Studying early music with computers: tools, formats and strategies [the american musicological society (AMS) proposes a two-week residential institute for higher education faculty entitled studying…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the American Musicological Society, Inc. $174,908 on January 1, 2026, to develop and deliver a two-week residential institute on studying early music with computers, under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163).

The institute, titled "Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies," will convene thirty higher education faculty at New York University from June 14–26, 2026. The program applies digital humanities methodologies and recent scholarship in musicology, music theory, and music analysis to the machine-assisted study of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. Instruction will consist primarily of practitioner workshops and seminars on specific digital tools, formats, and strategies, led by leading scholars and teachers actively conducting computer-based research in music history and theory and involving students in their projects.

Performance of work occurs in New York. The period of performance runs through February 28, 2027.

Studying early music with computers: tools, formats and strategies [the american musicological society (AMS) proposes a two-week residential institute for higher education faculty entitled studying early music with computers: tools, formats, and strategies, to be held at new york university, june 14?26, 2026. This institute is a new project and will apply insights from recent scholarship in humanistic music studies (musicology, music theory, music analysis, etc.) and digital humanities to organize an innovative program for the machine-assisted study of medieval, renaissance, and baroque music. IT will bring together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars and teachers engaged in using computers to do research on music history and theory and who are actively involving students in their projects. Focused on the practical applications of digital technologies, the institute will have space for thirty (30) participants and consist primarily of practitioner workshops and seminars on specific tools, formats, and strategies.]