Hello PMIG members,

I decided this month to devote my Fall 2020 Pop-rock analysis class to the work of African-American musicians. The class is a mix of upper-level music undergrads and grads. I will have no trouble choosing repertoire, but I would appreciate any and all suggestions of readings that will support our analysis. We’re excluding…[Read more]

Hi All:  I’ve been hired as a Consulting Editor for SUNY Press to acquire new titles in Music and the Arts.  I’m looking for book proposals in the following areas:

Jazz Styles and Rock Styles:  These would be short, introductory volumes on different styles (such as bop or swing in jazz or punk or hard rock in rock), each about 50,000 words, de…[Read more]

Deadline Reminder – Call for Applications

MusicID Digital Research Fellowship

Deadline: 1st August 2020.

Dear all,

MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prize

Awarded competitively to scholars at any phase of…[Read more]

Nominations are officially open for the Pop Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publi…[Read more]

MTMW is hosting three webinars dedicated to popular music. To access presentation materials and register for a webinar, please visit https://mtmw.org/index.php/conferences/programs. Membership in MTMW is not required and registration is free, but you will need to create an account on our website.

Monday, June 29, 4:00 PM EDT: Meaning in Popular…[Read more]

Dear friends,

I hope you all are surviving in this crazy time! Below is a CFP for the upcoming SMT-Rus meeting at SMT 2020.

The Russian Music Theory Interest Group (SMT-Rus) invites proposals for lightning talks for the meeting at SMT 2020. The topics may include

• Theoretical/analytical materials originally written in the Russian language,…

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The deadline for proposals has been extended until 11:59 EST on Sunday, June 14.

Please note – There has not been a decision on whether or not SMT will convene in person in Minneapolis this year. Regardless, this panel discussion WILL happen, either in person, via Zoom, or a hybrid of the two. Please don’t let uncertainties regarding travel stop…[Read more]

AMS/SMT Minneapolis 2020:

Call for Participants in a Panel Discussion hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest Group

Panel Discussion: The Music of “Monstrous Men”: Negotiating Popular Music and the Musicians Who Make It. 

While the “monstrous men” of the 2017 Paris Review article include artists of many ilks, the rec…[Read more]

Congratulations to Aleksandra (Sasha) Drozzina, who recently defended her dissertation “Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Pärt: Religion and Spirituality during the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika.” This was written at Louisiana State University, under the supervision of Inessa Bazayev. Looking forward to reading Sasha’s work!

Check out some of Philip Ewell’s recent publications on Russian-language music theory:

“On Rimsky-Korsakov’s False (Hexatonic) Progressions Outside the Limits of a Tonality,” in Music Theory Spectrum, Fall 2019 https://academic.oup.com/mts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mts/mtz020/5688659

“On the Russian Concept of Lad, 1830–1945…[Read more]