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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...
Updates from the SMR Dissertation Writing Group
Our Dissertation Writing Group met on Wednesday, February 22 to discuss Ho Chak Law’s dissertation chapter, “The Craze of Liang Shanbo: Glamorizing, Deconstructing, and Territorializing Huangmei diao in The Love of Eterne.”
Upcoming dates: February
Thursday, 2/16: Judith Lochhead will be giving a talk as part of the Carrigan Lecture Series in Music Theory on “Chaotic Mappings: Analyzing Recent Music”
5pm, Watkins Lecture Hall.
UMich at SEM
University of Michigan students and alumni spent a fruitful four days at the Society for Ethnomusicology annual conference this past week in Washington, D.C. In addition to presenting their research, the department also co-hosted a reception and enjoyed a free...
