Blog Archive

2024

June

• Julian Grey defends dissertation – June 05, 2024

May

• Michaela Franzen defends dissertation – May 21, 2024
• Kai West defends dissertation – May 16, 2024
• Micah Mooney and Carlos Pérez Tabares present at Music Theory Midwest – May 12, 2024

April

• SMR end-of-year round-up at County Farm Park – April 25, 2024

2023

September

• SMR hosts Research Showcase – September 29, 2023
• SMR Welcome BBQ at County Farm Park – September 22, 2023

August

• Anna Rose Nelson defends dissertation – August 04, 2023

July

• Dorian Mueller defends dissertation – July 28, 2023
• SMR Members Present at IASPM 2023 – July 17, 2023

May

• SMR Winter General Assembly – May 04, 2023

April

• SMR Hosts End-of-Year BBQ – April 28, 2023

March

• Sinaboro's Field Trip to Chicago over Spring Break – March 10, 2023

January

• SMR Hosts Pedagogy Colloquium – January 27, 2023

2022

November

• Sylvie Tran presents at WLA 2022 – November 02, 2022

October

• SMR Halloween Movie Night – October 21, 2022

September

• Beginning-of-Year BBQ – September 23, 2022

August

• Anna Rose Nelson presents at NewMAC 2022 – August 30, 2022
• Lydia Bangura participates in artist residency in Florida with Dr. Philip Ewell – August 26, 2022

May

• SMR celebrates the end of the year – May 10, 2022
• SMR members present at Music Theory Midwest – May 09, 2022

April

• Kája Lill conducts research in the Czech Republic – April 21, 2022
• Mitty Ma and Carlos Pérez Tabares present at CCM conference – April 14, 2022
• Kája Lill awarded SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship – April 07, 2022

March

• Lydia Bangura presents at conferences – March 31, 2022
• Alyssa Wells defends dissertation – March 10, 2022

February

• SMR Forum hosts abstract workshop – February 15, 2022

2021

December

• SMR Hosts Holiday Movie Night – December 06, 2021

November

• Pre-Candidate Abstract-Writing Workshop – November 30, 2021
• SMR at SEM 2021 – November 23, 2021
• Fall 2021 Anti-Racism Reading Group Meeting – November 19, 2021
• Dissertation Writing Group, Fall 2021 – November 17, 2021

September

• First 2021–22 General Assembly – September 20, 2021
• SMR Welcome BBQ 2021 – September 13, 2021

July

• Lisa Decenteceo defends dissertation – July 21, 2021
• Anna Rose Nelson and Carlos Pérez Tabares present at Music Theory Midwest – July 07, 2021
• John Edwartowski defends dissertation – July 05, 2021

June

• Kai West and Cody Jones present at SAM 2021 – June 28, 2021
• Lena Leson defends dissertation – June 21, 2021
• Nee Chucherdwatanasak gives dissertation presentation – June 16, 2021

April

• SMR Hosts Midwest Graduate Music Consortium 2021 Conference – April 19, 2021
• Richard Smith Participates in Drag Panel "Them Fatales" – April 02, 2021

March

• Pics or It Didn't Happen – March 31, 2021
• SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group Meets to Discuss Pedagogy – March 24, 2021
• Elizabeth McLain Hosts Disability Culture Workshops for GSIs – March 19, 2021

January

• SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group Meeting – January 29, 2021
• First Meeting of Pre-Candidate Writing Group – January 25, 2021

2020

December

• End-of-Semester General Assembly, Fall 2020 – December 17, 2020

November

• SMR at SMT 2020 – November 23, 2020
• SMR at AMS 2020 – November 20, 2020
• SMR at SEM 2020 – November 06, 2020
• Careers Beyond the University Workshop – November 02, 2020

October

• First Meeting of SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group – October 28, 2020
• General Assembly Fall 2020 – October 02, 2020

August

• SMR Beginning-of-Year "BBQ" – August 31, 2020
• Lisa Decenteceo gives dissertation presentation – August 13, 2020

July

• Carlos Pérez Tabares presents at Music Theory Midwest – July 21, 2020
• Elizabeth McLain participates in webinar on disability and COVID-19 – July 09, 2020

May

• Dorian Mueller (virtually) presents at MaMI – May 31, 2020
• Jessica Getman accepts position at California State University San Bernardino – May 23, 2020
• The Covid diaries: how SMR is working from home – May 03, 2020

April

• SMR alumna lands tenure-track position – April 29, 2020
• Elizabeth McLain innovates with social media during COVID-19 – April 14, 2020
• Message from SMR co-chairs – April 03, 2020

March

• Dissertation Writing Group continues to meet – March 31, 2020
• Lena Leson gives dissertation presentation – March 25, 2020
• Patricia Moss defends dissertation – March 13, 2020
• SMR at MGMC 2020 – March 10, 2020

