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Successful Dissertation Defense: Jim DiNardo, Music Theory
On Monday, May 15, Jim DiNardo successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Analysis as Technologically-Mediated Musical Experience” (see abstract below). Jim will be teaching at the University of Notre Dame as an adjunct assistant professor of music starting Fall of 2017....
Caroline Shaw at Bang on a Can Marathon 2017
Last month I went to the Brooklyn Museum for the 30th Anniversary of the Bang on a Can Marathon, an annual new music marathon concert which is the main activity of the Bang on a Can musical group. I sat...
SMR Year-End General Assembly
On April 19, a portion of SMR’s constituency gathered for its year-end General Assembly. Over lunch, SMR members recapped and reflected on the year now behind us and made provisional plans for the year ahead of us; discussed modifications to...
Congratulations to Ryan Bodiford on a wonderful dissertation defense!
On February 20, Ryan Bodiford, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, successfully defended his dissertation, “Sharing Sounds: Musical Innovation, Collaboration, and Ideological Expression in the Chilean Netlabel Movement.” Ryan and committee pictured above. The text of Ryan’s abstract is below.
SMR members present papers at March Michigan Music Forum
On March 10, Jessica Grimmer (historical musicology) and Anna Rose Nelson (music theory) both presented papers to an audience of SMR members for their feedback and suggestions. Jessica’s paper dealt with sexual politics in France around the French Revolution, and...