SMA Zoom Colloquium, 6 December 2023, 6:30pm GMT Please use the following Zoom link: https://citylit.zoom.us/j/94867721639 [citylit.zoom.us] Meeting ID: 948 6772 1639 Passcode: 193857 Abstract Music theorists tend to segregate theories that operate on discrete objects, such as traditional metrical theory and pitch-class set theory, from theories of tuning, microtiming, etc., that require continuous spaces. I […]
Jonathan De Souza
‘Musical Texture, Ensemble Coordination, and Social Network Analysis’ SMA Zoom Colloquium, 2 November 2023, 6:30pm GMT Please use the following Zoom link: https://citylit.zoom.us/j/2388146793 [citylit.zoom.us] Meeting ID: 2388146793 Passcode: 781335 Abstract Research on musical texture often takes a listener’s perspective: it shows how simultaneous parts are grouped according to principles of auditory perceptual organization. Performers in a […]
OxTAGS April 17-18, 2024, University of Oxford: Call for Papers
Deadline for Proposals: 3 January 2024 Keynote Speakers: Dr Anabel Maler and Dr Robert Komaniecki The SMA’s annual Theory and Analysis Graduate Students (TAGS) Conference will be hosted at the University of Oxford Music Faculty on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April, 2024. The event provides a supportive and friendly environment in which postgraduates (and […]
Analysing Music Through Discrete Fourier Transform, Society for Music Analysis Postgraduate Workshop
Society for Music Analysis Postgraduate Workshop, Royal College of Music, 28 October 2023, 11am-4pm. Workshop Leaders: Oliver Chandler & Isabella Thorneycroft Imagine drinking a dram of whiskey. One might be vaguely aware of ‘notes’ of various kinds, while being unable to distinguish them precisely from one another, or to put a name to them. A […]
Job Vacancy: Administrator of Society for Music Analysis
Call for Applications The Society for Music Analysis seeks to appoint to the post of Administrator. The role description below outlines the main responsibilities of the administrator to the Society for Music Analysis. The Administrator is also required to take some additional responsibilities for the Society’s flagship journal Music Analysis published by Wiley (see below). Please see our website https://www.sma.ac.uk [sma.ac.uk] for information about […]
Popular Music Summer School Information
Registration Please register free (for catering purposes) online here. Please register by August 21st. Whatsapp We’ve started a group, which you can join by emailing Kenneth Forkert-Smith for a link. Meet n Greet Monday For those who wish to, we’ll meet at the Buyers’ Club (24 Hardman Street, L1 9AX) 7.30. There’s a big table […]
The Representation of Music Analysis in UK Undergraduate Curricula
Report by Rebekah Donn and Ian Pace The Society for Music Analysis are committed to supporting research, teaching and study into music analysis. In this article, Rebekah Donn and Ian Pace consider the role it has across undergraduate music curricula in the UK. They consider ways in which the discipline of music analysis has developed […]
Vice President
Julian Horton Email: julian.horton@durham.ac.ukJulian Horton is Professor of Music Theory and Analysis at Durham University. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he subsequently held a Research Fellowship, and has taught at University College Dublin and King’s College London. For six years, he served as President of the Society for Music Analysis. He has also […]
First Summit on Music Literacy
First Summit on Music Literacy St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge 8–9 July 2024 The call for papers and participants has now been published. Please visit: https://www.sma.ac.uk/2023/12/first-summit-on-music-literacy/