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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThank you for your thoughts, Mitch!
1a—I’m fine with putting that in this draft. I don’t see any reason why people would oppose it being more inclusive. I think we should discuss that (along with the 3-year terms) at the meeting explicitly, though.
1b—I left them out just in case we want to add another award someday, so we don’t have to ame…[Read more] -
Trevor deClercq commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoWell done, Megan. I think this is great.
I agree with Mitch that the window for awards should be 3 years. Based on when an article is published and when the PMIG meets, the 2-year window might effectively be only a single chance to submit.
My only other suggested change is to add (or change) something in “Article II: Purpose” to more…[Read more]
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Mitchell Ohriner commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoGreat work on this, Megan! Some points for consideration:
1. Awards.
a. The term on SMT awards is 3 years, as opposed to the 2 here. As a subfield, I can easily imagine a banner year producing multiple works we’d want to recognize and the 3 year window would allow for that. Of course, it would also increase the workload of the committee but I…[Read more] -
Megan Lavengood started the topic proposed bylaws in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoHello! At our next meeting, I would like to vote in some bylaws. While bylaws are not at present common in the SMT Interest Groups, I think it may be the right time for our group, for a few reasons:
- I am proposing a change to term length and the number of officers.
- Our group regularly gives awards, and the process for administration of the…
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agooh, and another reason—6. the Interest Group Task Force has been interested in encouraging IGs to implement bylaws.
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Megan Lavengood commented on the doc Working Draft — Proposed Bylaws in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoHello! At our next meeting, I would like to vote in some bylaws. While bylaws are not at present common in the SMT Interest Groups, I think it may be the right time for our group, for a few reasons:
1. I am proposing a change to term length and the number of officers.
2. Our group regularly gives awards, and the process for administration of the…[Read more] -
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Mitchell Ohriner started the topic JOB: University of Nottingham in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe University of Nottingham has a recent opening for a part-time (29hr/week) assistant professor of music with a popular music focus. Apply if you’re interested!
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ARTS134019X1
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Garrett Michaelsen started the topic Milton Stewart in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoDear collected wisdom of SMT Jazz,
Does anyone have any details on the life and work of Milton Lee Stewart? His 1973 dissertation “Structural Development in the Jazz Improvisational Technique of Clifford Brown” from University of Michigan might be the first detailed application of Schenkerian analysis to jazz improvisation (besides Forte’s 1958…[Read more]
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Áine Heneghan started the topic CFP: Autographs and Archival Documents IG in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoThe Society for Music Theory’s Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group invites proposals for lightning talks (ten minutes) for our next annual meeting in Columbus, OH (November 7-10). We welcome research informed by the study of archival documents, including but not limited to compositional sketches, theoretical texts, performance…[Read more]
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Stefan Caris Love deposited Ladders of Thirds and Tonal Jazz Melody in the group
Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoPrevious theories emphasize tonal jazz’s undeniable continuity with European tonality. Here, I argue that some of its features are better understood as developments of the African-American musical tradition. As a simple example, consider the gesture ^3–1 to end a phrase. Schenkerian theory would explain this as an elided ^3–2–1, a gesture commo…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood started the topic Rock instruments exhibit at the Met Museum in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoStarting in April, the Met Museum in NYC will feature an exhibition on rock instruments, titled “Play It Loud.” More information below. h/t Lynne Rogers.
For the first time, a major museum exhibition will examine the instruments of rock and roll. One of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century, rock and roll’s seismic i…
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Alyssa Barna started the topic SMT Publication Award Nominations due April 1 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoHi all,
The nominations for SMT Publication Awards are due April 1st. It would be great to see some scholarship on popular music topics represented this year! See a message from myself and a few colleagues below:
We are reaching out to encourage you to submit nominations by April 1 for this year’s SMT Outstanding Publication Awards. In 2018, t…[Read more]
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Garrett Michaelsen deposited Chord-Scale Networks in the Music and Improvisations of Wayne Shorter in the group
Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years agoIn this article, I examine the nonfunctional harmony of three tunes from the mid-1960s by Wayne Shorter from the perspective of transformational theory. While some transformational approaches to jazz have taken the seventh or ninth chord as the basic unit, I use the more inclusive and abstract concept of a “chord scale” to encompass more of the…[Read more]
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Garrett Michaelsen deposited Rhythm Changes, Improvisation, and Chromaticism: Who Could Ask for Anything More? in the group
Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years agoThis article discuss the ways rhythm changes can be used in music theory instruction.
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Garrett Michaelsen deposited Groove Topics in Improvised Jazz in the group
Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years agoThis chapter proposes an application of topic theory to jazz improvisation. It introduces the concept of a “groove topic” and defines the expressive correlations of a variety of common jazz grooves. The chapter then traces the unfolding groove topics in Miles Davis’s celebrated 1964 solo on “My Funny Valentine.”
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Megan Lavengood started the topic CFP for Theory & Practice issue on multimedia in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years agoIf you work on pop music and film or video games, I encourage you to respond to the call for papers below!
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Theory and Practice invites submissions for Vol. 44, to be published in early 2020. Submissions in any subfield of music theory are welcome, although topics relating to cross-medial interactions are especially encouraged. Please…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood started the topic nominate things for the SMT publication awards! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years, 1 month agoYou should have received Danuta Mirka’s email (if you are subscribed to SMT-announce) calling for nominations of publications for the various SMT publication awards. I urge everyone to especially consider any pop music publications for nominations. A quick glance through past awards shows very little from our subdiscipline, so let’s work to change…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood started the topic Meeting Report — SMT 2018 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear PMIG members,
It was a pleasure to see so many of you at SMT! We had a total of 44 members in attendance.
This message brings you important highlights from our meeting. The full debrief is attached.
- VOTE ON LANGUAGE CHANGE FOR AWARDS—Please navigate to https://goo.gl/forms/Gt12aKoctmONtmv22 to vote on a minor language change for the O…
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