The SMA Undergraduate Award is given annually for an outstanding piece of undergraduate work featuring musical analysis. The second is the SMA PhD Thesis Prize, about which details will come in a separate e-mail. For the Undergraduate Award, nominations are invited of the following type: a dissertation or extended essay (the major component of a single-credit undergraduate module) submitted at an undergraduate level at a UK institution during the 2022-23 academic year, which received a mark of 70% or more, and features music analysis as a prominent component. Nominees must have studied as an undergraduate in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Nominations should be accompanied with a letter from a lecturer at the student’s institution confirming the mark received. The winning candidate will be given the option of presenting a paper at the subsequent Theory & Analysis Graduate Students (TAGS) or Music Analysis (MAC) conference (the choice of which will follow discussions with the SMA board), with registration and accommodation paid for by the society. They will also be asked to produce an article derived from the work which will be published in the SMA Newsletter. The award will be worth £150, free student membership of the SMA for a year, and also complementary registration for the next MAC.
The deadline for nominations this year will be Friday 1 December 2023.
We especially encourage submissions from women or from under-represented or minoritized groups.
Please send nominations (including candidate name, institution, and dissertation title) together with supporting documents to admin@sma.ac.uk.
All queries should be addressed to the Awards Officer at awards@sma.ac.uk