The SMA is pleased to confirm dates for the Manchester Music Analysis Conference (McrMAC 2025), which will take place from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 July 2025 at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music. We are delighted to announce the following confirmed keynote […]
What does it mean to do a PhD in Music Theory and Analysis in the UK today?
An Online Panel Discussion The Society for Music Analysis is pleased to announce an online panel discussion on Thursday, October 17, 1PM BST. This panel addresses what it means to do a PhD in music theory and analysis, particularly in the UK. It seeks to combine practical advice about the application process—particularly relating to research […]
Harmony in a Cold Climate: Class and Classrooms in Music Theory
Academic music theory in North America arose at the same time as the famous Mitford sisters of Britain. The Mitfords were upper class and so was nascent music theory in the academy. That facet of the discipline would be but a minor historical curiosity had not its undergraduate classes remained frozen in time.
FTSG Study Day 2024
The Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) invites all formal theorists to attend a study day on musical form. The workshop will take place on June 30 2024 at the University of Edinburgh, immediately before the Society for Music Analysis’s annual Music Analysis Conference (EdMAC) on July 1–3, and feature the conference’s two keynote speakers.
The SMA is pleased to confirm dates for the Edinburgh Music Analysis Conference (EdMAC 2024), which will take place from Monday 1 to Wednesday 3 July 2024 at the Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh. Confirmed keynote speakers are Janet Schmalfeldt (Tufts University) and Yoel Greenberg (Hebrew University, Jerusalem). The programme of speakers […]