Founded in 1998, the Popular Music Interest Group is dedicated to promoting the scholarly study of popular music through methods including musical analysis and theory. Our goals include:
• Ensuring academic recognition for popular music research
• Encouraging more scholars of music theory to engage popular repertoires
• Encouraging scholars of popular music to make effective use of musical analysis and theory

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Deadline Extended, Scope Expanded, Flexible Format! – Oh, My!

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    • 14 August 2021 at 7:07 pm EDT #48571

      Christine Boone
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      @christineboone

      SMT 2021:

      Call for Participants in a Panel Discussion hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest Group

       

      Panel Discussion: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 502021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971), an album that was recently awarded the number one spot on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list. The Popular Music Interest Group will host an in-person panel discussion featuring Dr. Andrew Flory (Carleton College) as a respondent. The discussion will also be livestreamed.

      Flexible Format: If you’re not sure if you’ll be able to make it to the in-person conference in Jacksonville, we are open to making this discussion into a hybrid format! Please submit a proposal!

      Expanded Scope: We are soliciting proposals for short (5-10 minute) expository arguments or analyses related to any aspect of this album, any aspect of Marvin Gaye’s music, Motown music circa 1971, or Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list, to be followed by a longer panel discussion and question/answer period.

      Extended Deadline: Please submit a 300-word proposal to mferrandino@ku.edu by 5:00 pm (EST) on Tuesday, August 31.

    • 17 August 2021 at 1:27 pm EDT #48612

      Christine Boone
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      @christineboone

      Update: SMT 2021 will be a VIRTUAL conference. Please submit a proposal for this virtual session!

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