The SMT Popular Music Interest Group has two awards to recognize recent research in pop music. The Outstanding Publication Award was established in 2012, and exists to acknowledge the best article, essay, or book involving the theory and/or analysis of popular music by a senior scholar. Since 2013, the PMIG also grants the Adam Krims Award to a j…[Read more]

Hello! At our next PMIG meeting, which is Saturday, Nov 3 at 12:30PM in San Antonio, we will spend the majority of our time in small group discussion. We will break our increasingly massive interest group up into smaller groups based on common interests, and the groups will use that time to network, share ideas, and so on.

To determine what…[Read more]

I’m trying to track down a paper or the researcher listed on the website from the 2016 round table. The presentation is listed as:

John Mattessich (Florida State University): “Generative Elements in the Music of Kendrick Lamar”

I can’t find a record of him at Florida State and all the usual research avenues have turned up nothing.

Any help appreciated!

Hi all –

I’m co-teaching a music seminar/bibliography hybrid course this semester and I’m looking for some ideas about how to improve an assignment.

We want to work with the students to create a new anthology of composers underrepresented in the canon because of gender identity or sexual orientation. We’d like students to work on chapters…[Read more]

The interest group is currently soliciting nominations for two publication awards, given annually by the PMIG.

Information about each awards, including previous winners and restrictions on what is eligible, can be found on our new website.

Edit, September 3, 2018: Nominations are now closed.