The Institute of Musical Research, part of the University of London and located in the shadow of the world-famous Senate House Library, played host to this year’s TAGS event, which welcomed delegates from all over the world and as far afield as the US, Canada and Taiwan. With seventeen postgraduate students presenting papers along with highly distinguished keynote speakers, Arnold Whittall (King’s College, London) and Michiel Schuijer (Conservatorium van Amsterdam), the programme proved to be remarkably diverse, testifying to the dynamism, vibrancy and open-mindedness of the Society as a whole. » Read more: TAGS 2011: Jonathan Lewis’s Review
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TAGS 2011: Picture Gallery
Photos taken at TAGS 2011 by Michelle Phillips and Yi-Mei Yu:
Online Access to Music Analysis for SMA Members
Over the last few years the SMA’s membership has grown to include music teachers, gap-year students, post-PhDs and unaffiliated scholars who do not have access to back issues of the journal Music Analysis through a university. And so we are pleased to announce that members who choose to opt for a subscription to Music Analysis in their membership package will now not only receive print copies of the issues published during their membership, but will also have online access to issues back to 1999 via the Wiley Online Library – all for still only £36.50 (or £26.50 for students).
Existing members will be contacted about access arrangements once the necessary systems are in place. If you’re not a member yet, then join now!
2 Reviews: Music Analysis Summer School 2010
The second SMA, IMR, Wiley-Blackwell Summer School in Music Analysis took place at the University of Durham on 20–24 September 2010, concluding with a symposium entitled ‘New Perspectives on Musical Form‘. The organisers were Michael Spitzer and Jo Buckley.
Please find below reviews of the event by Helen Thomas and Matthew Ward, which can also be found in Newsletter No. 35 (January 2011) (PDF).
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By Helen Thomas
The SMA’s International Summer School aims to provide postgraduate participants with an advanced analytical toolkit for use in their research and teaching, and a forum for the exchange of ideas at an international level. It was launched last year in collaboration with the IMR and Wiley-Blackwell, the publishers of Music Analysis. Good news travels fast and this year 32 students from North America, Europe, the Middle-East, Asia and Australasia gathered in Durham for an intensive week of seminars and plenary sessions culminating in a symposium on ‘New Perspectives on Musical Form’. » Read more: 2 Reviews: Music Analysis Summer School 2010
SMA Masters Bursaries 2011–12
The Society for Music Analysis will award up to four bursaries, of between £1,000 to £2,000 for one year, to those commencing UK Masters degrees in the academic year 2011–12. Information and guidelines for applicants are now available at http://www.sma.ac.uk/grants/bursaries/.
Membership Renewals
Membership subscriptions for the 2011 calendar year are now due. To renew your membership, please follow the instructions on the Join page.