This site is the home of the International Computer Music Conference. It was created for students, teachers, and researchers who want to learn more about the world of music and technology. Here you will find papers, study resources, and creative projects. The focus is on sharing knowledge in a way that is simple and open. You can use this site to study, find ideas for your own work, or connect with others in the same field. Computer music is for everyone who is curious about sound and digital tools, and this is the place to explore it.

Sep 9 2025 :: Music Essay Writing Competition Application Now Open!

We invite college students to write a clear and fresh essay about music and technology. Share your ideas, your study, and your voice. You can write about creative tools, sound design, live performance, AI in music, music in games, or music education. This competition is open to students from any country. All essays will be reviewed and judged by professional academic writers from the Assignment Geek college writing service. The judging will focus on clarity, original ideas, evidence, relevance, and style.

Who can enter: College students from any program and year
Language: English
Essay length: 800 to 1,200 words
Format: PDF or DOCX
Theme: Music and Technology in real life
Entry fee: Free
Deadline: To be announced
Results: To be announced

How to Apply

Write your music essay in English. Keep it between 800 and 1,200 words.
Save as PDF or DOCX. Use 12 pt font and standard margins.
Name the file like this: LastName_FirstName_EssayTitle.pdf
Include a separate cover page with your name, email, college, program, and year.
Add a short bio of 50 to 80 words.
Send your file to [email protected]

Prizes

Publication on the ICMC website
Digital certificate
Invitation to present your college essay about music in an online session
Feature in our newsletter and social channels

We may add extra prizes. Any update will appear on this page.

Privacy

We collect your name, email, college, and essay file to run the competition. We keep your data safe and do not sell it. You can ask us to remove your data after the competition ends, except for published winning entries.

Use of Work

By entering, you give us a non exclusive right to publish, share, and archive your music essay with credit to you. You may publish your essay elsewhere after results. Please credit the ICMC competition if you do.

Disqualification

We may disqualify entries that break the rules, include plagiarism, include false information, or show abusive content.

Conflicts of Interest

If a judge has taught or supervised the author in the last 12 months, that judge will not review that entry.

Appeals

Results are final. You may write to us if you see a clear error in admin steps. We will review admin issues only.

Withdrawal

You can withdraw your entry any time before the deadline by email. After the deadline, we cannot withdraw entries during review.

Jan 1 :: Happy newyear from the ICMC team

Dec 21 :: Paper submission now possible

Starting from today paper submissions are possible. Please visit the Paper Submission page for more details.

Dec 16 :: Call for Panels

The Call for panels has been added to the site.

Dec 13 :: Call for Workshops and Call for Off-ICMC online

A call for Workshops (deadline April 5th) and a call for Off-ICMC (deadline April 5th) have been added to the list.

Dec 2 :: Call for Demonstrations & Provisional Program

We have added a new and detailed call for demonstrations. Multiple demonstration rooms with audiovisual facilities are available, so make sure you have a look at the call before you submit your papers.
You can also find the provisional program here.

Nov 25 :: Changes in conference and paper topics

We have changed the list of the conference and paper topics: the list is now more modern and up to date and no longer just copied from previous ICMC's. Have a look at the list here.