CfP: SMT Post-1945 interest group: Xenakis Centenary

The SMT Post-1945 Music Interest Group will celebrate the centenary of Iannis Xenakis at SMT New Orleans (November 10-13, 2022). We invite 250-word abstracts for lightning talks that explore topics related to all things by or about Xenakis, including his compositions, designs, notation,…[Read more]

The Russian Music Theory Interest Group (SMT-Rus) invites proposals for lightning talks on microtonality.

Russia and, later, the Soviet Union have rich histories of the development of microtonality (or quarter tonality). Ivan Wyschnegradsky’s treatise on quarter tonality (1932) has been instrumental in the development of quarter-tonal c…[Read more]

Hello all! I’m a former academic and now the manager of the Partner and User Support Team at ITHAKA. We support resources you are probably familiar with, including JSTOR, Artstor, JSTOR Forum and Portico. We’re currently hiring for our Partner and User Support Specialist role, the role I started in 6 years ago when I made the decision to leave my…[Read more]

Hi everyone! As many of your are wrapping up or preparing to wrap up your semesters, this is just a quick reminder to submit eligible articles and chapters to william.ayers@ucf.edu for the Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Publication Award by May 16. The original call follows. Please feel free to circulate it as you see fit ahead of that…[Read more]

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Have a paper, speculative essay, media review or creative work in need of an outlet? Looking for a fast and efficient editorial process? The Journal of Jazz Studies is actively seeking submissions for issues to be published in 2022 (and beyond) and would love to work with you!

The Institute of Jazz Studies seeks manuscript s…[Read more]

Hi Everyone!

We are currently accepting informal proposals and ideas for the topic and format of our Fall meeting. We will be back in person for SMT in November, which is being held jointly with AMS and SEM. In the past, formats that included some element of interactivity with attendees beyond the typical Q&A have been particularly successful, so…[Read more]

Applying for an academic job? The process can often be opaque and, unless your advisor is particularly helpful, you might feel alone in the process.

Never fear! In a recent blog post, former art history professor and department chair Matt Shoaf tells you how to research, write, and avoid common mistakes when applying for jobs as a…[Read more]

Dear scholars of post-1945 music,

Please consider submitting your published articles or book chapters for consideration for the SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Publication Award.

Any peer-reviewed article or book chapter published between January 2019 and December 2021 on analysis of post-1945 music within modernist, experimental,…[Read more]

Hello everyone,

I am super happy to announce the publication of Contemporary Music Review vol. 40, issue 5–6, on the topic of Serbian Musical Avant-gardes: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcmr20/40/5-6?nav=tocList

This publication covers the period of post-WW2 communist Serbia/Yugoslavia under the imposed doctrine of Socialist Realism through t…[Read more]