The International Computer Music Association is an international affiliation of individuals and institutions involved in the technical, creative, and performance aspects of computer music. It serves composers, computer software and hardware developers, researchers, and musicians who are interested in the integration of music and technology.

ICMA functions include:

• Presenting the annual International Computer Music Conference
• Professional Networking
• Publication of the newsletter: Array
• Specialized Publications, Recordings and Projects
• ICMA Awards
• Membership directory (under construction)

The International Computer Music Conference — The ICMA cosponsors the annual ICMC, which, since its inception in 1974, has become the preeminent yearly gathering of computer music practitioners from around the world. The ICMC’s unique interleaving of professional paper presentations and concerts of new computer music compositions—refereed by ICMA-approved international panels— creates a vital synthesis of science, technology, and the art of music.

Each ICMC produces a "Concert Program" and Proceedings. The Proceedings is the collection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers and studio reports presented at each ICMC.

Networking — The ICMA and ICMC represent a unique opportunity to interact with others concerned with the cross-influence of the creative and technological in computer music and related fields (applications in composition, musicology, music theory, music representation, pedagogy, aesthetics, etc.) The ICMA Membership Directory lists names and addresses for all members. The icma-members e-mail group serves as a vital communications tool keeping the membership updated with the ICMA calendar, related relevant events and information, as well as serving as a basic link for research. This e-mail group is a moderated service to protect members from spam.

Publications, Recordings and Projects — Since its inception in 1979 as a nonprofit corporation, ICMA has provided a central base of information dissemination for the computer music community. Its newsletter, array, is published online. Other regular publications include back-issues of the ICMC Proceedings and the Proceeding index (1987-97). ICMA is expanding its affiliations and research sponsorship to include partnerships with nonprofit and corporate institutions.

ICMA Awards — Each year, the ICMA sponsors awards for the best papers, music and student music at the ICMC.

The ICMC is the preeminent annual gathering for computer music practitioners from around the world and its unique interweaving of professional paper presentations and concerts of new computer music, refereed by ICMA- approved international panels, creates a vital synthesis of science, technology and the art of music.

• ICMC 2026 Hamburg, Germany
• ICMC 2025, Boston, U.S.A.
• ICMC 2024, Seoul, Korea
• ICMC 2023, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
• ICMC 2022, University of Limerick, Ireland
• ICMC 2021, Santiago, Chile
• ICMC 2020, Rescheduled to 2021 due to Pandemic
• ICMC 2019, New York, USA
• ICMC 2018, Daegu, South Korea
• ICMC 2017, Shanghai, China
• ICMC 2016, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• ICMC 2015, Denton (Texas), USA
• ICMC 2014, Athens, Greece
• ICMC 2013, Perth, Australia
• icmc2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• ICMC 2011, Huddersfield, UK
• ICMC 2010, New York, USA
• ICMC 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• ICMC 2008, SARC, Belfast, N. Ireland
• ICMC 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
• ICMC 2006, New Orleans, USA
• ICMC 2005, Barcelona, Spain
• ICMC 2004, Miami, USA
• ICMC 2003, Singapore
• ICMC 2002, Gothenburg, Sweden
• ICMC 2001, Havana, Cuba
• ICMC 2000, Berlin, Germany
• ICMC 1999, Beijing, China
• ICMC 1998, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
• ICMC 1997, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
• ICMC 1996, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
• ICMC 1995, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
• ICMC 1994, diem, Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music, Denmark
• ICMC 1993, Waseda University, Japan
• ICMC 1992, San Jose State University, USA
• ICMC 1991, McGill University, Canada
• ICMC 1990, Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland
• ICMC 1989, Ohio State University, USA
• ICMC 1988, GMIMIK, Kologne, Germany
• ICMC 1987, the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, USA
• ICMC 1986, Royal Conservatory of Music, Den Haag, Netherlands
• ICMC 1985, Simon Frasier University, Canada
• ICMC 1984, ircam, France
• ICMC 1983, Eastman School of Music, USA
• ICMC 1982, The Venice Biennial, Italy
• ICMC 1981, North Texas State University, USA
• ICMC 1980, Queens College, New York City, USA
• ICMC 1978, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
• ICMC 1977, Univ. of California, San Diego, USA
• ICMC 1976, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• ICMC 1975, Univ. of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, USA
• ICMC 1974, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA