Dear MSA Forum members,

The MSA was deeply saddened to learn of the decision to disestablish musicology and ethnomusicology at Monash University. For the MSA’s letter of response to the university, sent to Professor Margaret Gardner today (21 Sept.), please see the attached PDF.

All best,

Fred Kiernan, MSA Secretary.

Dear MSA Forum members,

A message from the International Musicological Society:

In August 2022 Philip V. Bohlman and Federico Celestini will complete their terms as editors of our peer-reviewed journal, Acta Musicologica. The IMS therefore seeks applications for a new editorial team for a five-year term, with a possible extension of a further…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

I’m pleased to announce that a new book based on the theme of the 2017 MSA/NZMS conference “Performing History” has just been published:

Nancy November, ed., Performing History: Approaches to History Across Musicology (Boston, U.S.A.: Academic Studies Press, 2020), https://www.academicstudiespress.com/out-of-series/perform…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

In December 2020, James Wierzbicki will complete his term as Editor of the biannually published, peer-review journal of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), Musicology Australia. The MSA is seeking applications for a new Editor to be appointed for a three-year term with a possible extension of a further three…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

The International Musicological Society is pleased to announce the inauguration of the IMS Study Group “Musical Diagrams”, chaired by Daniel Muzzulini (CH) and Susan F. Weiss (US). The study group has the following mission statement: “The aims of the study group are: to foster the exchange of music theoretical diagr…[Read more]

Hi all, the following may be of interest to members:

• The Royal Musical Association (RMA) annual conference is running online this week Sept. 8-10, and registration is free. There are some excellent presentations on the programme, including the Le Huray Lecture presented by Marie Thompson, and the Dent Medal Lecture presented by Gundula Kreuzer.…

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Hi all, here’s the latest newsletter from the WA Chapter. Feel free to have a look at what we’re up to!

Dear all,

on behalf of Antonio Baldassarre, IMS Directorium Member and RIdIM President, the IMS would like to bring to your kind attention the following message:

The 20th International Conference of Association RIdIM, “Visualising the Unseen: Music in Visual Culture,” was moved to July 22 to 24, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite pro…[Read more]

Dear all,

The deadline for proposals for the 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance (2020) and 4th Annual Symposium on Indigenous Arts in the Academy has been extended to 28 August.

For further details and instructions on how to submit a proposal, visit the MSA website here.

Cheers,

Fred Kiernan.

Dear MSA members,

The deadline for proposals for the 43rd Annual National Conference of the MSA has been extended to Monday 24 August.

For details about how to submit your proposal, please visit the MSA website (http://www.msa.org.au) or click here.

Kind regards,

Fred Kiernan

Secretary, MSA.

Sydney Conservatorium of Music is seeking a PhD student to work on Warlpiri ceremonial songs with Assoc Prof Myfany Turpin and Dr Georgia Curran. As part of the PhD, the student would undertake fieldwork in central Australia documenting music, language, performance, and/or arts initiatives and development in Warlpiri communities. The scholarship…[Read more]

MÚSICA POPULAR EM REVISTA/POPULAR MUSIC IN REVIEW
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2020. For the year 2020, Música Popular em Revista/Popular Music in Review invites researchers to submit articles, reviews, interviews or translations which treat two general themes: Instrumental Music, coordinated by guest editors Maria Beatriz Cyrino Moreira (UNILA) e T…[Read more]

There are 22 new post-doctoral fellowships of 18 months duration at WA universities now open for applications, funded by the Forrest Research Foundation. Applications for this round close Aug. 26th.

One of the areas of priority is Arts and Culture:

Governors have determined that 20% of fellowships will be allocated to the Arts and Culture area,…[Read more]

Call for Contributors: We are excited to announce a call for additional contributors for a new text, Handbook of Jazz and Gender through Routledge. This is open to scholars and musicians at all levels of their careers. The editors are especially interested in contributions examining the intersections of race and gender, non-binary, LGBTQIA, and…[Read more]

Call for Presentations: 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance

The 19th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance will be held on 3–5 December 2020 in association with the 43rd MSA National Conference, and the 4th annual Symposium on Indigenous Arts in the Academy at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Victorian College of the Arts on…[Read more]

Call for Presentations: Musicological Society of Australia’s 43rd Annual National Conference  

Location: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Australia

Date: 3-5 Dec. 2020 

CFP Deadline: 15 Aug. 2020

Proposal Outcome: 15 Sept. 2020 

Convenors: John Gabriel, Fred Kiernan, Linda Kouvaras, Kerry Murphy, Sally Trelo…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

COVID-19 has impacted planning of the MSA National Conference 2020. If you are thinking about presenting at the conference this year, the MSA would be grateful if you would complete a short survey (approx. 3 minutes) about possibly participating remotely.

You can access the survey here: https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.c…[Read more]

Dear MSA members,

Please find attached a call for papers for an online music research journal.

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