Last Tuesday, SMR members Anne Heminger and Austin Stewart mounted a double-header and successfully—not to mention adeptly and admirably—defended their respective dissertations. Anne's dissertation is titled "Confession Carried Aloft: Music, Religious Identity, and Sacred Space in London, c. 1540–1560" and Austin's is titled "The Opera is Booming. This is a City.: Opera in the Urban … Continue reading Successful defenses: Anne and Austin
Recently, SMR member Elizabeth McLain had an article published in the Journal of Musicological Research. The article, entitled "In Tempore Belli: George Crumb's Black Angels and the Vietnam War" (see abstract below), includes in appendix an interview with Crumb himself. Incidentally, connections between this piece and U-M run deep: a fellow Wolverine, Crumb received his DMA from the University … Continue reading Elizabeth McLain: JMR article publication
Last Friday, SMR members gathered for its first-ever series of lightning talks. Several SMR members presented five-minute papers, presenting on topics related to current dissertation work, term papers, or side projects, after which members discussed and provided feedback. Given the success of this event, lightning talks will likely become a regular SMR offering. Photos by … Continue reading SMR Winter 2019 Lightning Talks
This past weekend members of SMR met over brunch for a belated Palentines Day celebration. They pondered questions such as "why would anyone ever eat anything besides breakfast food?" and rejoiced over breakfast's ability to cure any and all ailments. Photo by Alyssa Wells
This past weekend, musicology PhD candidate Alyssa Wells presented her paper “A Blaring Silence: Ritual, Hazing, and Abuse in Drum Corps” at the 2019 Harvard Graduate Music Conference (abstract below). In addition to attending this conference, Alyssa was also able to catch up with fellow U of M musicology PhD candidate, Austin Stewart. They are pictured below in the … Continue reading Alyssa Wells at the 2019 Harvard Graduate Music Conference
Last week, SMR members gathered for the annual winter General Assembly. After recapping SMR’s various activities of the past semester, members discussed initiatives—professional, social, and other—to pursue for the remainder of the academic year, as well as plans for next year. By all appearances, Winter 2019 should be another busy and rewarding semester! Photo by … Continue reading SMR General Assembly, Winter 2019
Last Friday, James McNally successfully defended his dissertation (see abstract below) in the presence of a riveted audience. Congratulations, Jimmy, on your outstanding work, and all the best with final revisions. ---------------------------------------- São Paulo Underground: Creativity, Collaboration, and Cultural Production in a Multi-Stylistic Experimental Music Scene This dissertation investigates the interrelated dynamics of … Continue reading James McNally: Dissertation Defense
Recently, SMR member Michael Schachter was elected as a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows, thus joining a venerable tradition of brilliant minds. His fellowship begins next year and extends for three years. Congratulations, Michael!
Earlier this week, SMRForum hosted an abstract workshop to exchange and discuss submissions for the many upcoming conference-proposal deadlines. Several abstracts received helpful feedback and guidance. Look for a good SMR showing at conferences in the upcoming season! photo: William van Geest
Last month, several SMR members attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, held in Albuquerque, NM. Four of these—Conner Singh VanderBeek, Richard Smith, Casper Chan, and James McNally—presented papers (see abstracts below), three of these on a single panel that they organized, entitled New Methodologies in the Age of Social Media: Identities, Celebrity, … Continue reading SMR at SEM 2018
