2025 String Band Summit

4th Annual String Band Summit

February 27–March 1, 2025

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2025 Summit theme: West African string band traditions

Revised submission deadline: November 15, 2024

The String Band Summit gathers musicians, teachers, students, and scholars engaged in string band music to explore traditions, histories, practices, instruments, and pedagogy, seeking to foster collaboration and understanding both within and among different musical cultures, individuals, and institutions. The fourth annual SBS will take place at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee from February 27 to March 1, 2025, hosted by MTSU’s Center for Popular Music.

With the 2025 String Band Summit we seek to feature performance, teaching, and scholarship related to the rich string band musics of West Africa, including their profound connections to Caribbean and North American musical practices. Proposals relating in some way to West African music are especially encouraged, although we welcome a broad range of proposals addressing global string band music of any culture. 

For more information and to submit a proposal, follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/sbs2025