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SMR Hosts Midwest Graduate Music Consortium 2021 Conference
On the weekend of April 10–11, SMR hosted the 25th annual meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium via Zoom. SMR played host to attendees from institutions all over the world, and the weekend featured twenty paper presentations by graduate...
Richard Smith Participates in Drag Panel "Them Fatales"
On March 28th, 2021, SMR member Richard Smith got into drag as “Apple” to serve on a non-binary drag panel entitled “Them Fatales” as a part of the Stream Queens’ Empowered event. Stream Queens is a team of drag artists...
Pics or It Didn't Happen
On January 3, 2020, I traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel to research drag as a space that can combine queer musical performances with Arab identities. As part of my Ph.D. program in ethnomusicology, I am required to spend extensive time...
SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group Meets to Discuss Pedagogy
On Monday, SMR members met for the latest installment of SMR Forum’s anti-racism reading group. This time, the readings had a pedagogical theme. Participants discussed these readings in relation to our particular teaching situations, mainly focusing on challenges and hopes...
Elizabeth McLain Hosts Disability Culture Workshops for GSIs
In February and March, SMR member Elizabeth McLain held Disability Culture Workshops for the benefit of faculty and GSIs. The first workshop focused on equipping participants with important vocabulary, understanding, and awareness about disability culture. Participants learned about the ways...