MOLA Music Technology Exchange

Meet the people behind the tools, explore what’s possible, and bring your experience to the discussion.

Friday, April 30, 2027 · Grand Hyatt San Francisco
The MOLA Music Technology Exchange (formerly the Tech Fair) opens the MOLA 2027 Conference (April 30–May 3), hosted by the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Opera. Produced by NYC Music Services; presented by MOLA: An Association of Music Performance Librarians.

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco — Davies Symphony Hall, home of the San Francisco Symphony

What it is

A one-day exchange between performance librarians and the people who build their tools. Librarians bring the expertise of their daily work; the people making the tools want to hear from them. The day is organized around the life of a score: where music comes from, how it becomes performance material, and how it is kept for the future. Exhibits run alongside the program on Friday and continue through the full conference.

From Source to Score — AI transcription and optical music recognition, tested on real material.
From Score to Stand — preparing parts musicians can play from: proofreading, layout, page turns, cues, bowings.
The Long Game — formats, standards and preservation, the rights and copyright questions that come with them, and shared responsibility.
The Unanswered Question — a structured close built from the questions raised during the day.

Sessions are about 50 minutes, with generous time on the exhibit floor between them. There are no scheduled product demos: exhibitors are available all day, and the questions raised on the floor feed the closing session. The day runs roughly 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; exact times will be posted with the program.

Status

Updated October 2026. The program is in development. Speakers and panelists will be announced in early 2027, and exhibiting companies will be listed here as each registers and is confirmed. Registration is handled by MOLA and is expected to open in January 2027.

MOLA membership is not required to attend. Colleagues from other music libraries, including those in the entertainment industry, are welcome; the program is designed from the performance librarian’s perspective.

Get in touch

Exhibiting, speaking, or program ideas: Philip Rothman, mola@nycmusicservices.com
Standards bodies and user groups planning an adjacent meeting: Philip Rothman, as above.
Registration, hotel, exhibitor fees and logistics: MOLA, Amy Tackitt, amytackitt@aol.com

Tell us what would make the day worth your time. Answer any or all of the questions below by January 31, 2027; earlier replies will help as the program takes shape. Individual responses are kept confidential; only themes are shared.

MOLA 2027 member input

Answer any or all. A few sentences about one recurring problem or one useful discovery is plenty.

1. What part of your work takes more time than it should?

2. Where do you still rely on a manual workaround, even though you suspect a better tool exists?

3. What would you most like to see demonstrated live, using real material?

4. What’s working well for you, or what are you good at, that colleagues should hear about?

5. Which company, project, or person would you most like to meet in San Francisco?

Panels

I’d be glad to be considered for a panel

Are you planning to attend on April 30, 2027?

Yes

Maybe

Not this year

About you (optional, but needed if you’d like a reply or are volunteering for a panel)

Name

Orchestra or organization

Role

Individual responses are kept confidential; only themes are shared with the MOLA Board and at the event.

Prefer email? Send your answers to mola@nycmusicservices.com.

Background: MOLA 2027 heads to San Francisco with Tech Fair 2.0 (Scoring Notes, June 19, 2026).

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