Conference Report by Hailu Ni, Doctoral Candidate (University of Manchester) Session Review by Evelyn Fong, MusM student (University of Manchester) Report by Hailu Ni, Doctoral Candidate (University of Manchester) The Manchester Music Analysis Conference 2025 (McrMAC25, 14-16 July 2025) brought together scholars with expertise in various aspects of music research from around the world for […]
SMA Online Panel – Analysis: Then and Now
📅 Monday 2nd June, 2pm 📍 Location: Online Meeting ID: 898 5051 1285Passcode: 9z5ss7 In 2023, the SMA published a report on the representation of music analysis in UK undergraduate curricula (Donn and Pace 2023). The report examined the analysis provision available on undergraduate programmes in each of the four UK regions as well as […]
McrMAC 2025 Provisional Programme and Registration Announced
The provisional programme and registration link for the Manchester Music Analysis Conference 2025 is now available on the conference webpage here. The conference will be held at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music, 14-16 July 2025.
Third Online Book Symposium of the Schubert Research Centre
Tuesday 11 February, 5pm M.E.Z.; 4pm GMT Free online access via Zoom Look out for the Zoom link and further information on the Schubert Research Centre’s website: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/kis/activities/book-symposia Book: Anne M. Hyland, Schubert’s String Quartets: The Teleology of Lyric Form (Cambridge: CUP, 2023).Commentators: Steven Vande Moortele, Markus BöggemannModerator: Lorraine Byrne Bodley The symposium will focus […]
SMA Zoom Colloquium: Peter Asimov
This paper is conceived around an unanticipated analytical breakthrough in a work scholars tend to think we know well: Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Mode de valeurs et d’intensités’ (1949), the second of his four Études de rythme and a longstanding staple of the twentieth-century history and analysis curriculum due to its role as a launchpad for ‘total serialism’.
Formal Theory Study Group
The Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) provides a platform for scholars to interact and discuss all aspects of musical form. The FTSG has previously organised study days, workshops and conferences, gathering researchers at different career stages to advance understanding of the history, theory, analysis, and philosophy of musical form. Chair Rafael (Ardi) Echevarria Members Dominik […]
SMA International
Welcome to the SMA’s international page. Here you will find information about music theory societies worldwide, as well as details of conferences and other events. This page’s first iteration contains information about our developing partnership with the Society for Music Theory, as well as contact information for European theory and analysis societies and their events. […]
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 […]
SMA Study Day Video Podcasts: “Teaching Music Theory in the Digital Age”
SMA Study Day Video Podcasts “Teaching Music Theory in the Digital Age” Please scroll to view these podcasts or click the links to jump to a specific podcast. Mark Gotham “Working in Harmony” Sarah Moynihan “Sonata Theory Pedagogy: The Sonata Type Tree” Daniel Elphick “Accessibility of Music Theory and Online Learning” Ryaan Ahmed “Artusi and […]
Review: SMA Music Analysis Workshop
Cardiff University, 29 November 2014