Society for Music Research
Blog
End-of-Semester General Assembly, Fall 2020
The Thursday before winter break, SMR members gathered on Zoom to discuss possible revisions to the constitution, upcoming social and wellness initiatives, and a new writing group for pre-candidates. The SMR conference committee also shared exciting updates about their conference...
SMR at SMT 2020
The virtually-held Society for Music Theory (SMT) conference this year was witness to three presentations by SMR members. Dorian Mueller presented on narrative space in the context of Chopin’s Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2 in a presentation...
SMR at AMS 2020
At an American Musicological Society (AMS) conference like no other, four SMR members presented projects covering a spectrum of subjects. Alyssa Wells presented on the pro- and anti-Nazi movements among bands and drum & bugle corps in Chicago in the...
SMR at SEM 2020
The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) played host to a number of University of Michigan students this year. The conference was held online from October 22nd to the 31st, a format that Michigan students have come to be familiar with over...
Careers Beyond the University Workshop
Last Friday, SMR hosted a “Careers Beyond the University with a Music PhD” workshop, sponsored by SMTD’s EXCEL Lab and Career Center. Featuring panelists Dr. Samantha Blickhan, Dr. Austin Stewart, and Dr. Elyse Marrero, and facilitated by SMR co-chair Alyssa...