February

• DEI Reading Group: Whistling Vivaldi – February 29, 2020
• Kristen Clough defends dissertation – February 20, 2020
• General Assembly, Winter 2020 – February 16, 2020

January

• SMR sponsors visit by Gaelynn Lea – January 31, 2020
• SMR presents at "'Les Six' at 100" in droves – January 30, 2020
• SMR Forum proposal-review session – January 15, 2020

2019

December

• Dissertation Writing Group completes semester – December 18, 2019
• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Katerina Izmailova? – December 13, 2019
• Student-Faculty Reading Group: Ritchey, Composing Capital – December 04, 2019

November

• SMR research showcase – November 19, 2019
• Dissertation Presentations: Kristen Clough and Patricia Moss – November 16, 2019
• SMR at SMT 2019 – November 12, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain leads training sessions on Disability and Universal Design for learning – November 10, 2019
• SMR goes apple-picking – November 02, 2019
• Jessica Grimmer: Dissertation presentation – November 01, 2019

October

• William van Geest conducts dissertation research in Germany – October 31, 2019
• SMR-o-ween party – October 28, 2019
• Student-Faculty Reading group: Envisioning Public Scholarship – October 25, 2019
• Dorian Mueller presents at Music and Spatiality conference in Belgrade – October 15, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain publishes in Fontes Artis Musicae – October 11, 2019
• First meeting of the DEI Student-Faculty Reading Group – October 07, 2019
• Anna Rose Nelson, summer research in Basel – October 02, 2019

September

• General Assembly Fall 2019 – September 30, 2019
• Nee Chucherdwatanasak presents at AMS Midwest – September 23, 2019
• SMR Welcome BBQ – September 18, 2019
• Dorian Mueller presents at Western University Graduate Symposium – September 12, 2019
• Welcome message from the co-chairs – September 03, 2019

August

• Lena Leson awarded Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship – August 28, 2019
• Alyssa Wells: summer archival research – August 23, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain on Disability Inclusion Panel – August 21, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain accepts position at Viriginia Tech – August 10, 2019
• SMR Summer Reading Group: la paperson – August 01, 2019

July

• Anne Heminger awarded Visiting Assistant Professor position – July 24, 2019
• SMRForum discussion on Academic Ableism – July 22, 2019
• Vivian Luong awarded post-doc and lectureship – July 19, 2019
• Upcoming Event: Disability Inclusion Panel – July 22 – July 12, 2019
• SMR Forum: Teaching Music-Analytic Writing – July 09, 2019

June

• Michael Schachter defends dissertations – June 19, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain speaks at Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference – June 04, 2019

May

• Dissertation Writing Group, summer edition – May 22, 2019
• James McNally accepts position at U of Illinois (Chicago) – May 17, 2019
• Anne Heminger publishes in Early Music History – May 15, 2019
• SMR year-end BBQ – May 13, 2019
• James McNally presents research in Brazil – May 11, 2019
• SMR end-of-year General Assembly – May 07, 2019
• Stephen Lett defends dissertation – May 04, 2019
• Vivian Luong defends dissertation – May 02, 2019

April

• SMR discussion session with Dr. Nancy Rao – April 18, 2019
• Richard Smith presents at colloquium: 'New Perspectives of Cultural Contact and Exchange' – April 14, 2019
• SMR goes ice skating – April 12, 2019
• Ryan McCulloch presents at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium – April 03, 2019
• Dissertation Writing Group, Winter 2019 – April 01, 2019

March

• SMR Members present at SAM 2019 – March 29, 2019
• Anna Rose Nelson and Jake Arthur present at Música Analítica 2019 – March 26, 2019
• William van Geest Presents at SCSMT – March 22, 2019
• Successful defenses: Anne and Austin – March 14, 2019
• Elizabeth McLain: JMR article publication – March 12, 2019
• SMR Winter 2019 Lightning Talks – March 01, 2019

February

• Palentines Day Brunch – February 26, 2019
• Alyssa Wells at the 2019 Harvard Graduate Music Conference – February 13, 2019

January

• SMR General Assembly, Winter 2019 – January 31, 2019
• James McNally: Dissertation Defense – January 25, 2019
• Michael Schachter joins Harvard Society of Fellows – January 17, 2019
• SMR Forum Abstract Workshop – January 07, 2019

2018

December

• SMR at SEM 2018 – December 20, 2018
• SMR White Elephant Holiday Gift Exchange – December 18, 2018
• Anne’s Dissertation Oral Presentation – December 10, 2018
• SMR Forum: Disability – December 04, 2018

November

• UM's SMR at AMS/SMT 2018 – November 10, 2018
• William's Research and Language-Study in Germany – November 07, 2018

