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On Friday afternoon, SMR hosted its traditional beginning-of-the-year General Assembly. We heard reports on past events from each of the committees, ate yummy sandwiches, had a lot of laughs, and brainstormed exciting new ideas for the academic year. Be sure...

Last weekend, the fall meeting of AMS Midwest Chapter took place at Wayne State University in Detroit. SMR member Nee Chucherdwatanasak participated on panel on a Saturday afternoon to present her paper, “Live from Orchestra Hall: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra...

This past Sunday, SMR held its annual welcome-back get-together in the form of a barbecue. Alyssa Wells, our wonderful co-chair, was kind enough to host the event at her house, alongside assistant host Gustav (the furry one with the collar...

This past August, I presented a paper entitled “Traversing Musical Narrative Space in a Chopin Nocturne” at the 20th annual Western University Graduate Symposium on Music (WUGSOM) in London, Ontario (abstract below). The conference featured papers on diverse topics presented...

Welcome back! We are excited to begin our tenure as co-chairs for SMR for the 2019–20 academic year. Following a successful 2018–19, which included numerous events such as professional development workshops, academic support and interest groups, and social events, we...