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SMR White Elephant Holiday Gift Exchange
Last weekend, SMR members met for a White Elephant Holiday Gift Exchange. Gifts were exchanged (and variously coveted and pawned off), delicious desserts were consumed, and revelry and merriment abounded—a great way to finish off the semester and kick off...
Anne’s Dissertation Oral Presentation
Last week, Anne Heminger delivered her Dissertation Oral Presentation at the Burton Tower between soundings of the carillon at quarter-hours. Her sizable audience, held in rapt attention, learned about shifting musical practices that attended the turbulent period of 1540–1560 England...
SMR Forum: Disability
Last Friday, SMR members met for a forum on disability sponsored by SMR and the SMTD office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. SMR member Elizabeth McLain guided activities aimed at understanding challenges that people with disabilities face, presented anecdotes and...
UM's SMR at AMS/SMT 2018
Last weekend, SMR members were in San Antonio for the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory. A number of SMR members gave talks, including an entire panel composed of U-M scholars (see complete...
William's Research and Language-Study in Germany
Enjoy learning about what SMR member William van Geest was up to this past summer while away researching and studying in Germany.