Who Killed Chazzanut?

Today’s ‘Conversation on Zoom’ with Joshua Markovich and Charles Heller under this provocative title was very stimulating and provoked much thought and debate.

Like the planet, Chazzanut cannot quite yet be written off, but the next decade will be crucial if it is not to be lost by neglect (by the very bodies who claim…[Read more]

Dear all

On behalf of IMS member Humberto Galindo Palma I would like to bring to your attention the webinar “Etnomusicología, música académica e innovación: diálogos disciplinares para Latinoamérica / Ethnomusicology, Academic Music and Innovation: Disciplinary Dialogues for Latin America,” which is taking place on November 12, 2021.

Pl…[Read more]

On behalf of IMS member Bella Brover Lubovsky we would like to bring to your attention the following announcement: The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position (open rank) in the Department of Music Theory, Composition & Conducting and welcomes applications from candidates who specialize in…[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]

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

On behalf of IMS member Kerry Murphy I would like to bring to your attention the CFP for the meeting of the “France: Musiques, Cultures, 1789–1914” network, which will be held in Venice from July 11 to 12, 2022.

The submission deadline is February 12, 2022.

Please see the attached PDF for more details.

Call for Papers: International Conference 3 – 5 June 2022 – De Singel International Arts Campus, Antwerp

For more than half a century Anthony Braxton has played a key role in contemporary and avant-garde- music as a composer, multi-instrumentalist, music theorist, teacher, mentor and visionary. Inspired by Jazz, European art music, and music of…[Read more]

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]

Dear MSA Forum members,

on behalf of Jen-yen Chen, IMS Directorium Consultant and chair of the IMS Regional Association for East Asia (IMSEA), I would like to bring to your attention that the website of the IMSEA Virtual Conference for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars (October 23–24, 2021) has been updated to include abstracts, bios o…[Read more]