RILM News

RILM will participate at the 69th national conference of the College Music Society in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12–14 November 2026.

On Thursday, 12 November, 4:30pm EST, in the Ambassador East Ballroom, Assistant Editor and overseer of marketing operations Michael Lupo will give a short presentation at the RILM-sponsored reception Celebrating CMS Scholarship, which showcases recent publications by CMS authors. Michael’s talk will introduce RILM and highlight the value of its products, especially the RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions, for teachers, students, performers, and researchers.

Michael will also be present at the RILM exhibitor’s booth throughout the conference. Please feel free to come by to ask questions, provide feedback, or just say hello. Details on this event can be found on the conference website.

On Friday, 6 November, RILM Executive Editor Zdravko Blažeković and editors Mu Qian and Stella Zhizhi Li will bring RILM’s resources to Beijing for the Yang Yinliu Lecture Series (No. 154) at the Institute of Music, Chinese National Academy of Arts. Their talk, “Exploring digital resources for music research: Reference works, encyclopedias, and independent music magazines”, traces RILM’s development and demonstrate the reference collections on Egret, including MGG Online, DEUMM Online, RILM Music Encyclopedias, and the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines.

The session will be moderated by Chen Yu, Deputy Director of the Institute of Music, and hosted by the editorial department of Chinese musicology.

RILM will attend the 71st annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology in Bloomington, Indiana, 5–8 November 2026.

Executive Director Tina Frühauf will speak at the General Membership Meeting on 7 November, at 1:45–3:45pm local time. She is available throughout the conference to talk about all of RILM’s resources and job opportunities. Reach out to her ahead of time at tfruhauf@rilm.org. View the full conference schedule here.