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SMR members present at Music Theory Midwest

SMR members present at Music Theory Midwest

May 09, 2022 – Sylvie Tran

On May 6–7, I traveled to Lawrence, Kansas, to present at Music Theory Midwest at the University of Kansas along with SMR member Yiqing Mitty Ma and recent alum John Edwartowski. It was my first in-person conference since early March...
Kája Lill conducts research in the Czech Republic

Kája Lill conducts research in the Czech Republic

April 21, 2022

This academic year, SMR member Kája Lill has been conducting research in the Czech Republic, funded by a Fulbright Grant. Kája’s research trip has included instances of cultural-political exchange and mentorship from scholars in the Czech Republic. See below for...
Mitty Ma and Carlos Pérez Tabares present at CCM conference

Mitty Ma and Carlos Pérez Tabares present at CCM conference

April 14, 2022

Over the weekend of March 4–5, 2022, SMR music theorists Mitty Ma and Carlos Pérez Tabares presented at the graduate-student conference hosted by the Music Theory and Musicology Society of the University of Cincinnati. Carlos presented a paper entitled “‘I...
Kája Lill awarded SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship

Kája Lill awarded SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship

April 07, 2022

On March 17, 2022, SMR member Kája Lill was awarded the prestigious SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship for his work on the history of Hugo Riemann’s reception among Czech music theorists. This award confers a writing stipend, as well as recognition in...
Lydia Bangura presents at conferences

Lydia Bangura presents at conferences

March 31, 2022

This month, SMR member Lydia Bangura presented her paper, “The Sound of Black Sisterhood: A Womanist Analysis of Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre,” at conferences at both the University of Toronto and the University of Kansas—an exciting feat for a first-year...