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Newsletter a Publication of the Society for Music Theory SMT COLUMBUS 2019 SSocietyM for Music TheoryT Newsletter A Publication of the Society for Music Theory News from the Society Conference Information......................................1–3 The Society for Music Theory celebrates its forty-second Annual Meeting 7–10 November at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, Ohio. Officer Reports......................................................4–7 PROGRAM Committee Reports.............................................7–12 Reflecting the intellectual breadth and diversity of our field, the program for News from Interest Groups.............................13–16 the 2019 Meeting covers a wide range of research from mensural dissonance in the music of Machaut to amateur music-making on YouTube. We are espei- SMT 2020 Call for Proposals...............................17 cally excited about Saturday afternoon’s plenary session. Entitled “Reframing Music Theory,” the session will offer a critique of how four confining frames Travel Grants............................................................17 within which our field has been operating and will explore ways to reframe what constitutes music theory. The participants are In Memoriam....................................................17–19 • Philip Ewell (Hunter College), “Music Theory’s White Racial Frame” • Ellie M. Hisama (Columbia University), “Getting to Count” News of Interest • Yayoi Uno Everett (University of Illinois at Chicago), “From Exoticism Regional Societies..............................................20–22 to Interculturalism: Counterframing the East-West Binary” Graduate Student Organizations.....................22–23 • Joseph Straus (CUNY Graduate Center), “Music Theory’s Therapeutic Imperative and the Tyranny of the Normal” Dates, Deadlines, and Miscellany...........................23 The Program Committee was particularly interested in expanding the poster session and giving it more prominence in the program. The Columbus post- er session includes thirteen posters, more than double the number from last Volume 42 year’s Meeting. It will be scheduled to overlap a standard session slot Friday Number 2 morning and will include breakfast food and beverages. The conference will maintain the shorter thirty-minute time slots introduced in San Antonio: most sessions will be ninety minutes long, featuring three papers. August 2019 The Professional Development Committee will host a session on the topic “Contemplating and Making the Transition to Academic Administration”; the Committee on Diversity will host a session on the topic “Diversity in Music Theory Pedagogy”; and the Committee on the Status of Women will host a continued on next page 1 2019 ANNUAL MEETING (continued) session entitled “Women, Music, Technologies.” More information on the pro- Future Annual Meetings gram may be found in the Program Committee’s report on page 11. CONFERENCE INFORMATION 2019 7–10 November Hotel Reservations Hyatt Regency Columbus The Hyatt Regency Columbus (350 North High Street) has reserved a block of Columbus, Ohio rooms for conference attendees. The rates are $166/night for single and double occupancy; $191/night for triple occupancy; $216/night for quadruple occupan- cy; and $129 for student quadruple occupancy (limited rooms available). Online 2020 hotel reservations for non-students may be made here and students may reserve 5–8 November here. Using the conference room block at this hotel helps us meet our contractual Hyatt Regency Minneapolis obligations and keeps you close to all conference activities. Minneapolis, Minnesota Conference Registration (SMT and AMS) Conference registration will open 1 August and will be available on our website at https://societymusictheory.org/events/meeting2019/main. Note: the Board recent- 2021 ly approved waiving the registration fee and membership requirement for all un- 4–7 November dergraduates attending the Annual Meeting! Any undergraduate who would like Hyatt Regency Jacksonville to attend should email Jennifer Diaz at [email protected] to register. Jacksonville, Florida Transportation The Hyatt Regency Hotel is centrally located in the city’s downtown and fifteen minutes from John Glenn Columbus International Airport. COTA Airconnect of- fers direct bus service every thirty minutes to downtown Columbus for $2.75. Nearby off-site parking is $20/day and valet parking is $33/day. Greyhound bus line delivers passengers to its downtown station located at 111 E. Town Street, one mile from the conference site. { CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Conference Guide Program 2019 Annual Meeting Please consider taking part in the Conference Guide Program, available on the Registration Fees SMT Professional Development Committee. We invite those who would like to be assigned a guide