At the end of the 2023 SMT meeting in Denver, Danny Jenkins’s two-year term as Co-Chair of SMT’s Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) will come to a close. The election for a new Co-Chair is now open. Voting will continue through Monday, November 6, 2023 (12:00 p.m. EDT).
As per our by-laws, the election will commence one mon…[Read more]

Dear AADIG members,At the end of the 2023 SMT meeting in Denver, Danny Jenkins’s two-year term as Co-Chair of SMT’s Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) will come to a close. We are writing to announce the call for nominations for a new Co-Chair. As per our by-laws, the election will commence one month before SMT and will be e…[Read more]

The AADIG keeps a database of scholarship in music theory that engages autographs and archival documents. You can always access the database from our webpage at societymusictheory.org. Have additions? Please contact one of the co-chairs. https://societymusictheory.org/interest-groups/autographs_and_archives

We are thrilled to announce that our Special Session, “A Survey of the Sources of Serialism at its Centenary,” has been accepted for presentation at SMT! Congratulations to our colleagues who submitted a proposal for this session: David Thurmaier (University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory), “Walter Piston’s Serial Journey: What Archival Do…[Read more]

Revue Filigrane, issue 29 (2024)
Listening to the Archive: Artistic Uses of Sonic Remnants
Edited by Christine Esclapez and Luis Velasco-Pufleau

The special issue “Listening to the Archive: Artistic Use of Sonic Remnants” seeks to explore the creative potential of sound archives, often neglected by those institutions responsible for the…[Read more]

This CFP from the AMS Music and Philosophy Study Group may be of interest!

Archives and archival work hold a contested position within music studies, especially given recent attempts to redress the forms of exclusion that have traditionally structured the field’s intellectual commitments. As much as they have functioned as the guarantors of s…[Read more]

The Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group is interested in developing a special session proposal for the 2023 meeting in Denver on the topic of Serialism at 100. We are not asking for full proposals at this time. Rather, we would like some basic information about what you plan to present: (1) what composers and/or approaches to…[Read more]

Hello everyone,
I hope this email finds you well. In preparation for the annual meeting of SMT (jointly with AMS and SEM) in New Orleans in November, Phil and I wanted to touch base with you about some things.
1. We have not heard from anyone who is able to go to the Hogan Archive on Thursday morning to learn more about the special collections…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,We hope you are having a wonderful summer. Danny Jenkins and I have been making plans for the Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) meeting this fall in New Orleans. On the morning of Thursday, November 10 we are considering a field trip to Tulane University to visit the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New…[Read more]