October

• Dissertation Defense: Ho Chak Law (ethnomusicology) – October 06, 2018
• First 2018–19 General Assembly – October 02, 2018

September

• Ergonomics for Academics – September 22, 2018
• SMR Beginning-of-Year BBQ – September 17, 2018
• Welcome back, SMR Members! – September 10, 2018

June

• Writing Workshop, Spring 2018 – June 30, 2018
• Ryan McCulloch: Shostakovich Research in Moscow – June 14, 2018
• Academic Publishing Presentation – June 08, 2018
• SMR Publications, 2017–18 – June 04, 2018

May

• Successful Dissertation Defense: Hye Sang Monica Ahn – May 22, 2018
• SMR End-of-Year BBQ – May 05, 2018

April

• SMR End-of-2018 General Assembly – April 23, 2018

March

• Musical Instrument Museum Trip – March 24, 2018
• 2018 SMR Conference: Music and Borders – March 17, 2018
• Alyssa Wells on Brass Chicks Blog – March 16, 2018
• SMR at Society for American Music 2018 Annual Conference – March 07, 2018
• Next Week: SMR Graduate Student Conference, Music & Borders – March 04, 2018
• Cultivate Study Session – March 04, 2018

February

• SMR at The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Symposium – February 28, 2018
• SMR Dissertation Writing Group – February 18, 2018
• SMR at U-M Hockey – February 03, 2018

January

• SMR Winter General Assembly – January 20, 2018
• MMF Abstract Workshop – January 13, 2018

2017

December

• MMF Abstract Workshop – December 15, 2017
• Successful Dissertation Defense: Kathryn Cox, Historical Musicology – December 08, 2017

November

• SMR Members at Annual AMS Meeting – November 30, 2017
• SMR Members at SMT Annual Meeting – November 23, 2017
• SMR Members at the SEM Annual Meeting – November 12, 2017

October

• Ryan McCulloch's Research in Moscow – October 27, 2017
• New SMR Doctoral Candidates – October 17, 2017
• U-M Ethnomusicology Represents at the 2017 Chicago Marathon – October 16, 2017

September

• never twice the same // an audiovisual recital – September 29, 2017
• SMR Fall General Assembly – September 28, 2017
• Oktoberfest at Cultivate – September 26, 2017
• Innovation and Improvisation in São Paulo, Brazil – September 22, 2017
• SMR Kick-Off Barbeque – September 19, 2017
• Welcome message from the Co-chairs – September 15, 2017
• Re-approaching a Hollywood Film Musical through 1950s Hong Kong Newspaper Advertisements – September 11, 2017
• Bringing Old Music to Life: Recording Christopher Tye’s The Actes of the Apostles – September 02, 2017

August

• Summer in Prague – August 26, 2017
• Feminist Theory and Music Conference in San Francisco – August 19, 2017
• William van Geest, Brandeis Journal of Musicology publication – August 14, 2017
• The “Other” Patti, and Using www.ancestry.com as a Source for Archival Research – August 05, 2017

July

• Exploring Music and Reform at MedRen 2017 – July 29, 2017
• U-M Music Theory PhDs at EuroMAC 2017 – July 22, 2017
• Meeting Guys & Dolls at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts – July 14, 2017
• Vivian Luong, MTO article publication – July 08, 2017
• Successful Dissertation Defense: Jim DiNardo, Music Theory – July 01, 2017

June

• Caroline Shaw at Bang on a Can Marathon 2017 – June 22, 2017

April

• SMR Year-End General Assembly – April 21, 2017

March

• Congratulations to Ryan Bodiford on a wonderful dissertation defense! – March 24, 2017
• SMR members present papers at March Michigan Music Forum – March 18, 2017

February

• Updates from the SMR Dissertation Writing Group – February 23, 2017
• Upcoming dates: February – February 17, 2017

2016

November

• UMich at SEM – November 26, 2016
• AMS/SMT 2016 Conference in Vancouver – November 19, 2016
• Upcoming Chapter on Location in Popular Song – November 12, 2016
• Apple Picking at Erwin Orchards – November 01, 2016

October

• Summer Latin in Toronto and Historical Notations at Yale – October 18, 2016
• Germany and the Czech Republic – October 03, 2016

September

• Music and Print Culture: Summer Research at New College, Oxford. – September 29, 2016
• A Message from the Co-Chairs – September 28, 2016
• The SMR General Assembly for Fall 2016 will take place on Wednesday, September 28, at 5 pm in BMT 506. – September 25, 2016

May

• May: SMR year-end party: Friday, May 6, 2016 – May 01, 2016

April

• Detroit Zoo – April 29, 2016
• April 22, 2016: Michigan Music Forum Meeting – April 15, 2016

March

• Michigan Music Research Conference – March 25, 2016