and senior members who are willing to serve as guides. More information is available on the conference webpage. On or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on 27 September: Graduate Programs Reception $120 for regular members The Graduate Programs Reception is a once-a-year opportunity to share $65 grad student/retired/unsupported information about your program with colleagues, prospective students, and current students. Programs are welcome to bring flyers or newsletters about their 28 September– 25 October: graduate degrees. SMT encourages graduate programs to designate one or two $165 for regular members faculty representatives to attend the reception; programs who will not have a $85 grad student/retired/unsupported representative present at the conference may send flyers for display on a single table. Join us for light refreshments on Friday, 8 November from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Register online by 30 September at https://forms.gle/hEagA113TgrbTb4p7. Late/Onsite: $180 for regular members Student Helpers $90 grad student/retired/unsupported We are in need of student volunteers to assist during the conference. Volunteers will receive free registration. A sign-up form is available at https://signup.com/ *All undergraduate students may go/hJdUKrL. attend at NO CHARGE ([email protected] for Hotel Accessibility more information) Every effort will be made to meet the unique requirements of all attendees. For specific needs or questions please contact Jennifer Diaz, Executive Director, at [email protected]. continued on next page 2 2019 ANNUAL MEETING (continued) VISITING COLUMBUS Getting around Columbus Society for Music Theory The Hyatt Regency is steps away from High Street, Columbus’ central north/ 2019 Executive Board south thoroughfare. The CBUS circulator is a free bus service linking several neighborhoods along High Street, each with its own distinctive character. COGO, Columbus’ local bike sharing service, offers a discount for conference attendees. Robert Hatten , President Note that many Columbus restaurants, transportation services, and attractions Butler School of Music offer discounts for conference attendees. See this flyer for more information. MRH 3.710 UT Austin Dining 2406 Robert Dedman Drive The Columbus Convention Center, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency, houses several restaurants where you can grab a convenient meal. In addition, the North Market Austin, TX 78712 is just a five-minute walk from the conference site and features nationally-recog- [email protected] nized food vendors such as Momo Ghar (Tibetan and Nepalese dumplings), Hot Chicken Takeover (Nashville-style hot chicken), and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Patricia Hall, President-Elect as well as Belgian, Vietnamese, Indian, Thai, Polish, Mexican, and vegetarian School of Music, Theater, & Dance cuisine. A free trip on the CBUS circulator provides quick access to other dining options in the Short North, German Village, and Downtown neighborhoods. A list 1318 Moore Building, 1100 Baits Dr. of restaurants and local breweries will be published on the conference website. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085 [email protected] Public Music Theory in Columbus Columbus is home to The Ohio State University, one of the largest land-grant Nancy Rogers, Vice President universities in the US. Ohio State’s long-standing commitment to outreach has fostered a unique culture of public-facing research and community engagement Florida State University in the city. In conjunction with the SMT Annual Meeting, music theorists will College of Music present their scholarship to the general public at events such as OSU STEAM Longmire 406 Factory Franklinton Fridays and Columbus Science Pub. 122 N. Copeland Street Tallahassee, FL 32306 Recreation and Attractions Columbus offers many attractions for conference attendees and their families. [email protected] The Columbus Museum of Art holds the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art and boasts a strong collection of modernist, Philip Stoecker, Secretary impressionist, and expressionist works. The museum offers free admission to Department of Music children age five and under and fifty percent off admission to conference attend- 160 Hofstra University ees. Younger children can play in the Wonder Room and create their own art in the Center for Creativity Studio, which is open every Saturday. COSI (Center of 101B Shapiro Family Hall Science and Industry) is a science museum and research center with nine exhibi- Hempstead, NY 11549 tion galleries, a theatre for live shows, a Planetarium, and a little kidspace exhibit [email protected] for children under seven. COSI operates the largest outreach education program of any science museum in the United States. The historic
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