The music education program at Semarang State University’s Faculty of Languages and Arts will hold its fourth International Conference on Music and Culture on September 29, 2026, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping music education, performance, composition and cultural identity.
unnes.ac.id reported that the virtual conference, conducted via Zoom, is designed as a forum for academics, researchers, educators, practitioners, artists, students and industry professionals to examine music’s position amid rapid AI development. The theme addresses AI’s growing contact with music creation, learning, performance, production and distribution.
Speakers include a keynote address from a Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta professor, international academics from institutions in Mexico and Singapore, an Indonesian composer, and an opening speech from a faculty vice dean. The acting dean said universities must serve not merely as technology users but as critical spaces discussing how technology develops without losing human creativity and cultural identity.
The music education program chair said the theme was chosen because technological change is now felt across nearly the entire music ecosystem, including classrooms. Four subthemes cover music education and AI, performance and creativity, music technology innovation, and industry transformation.
Abstract submission runs July 30 through August 30, 2026. Accepted papers will be published in ISBN international proceedings at no cost, supporting quality education and international partnership goals.
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