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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A first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Music Department and the Law Center—a wonderful example of the synergies possible between the Hilltop and Capitol campuses.
Kristelia García, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Georgetown Law
MSI has become an unusually productive meeting ground for people who rarely have the opportunity to think together in sustained ways.
Jay Hammond, Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Performing Arts
There is simply no other gathering that so seamlessly integrates innovative academic scholarship, policy experts, artists, and music industry representatives in service of building a more sustainable ecosystem for musicians in the AI era.
Mary Madden, Adjunct Professor, Communication, Culture & Technology; Affiliate, Data & Society Research Institute
Announcements
New Research
Report on AI Research from the 2025 Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
At this year’s Society for Ethnomusicology conference in Atlanta, scholars presented a diverse set of approaches to understanding artificial intelligence’s new entanglement with music. It…
November 11, 2025
Announcements
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
Announcements
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
Georgetown is well-positioned to do this work.
Student Fellows Program
Featuring a call for paid MSI Fellows who will assist with research, communications, and public programming
Call for fellows