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Meeting Guys & Dolls at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
I recently had a fruitful three-day whirlwind visit to New York, where I spent bulk of my time at the NYPL for the Performing Arts viewing sketches, conductor’s scores, early scripts and lyric drafts, and programs (among other items) from...
Vivian Luong, MTO article publication
Earlier this week, Vivian Luong had an article published in Music Theory Online (see abstract below). According to the Editor’s Message, Vivian’s article is one of five essays on feminist music theory “that help to question the moulds and patterns...
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...
