Call for papers:

The Musicological Society of Australia’s annual conference will be hosted by the University of New South Wales. The conference will be online, from 9–11 December.

The conference organizing committee invites proposals for papers, presentations, panels and themed sessions on any topic of music research.

• Formal conference pap…

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Shameless plug for my new book,  Brass Bands in New South Wales: A Social History. This monograph charts the history of wind and brass bands in New South Wales from the start of British colonisation to Federation. 207pp, 19 figures, 50+ tables and Index. $35 plus postage and handling.

The WA Chapter of the MSA has released their newsletter for the first semester of 2021. Feel free to take a look and see what’s going on!

Dear all,

On behalf of IMS member Diego Alonso I bring to your attention the call for papers for the virtual conference “Transnational Perspectives on Music, Sound and (War) Propaganda (1914–1945)” (October 21–23, 2021).

Please see the attached PDF for more details.

Cheers

Fred.

The Conservatorium of Music, University of Western Australia, is seeking to appoint a Collections Coordinator for the Callaway Centre Archives.

About the Role:

The appointee will take a lead role in a significant archive and research centre that traverses the areas of music, history and anthropology. You will source external funding to preserve…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of Emile Wennekes, chair of the IMS Study Group “Music and Media,” I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the conference “Pre-Existing Music in Screen Media: Problems, Questions, Challenges”. Please see the attached PDF for more details.

Official website of the study group: studygroupmam.…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

The Journal of Music Research Online (JMRO) is a freely accessible, peer-reviewed journal for the publication of scholarly research in music published by The University of Adelaide. It has a distinguished international editorial board, a broad scope of music research and only publishes research which is of the highest…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of the IMS Regional Association for East Asia (IMSEA) I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the IMSEA Virtual Conference “The Musicological Discipline in East Asia: Practices, Trends, Topics,” which will be held from October 23 to 24, 2021.

The abstract submission deadline is May 15,…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of IMS member Amanda Hsieh I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the conference “Global Musicology—Global Music History,” which will be held online from January 25 to 27, 2022. The submission deadline for individual papers, forums, roundtables, and workshops is July 1, 2021.…[Read more]

Dear all

News from the International Centre for Community Music (http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/iccm):

The recording of the recent ICCM Conversations: Group Singing as Healthy Public with Dave Camlin, Helena Daffern and Katherine Zeserson is now available via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNadYhQOTi0

The next ICCM Conversations…[Read more]

Dear MSA members,

CONTEXT: Journal of Music Research is pleased to announce the release of Issue 46, available online, along with all previous issues, at https://contextjournal.music.unimelb.edu.au/no-46-2020/

Articles:
John Whiteoak. Investigating ‘Improvisatory Music’ in Australia before Jazz through the Trove Digitised Australian New…[Read more]

A gentle reminder that the deadline for proposals for the AJIRN 2021 conference “Accessing Jazz and Improvised Music” is 7 February. You can find out more information about the conference and how to submit a proposal here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/music/our-research/research-events/accessing-jazz-and-improvised-music.html

Dear MSA Members,

A reminder that the conference Music in the Pacific World: Change and Exchange Through Sound and Memory is coming up in October 2021 and abstracts are due by 15 February… http://www.gim.ntu.edu.tw/ims-study-group-ghm2021/

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of Milijana Pavlovic, I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the conference, “Music and Medicine: Musicological and Medical-Historical Approaches,” which is taking place in Innsbruck, Austria, from November 4 to 6, 2021. Please see the attached PDF for further details.

Cheers

Fred.

Dear MSA Form members,

From the IMS team:

From January 29 to 31, 2021, the School of Music at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will host a free online music festival entitled “Szenenwechsel ‘Re-Mix’.” We cordially invite you to take part online via the following link: hslu.ch/szenenwechsel

As part of the festival, the researc…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

I draw your attention to a new study group established by the IMS, “Temporalities in Music Theater”.

The mission statement for the group is as follows:

Temporal structures and forces have yet to be meaningfully addressed by scholars of music theatrical genres. However, given music’s and drama’s fundamental and com…[Read more]

Dear MSA forum members,

Below, from the IMS team:

The Local Organizing Committee and Program Committee of the 21st Quinquennial IMS Congress (IMS2022) are delighted to announce that the official congress website, including the abstract submission portal, is now online:

https://pcoconvin.eventsair.com/ims22/

The IMS2022 Congress will be held in…[Read more]

An opportunity exists for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Music to teach into
the curriculum for the Western Civilisation Major. A significant part of
this teaching will include the development and delivery of a course on the
integral role of music in the development of Western cultures from
antiquity to the present time, not only in relation to how…[Read more]

Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network 2021

Conference Conference Theme: Accessing Jazz and Improvised Music 

Conference Date: June 5–6, 2021 

The 2021 AJIRN conference theme “Accessing Jazz and Improvised Music” invites participants to consider the networks, infrastructure, physical and ideological barriers, creative problems…[Read more]