Dear all, Following the success of our Beethoven study day in November 2018, the Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) invites postgraduates and early career researchers to attend our upcoming workshop on ‘Mendelssohn’s Chamber Music and the Pursuit of a Romantic Formenlehre’ with Dr Benedict Taylor (University of Edinburgh), hosted at the University of Edinburgh on […]
Southampton Music Analysis Conference (SotonMAC 2019)
Call for Papers: Southampton Music Analysis Conference (SotonMAC 2019) 29–31 July 2019, University of Southampton The Southampton Music Analysis Conference (SotonMAC 2019), sponsored by the Society for Music Analysis (SMA), will take place on Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 July 2019 at the University of Southampton. This year the conference is unthemed; we welcome paper proposals […]
Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) study day, 3 November 2018
The Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) will be hosting their next study day on 3rd November at the University of Oxford. The day will involve discussing readings on Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata, a case study analysis and a writing workshop. Further information can be found here: https://formaltheorystudygroup.wordpress.com/events/.
Fourth Music Analysis Workshop
The Society for Music Analysis is launching its fourth Music Analysis Workshop, to be held at Liverpool University on Monday 17th September 2018 from 10 am to 5 pm. Arising from feedback at TAGS 2018, this event aims to build participants’ analytical skills through interactive introductions to neo-Riemannian theory. The workshop is designed to benefit graduate students of any level who might want to learn […]
June 2018 Newsletter
The June 2018 newsletter is available online: If you would like to respond to any of the items featured in the newsletter, make suggestions for the next issue, or draw attention to any errors in the electronic version, please write to information@sma.ac.uk.
Professor Robert Pascall (1944–2018)
It is with great sadness that I report the passing on 9 June of Robert Pascall, Honorary Professor of Music Philology at Cambridge University, Professor of Music at Nottingham University from 1988 to 1998, and Professor at Bangor University from 1998 to 2005. Robert’s contribution to the development of music analysis in Britain is hard […]
SMA Equality and Diversity Mission Statement
The Society’s Equality and Diversity Mission Statement can be read below.
SMA Newsletter January 2018
The January 2018 newsletter is available online: If you would like to respond to any of the items featured in the newsletter, make suggestions for the next issue, or draw attention to any errors in the electronic version, please write to information@sma.ac.uk.
President
Christopher Tarrant Email: president@sma.ac.uk Christopher.Tarrant@newcastle.ac.uk Christopher Tarrant is Senior Lecturer in Music Analysis at Newcastle University. He has been Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and has also taught analysis and musicology at the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol. Christopher received his undergraduate degree at Oxford before moving to Royal […]
Trustees
The trustees of the Society for Music Analysis manage the affairs of the charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), and for that purpose may exercise all the powers of the CIO. Trustees take on different roles within the Society, including responsibility for areas including outreach, communications and events. Profiles of the individual trustees are given below. Jack Boss […]