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]

Dear scholars in 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. Details below:

The Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group is a discursive space for scholars of music after 1945, with an emphasis on the modernist,…[Read more]

I’m hoping to be able to find a list of all all-trichord (or at least ten-trichord, omitting {036} and {048}) row-classes. I believe that Daniel Starr’s 1980 dissertation contained it in an appendix, but as an “independent scholar,” I have access only to journals through JPASS/JSTOR. Might anyone in the group have such a list to share?

Thank you, all, for your comments regarding the IG’s bylaws and for your participation in our survey.
Here are the main takeaways:

• Bylaws were ratified on December 15, 2020 (by 11 votes, which is 15% of the current membership).  If necessary, we can adjust/amend the wording at the next year’s business  meeting. You can find the document on o…

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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]

Hello everyone,

Please don’t forget to vote to ratify our new bylaws and also fill out the post-meeting survey! The deadline is Monday, Dec. 14, and we would really like to see high participation!

Best,

Tara (and Laura)

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your input on the bylaws. Here is a link to the final draft. The only non-cosmetic change made since the third draft is that “20th and 21st music” has been replaced with “music after 1945,” as Timothy Johnson suggested.

Please follow this link to vote on the bylaws and take the post-meeting survey. The deadline to…[Read more]