The Musicology and Ethnomusicology Area at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music welcomes Helen O’Shea for an online talk as part of our 2022 Louise Hanson-Dyer Colloquium Series. Please join us!

Date: June 2, 6pm – online

Registration:  https://bit.ly/OSheaLHD 

Title: Listening to Paddy Canny: Writing a Musical Life

The subject of Helen O’S…[Read more]

REMINDER: 5 June Celebration of Louise Hanson-Dyer and the Lyrebird Music Society
We are pleased to announce a concert and symposium celebrating the centenary of the Lyrebird Music Society (formerly British Music Society Victorian branch) founded by Louise Hanson-Dyer in 1921, and the unveiling of a new portrait of Hanson-Dyer by artist Andre…[Read more]

Dear colleagues

In case you missed it, here is the link to the video of the launch of the Musicology and Ethnomusicology Hub at The University of Adelaide on 5 May:

https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/about/research/musicology-and-ethnomusicology-hub

In the video, you will see the launch of three exciting new research projects, and what…[Read more]

Symposium ‘Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) and the performance of power’

University of Sydney and online, 23-25 September, 2022

Call for Papers

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) was one of the pre-eminent composers of his generation. Born in Venice, he was successively court composer to Duke Ferdinando Carlo of Mantua and Prince Ruspoli in Rome, and fin…[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]

Dear MSA Forum members,

I’m happy to let you know that we’re extending the call period for the Musicological Society of Australia’s 2022 conference, to be held 1-3 December this year.

Proposals for individual papers or panels/themed sessions are now due by MONDAY 30 MAY.

You can consult the information about submitting a proposal at https://msa.…[Read more]

We are pleased to announce a concert and symposium celebrating the centenary of the Lyrebird Music Society (formerly British Music Society Victorian branch) founded by Louise Hanson-Dyer in 1921, and the unveiling of a new portrait of Hanson-Dyer by artist Andrew Mezei and bronze medallions relating to the history of the Conservatorium by Michael…[Read more]

Everyone is warmly invited to the launch of the Musicology and Ethnomusicology Hub at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide, on 5 May at 4.30 pm (Adelaide time).

The Hub was established late last year. It aims to facilitate collaborative research in a collegial and nurturing environment, building on Adelaide’s long and s…[Read more]

Pre-conference seminar of the Asian-German Studies in Music Working Group

In association with the IMS Global Music History Study Group

The Asian-German Studies in Music working group** is holding a pre-conference seminar online on 8–9 August 2022, prior to the IMS2022 Congress in Athens. We invite interested researchers, teachers, and art pr…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members

On behalf of IMS member Kordula Knaus I would like to bring to your attention that the registration is now open for the conference 4th Transnational Opera Studies Conference, which will be hosted at the University of Bayreuth (DE) from June 23 to 26, 2022.

Visit…[Read more]

Kia ora koutou,

With the usual apologies for cross posting. I am pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a special issue of Popular Music History Journal on jazz and gender. Please see below for details:

Special Issue of Popular Music History (2023)

Title: Gender and Jazz: Histories and Scenes

From the latter half of the twentieth century…[Read more]

45th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia – 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

When: 1–3 December 2022

Where: online

Host: MSA National Executive

Deadline for Proposals: Monday 16 May

Proposal Outcome: Friday 1 July

Conference Organising Committee: Michael Hooper, Liz Kertesz, Fred Kiernan, Andrew Callaghan

Program com…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of Frans Wiering, co-chair of the IMS Study Group “Digital Musicology,” I would like to bring to your attention the following survey:

In “What Do Musicologists Do All Day” (WDMDAD) we are investigating the use of technology in the work of music researchers in the widest sense.

Researchers frequently make us…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members

On behalf of IMS member David Ferreiro I would like to bring to your attention the CFP for the international conference Topics in Hispanic Music: 18th–21st Centuries, which will be held at the Universidad de Valladolid (ES) from October 20 to 22, 2022. The submission deadline is May 31, 2022.

See the attached PDF for f…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of IMS member Laura Moeckli I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the international conference Transnational Networks of Operetta in Early Unified and Fin de Siècle Italy, which will take place in Bern (CH) from September 14 to 16, 2022. The new submission deadline is April 18,…[Read more]