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Ryan McCulloch presents at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium

Ryan McCulloch presents at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium

April 03, 2019

On March 9, Ryan McCulloch presented a paper at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium. The theme of the Consortium's meeting this year was "The Sonic Turn," and Ryan's talk was entitled,  “The Things We Carried: A Case...
Dissertation Writing Group, Winter 2019

Dissertation Writing Group, Winter 2019

April 01, 2019 – Elizabeth McLain and William van Geest

One of the staples of the SMR Forum, the Dissertation Writing Group has been going strong again this semester. Members meet weekly to exchange abstracts, proposals, conference papers, articles, and dissertation chapters, and they receive feedback from their eagle-eyed colleagues...
SMR Members present at SAM 2019

SMR Members present at SAM 2019

March 29, 2019 – Nee Chucherdwatanasak

Several SMR members attended last week's annual meeting of the Society for American Music in New Orleans, LA, with two members presenting papers: Nee Chucherdwatanasak gave a talk entitled, "The Future is Local: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Community Engagement," and...
Anna Rose Nelson and Jake Arthur present at Música Analítica 2019

Anna Rose Nelson and Jake Arthur present at Música Analítica 2019

March 26, 2019

Last week, SMR members Anna Rose Nelson and Jake Arthur traveled to Porto, Portugal to give papers at a conference titled Música Analítica 2019: Porto International Symposium on the Analysis and Theory of Music. Jake's paper, "'Gin, Vermouth, and Recycled...
William van Geest Presents at SCSMT

William van Geest Presents at SCSMT

March 22, 2019

Last Friday, William van Geest presented a paper at the 2019 South Central Society for Music Theory Conference. His paper was entitled, "The Chorale in North American Music Theory: A Model for Musical Structure?" (see abstract below). William also used...