Music Sustainability Initiative
The Music Sustainability Initiative is an interdisciplinary project advancing the cultural, economic, and policy conditions that promote a more just and sustainable future for music.
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Announcing Music Sustainability Forum 2026: “Music and AI—Creativity, Labor, and Power”
The Music Sustainability Initiative of Georgetown University, in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Law Center, is pleased to announce the Music Sustainability Forum…
October 22, 2025
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EVENT: Songwriting in the Age of AI
Thursday, October 16, 20256:00–7:00 PM | Devine Theater, Davis Performing Arts CenterFree and open to the public Award-winning Nashville songwriter Jim McCormick (Tim McGraw, Keith Urban,…
October 14, 2025
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MSI Welcomes 2025–26 Undergraduate and Law Fellows
The Music Sustainability Initiative is proud to introduce its 2025–26 cohort of Undergraduate and Law Fellows: Eleanor Hughes (SFS ’28), Sophia Lu (SFS ’26), and Isabella Zaidle (Law ’26).…
September 25, 2025
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Dessa, Inaugural Artist-in-Residence
“A career in the arts is by turns thrilling, taxing, confusing, and life-affirming—at least that’s how it’s been for me.”
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2026 Music Sustainability Forum
To be held April 10–11: details and schedule to come
Music Sustainability Forum 2026
Student Fellows Program
Featuring a call for two paid undergraduate MSI Fellows who will assist with research, communications, and public programming
Call for fellows