We are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to ferr1407@fredonia.edu. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Dec. 1, 2021.

CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting…[Read more]

The Adam Krims Awards was established in 2013 to give a junior scholar recognition for an outstanding publication. This year’s Adam Krims award goes to Edwin K. C. Li for his article “Cantopop and Speech-Melody Complex,” AND to Anabel Maler & Robert Komaniecki for their article “Rhythmic Techniques in Deaf Hip Hop.” Li investigates native Ca…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues and Friends
I am starting a topic on ‘Synagogue Music’  that I hope will stimulate discussion and infomation from those involved with Synagogue music of all descriptions.
This posting is a report on the launching of Michael Jolles’s long awaited and hugely informative and inclusive  Encyclopaedia of the British Cantorate from 165…[Read more]

Hello everyone,

International arts organisation Dash Arts has an upcoming music theatre performance at JW3 London (and via live stream) later this month, Songs for Babyn Yar, which I thought you might be interested in. Here’s some info about the production:

80 years after the massacre of 33,000 Jews in Babyn Yar in Kyiv, three Ukrainian mu…[Read more]

Please join us for our PMIG SMT Virtual Reception! We’ll be in Room 1 on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm EST!

Please join us for our 2021 virtual SMT meeting! We’ll meet on Friday, November 5 from 9:30 – 10:45 EST to discuss Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50, with invited speaker Andy Flory! To register for the conference, please visit the SMT website.

Dear all,

Please find here the JMRC’s latest message, which includes an invitation to an international open study session dedicated to the German Torah service in past and present.

Best,

Elia

Dear all,

Please find the JMRC’s latest message, which includes an invitation to an international open study session dedicated to the German Torah service in past and present.

Best,

Elia

Klezmer Institute is starting its annual fall “In Focus” series on Sunday, October 10 with a conversation with archivist and collector Paul Gifford. Read more and register to attend at: https://klezmerinstitute.org/gramophone-in-focus

The title for this series is Gramophone in Focus.

About the Gramophone “In Focus” Series:
Join Klezmer…[Read more]

I’m pleased to share with you the Call for Proposals for the upcoming conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music–US Chapter. Find attached the full Call for Proposals and an abbreviated version (under 250 words).

Please send any questions to Andrés R. Amado, Program Chair, iaspmus.conference@gmail.com

Dear colleagues and friends of IFJMS

IFJMS is pleased to be a partner in
The Kol Nidre Conference
which takes place on four Sundays as follows:

SEPTEMBER 12 / OCTOBER 10 / NOVEMBER 14 / DECEMBER 12

9.30am California/ 5.30pm UK/ 6.30pm South Africa/ 7.30pm Israel

Mark Kligman is opening the event on 12 September speaking on

Kol Nid…[Read more]

Call For Proposals

IASPM-US 2022 Conference: Grooves and Movements

May 26-May 28, 2022

Ann Arbor/Detroit Michigan

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music-United States chapter (IASPM-US) invites proposals for its annual conference, which will take place in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on May 26-28, 2022. We…[Read more]