Registration
11:15 - 11:30
11:35 Algebraic and Topological Perspectives on Scale Theory, Harmony, and Neo-Riemannian Transformations: Part 2
Part 2
11:35 - 12:40
Contributions

11:35 Symmetries of the Modal Color Theory Hyperplane Arrangements - Paul M. Sherrill

12:10 Wick-Rotated Fibonacci Polynomials from the Scale-Step Interval Patterns of the Pentatonic and Diatonic Collections - M. A. Coury-Hall
12:40 Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
12:40 - 13:40
13:50 Algebraic and Topological Perspectives on Scale Theory, Harmony, and Neo-Riemannian Transformations: Part 3
Part 3
13:50 - 15:30
Contributions

13:50 Harmonic Qualities of Generic Sets - Jason Yust

14:25 Modeling the Harmonic Syntax of Rock Music with Hidden Markov Models - Matthew Anthony Ludwig

15:00 Planar Projections of Tone Systems and Faithful Keyboards - Marek Zabka
15:40 Communication Performance
15:40 - 17:05
Contributions

15:40 Functional Harmony After Tonality: Composing with Orbit Covers - Drew Flieder

16:25 An Application of Alternative Symmetries and Systems - Luis R. A. Finotti
17:10 MatheMusical Virtual Museum & Planet Voices by Gilles Baroin
17:10 - 17:40
Contributions

17:10 MatheMusical Virtual Museum & Planet Voices by Gilles Baroin, Wednesday - Gilles Baroin
17:40 Dinner Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Dinner Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
17:40 - 18:45

18:45 Walk 15 Minutes to László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
Walk 15 Minutes to László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building
18:45 - 19:00
19:00 Keynote Address: Noam Elkies
Noam Elkies
19:00 - 20:00
Contributions

19:00 Keynote by Noam Elkies: Canonical Forms and Transformations - Noam Elkies
20:10 Concert
20:10 - 21:30
Contributions

20:10 Concert: Participant Compositions and Performances
Thursday, 25 June 2026
09:30 Mathematical Approaches to Music Cognition, Pitch Perception, Consonance-Dissonance, and Performance
09:30 - 12:10
Contributions

09:30 Transformational Analysis of Geometric Nets under Isotonicity Constraints - Kristina Hurajova

10:05 Consonance Ratings of Most Even Tetrachords Obtained by Variation of Phases - Luis Nuno

11:05 Sound and Visual Objects in N Dimensions in the Labyrinth of Time - Gilles Baroin Stephane de Gerando

11:40 Perceptual Signal Analysis and Eigenvalue-Weighted Metrics for Musical Audio Quality Assessment - Sanjay Majumder
12:15 Applications of Mathematics to Music Theory Analysis of Composers and Styles: Part 2
Part 2
12:15 - 12:45
Contributions

12:15 Quantifying Costere’s Polarization of Pitch-Class Collections via Jensen–Shannon Divergence - Fernando Gualda
12:45 Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
12:45 - 14:20
14:30 Quantum Theory and Music
14:30 - 15:35
Contributions

14:30 Entangled Function Leading - Thomas Noll

15:05 Density Matrix RNN (DM-RNN): A Quantum Information Theoretic Framework for Modeling Musical Context and Polyphony - Mariana Montiel
15:45 Electronic Music Demonstrations by Bard Preparatory Students
Electronic Music Demonstrations by Bard Preparatory Students
15:45 - 16:30
16:35 Communication Performance
16:35 - 17:10
Contributions

16:35 The QuArtet: Embodying Quantum Theory as an Ensemble - Thomas Noll
17:10 Walk 15 Minutes to Blithewood Manor for Banquet IF Pre-registered for Banquet, Otherwise On Own for Dinner at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Walk 15 Minutes to Blithewood Manor for Banquet IF Pre-registered for Banquet, Otherwise On Own for Dinner at Cafeteria or Restaurants
17:10 - 17:50

18:00 Banquet in Blithewood Manor IF Pre-registered, Otherwise Dinner at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Banquet in Blithewood Manor IF Pre-registered, Otherwise Dinner at Cafeteria or Restaurants
18:00 - 20:00
Friday, 26 June 2026
09:30 Algorithms and Modeling for Music and Music Related Phenomena
09:30 - 11:30
Contributions

09:30 The Predictive Benefit of Order Increases in Melodic N-Gram Models - David Temperley

10:05 The Operatic Voice (I): Survey of Mathematical and Computational Models - Sara Sabag-Sabja

11:00 The Operatic Voice (II): Characterization of Squillo: Acoustic Parameters and Perceptual Validation - Sara Sabag-Sabja
11:35 All Invited: Meeting of the Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music - Mariana Montiel Clifton Callender Pawel Dlotko Thomas Fiore Thomas Noll Gonzalo Romero-Garcia Marek Zabka
All Invited: Meeting of the Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music
- Mariana Montiel
- Clifton Callender
- Pawel Dlotko
- Thomas Fiore
- Thomas Noll
- Gonzalo Romero-Garcia
- Marek Zabka
11:35 - 12:35
i. General synthesis of activities over the last 2 years (Mariana Montiel) ii. Website (Gonzalo Romero-Garcia, Thomas Noll) iii. Publications Committee Report (Clifton Callender, Marek Zabka) iv. Financial Report (Thomas Fiore) v. Elections (Gonzalo Romero-Garcia, Thomas Noll) vi. Presentation of MCM 2028 in Warsaw (pre-recorded by Pawel Dlotko) (Thomas Fiore, Mariana Montiel)
12:35 Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
Lunch Break: On Own at Cafeteria or Restaurants
12:35 - 13:35
13:40 Computational Approaches to Music
13:40 - 14:45
Contributions

13:40 Automated Harp Pedaling: A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Pitch Spelling and Pedal Settings - Clifton Callender

14:15 A New Version of OMM for Melodies and Rhythms - Carlos Agon
14:55 Communication Performance
14:55 - 15:35
Contributions

14:55 Rotation: An Algorithmic Musical Work Based on Temporal Translations, Pattern Variations, and Musical Tilings - Paul Lascabettes
15:35 Closing - Charles Doran Mariana Montiel
Closing
- Charles Doran
- Mariana Montiel
15:35 - 15:45