Congratulations and welcome to our new PMIG leadership!

Chair: Matt Ferrandino

Secretary Emily Milius

Webmaster: Jacob Cupps

Please click here to vote for new PMIG officers!

Voting will close at 5:00 pm EST on Thursday, Dec. 9.

We are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to ferr1407@fredonia.edu. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Dec. 1, 2021.

CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting…[Read more]

We are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to ferr1407@fredonia.edu. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Dec. 1, 2021.

CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting…[Read more]

The Adam Krims Awards was established in 2013 to give a junior scholar recognition for an outstanding publication. This year’s Adam Krims award goes to Edwin K. C. Li for his article “Cantopop and Speech-Melody Complex,” AND to Anabel Maler & Robert Komaniecki for their article “Rhythmic Techniques in Deaf Hip Hop.” Li investigates native Ca…[Read more]

Please join us for our PMIG SMT Virtual Reception! We’ll be in Room 1 on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm EST!

Please join us for our 2021 virtual SMT meeting! We’ll meet on Friday, November 5 from 9:30 – 10:45 EST to discuss Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50, with invited speaker Andy Flory! To register for the conference, please visit the SMT website.

Call For Proposals

IASPM-US 2022 Conference: Grooves and Movements

May 26-May 28, 2022

Ann Arbor/Detroit Michigan

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music-United States chapter (IASPM-US) invites proposals for its annual conference, which will take place in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on May 26-28, 2022. We…[Read more]

SMT 2021:
Call for Participants in a Panel Discussion hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest Group
 

Panel Discussion: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 502021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971), an album that was recently awarded the number one spot on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greates…[Read more]

Nominations are officially open for the Popular Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publica…[Read more]

SMT Jacksonville 2021:
Call for Participants in a Panel Discussion hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest Group
Panel Discussion: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50

2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On (1971), an album that was recently awarded the number one spot on Rolling Stone’s “…[Read more]

CFP  – attached Word document

Submissions will be accepted until April 30th, and people will be notified of their acceptance/rejection within one week of submitting. Those interested can visit https://mpcaaca.org/ for more information or contact Bryan Bove at bbove@bgsu.edu with any questions.

Please share this with your PMIG friends who might not follow our Humanities Commons site!

We’re deciding on a topic/format for next fall’s SMT meeting, and we don’t yet know whether it will be in person or virtual. Please click on this link and let us know your preferences! (And please, only vote once.)

I will close the survey at 5:00 pm (EST)…[Read more]

Hi everyone! Your attendance and participation at our virtual session at SMT in November was much appreciated – I was overwhelmed with how smoothly everything went, with the superb presenters, and with the rich discussion.

So…IT’S TIME TO START BRAINSTORMING FOR NEXT YEAR!

Send me your ideas for a discussion/analysis panel! You can respond to…[Read more]

The SMT Popular Music Interest Group has two awards to recognize recent research in pop music. The Outstanding Publication Award was established in 2012, and exists to acknowledge the best article, essay, or book involving the theory and/or analysis of popular music by a senior scholar. Since 2013, the PMIG also grants the Adam Krims Award to a j…[Read more]

Please tune in for the PMIG meeting during this year’s virtual AMS/SMT, and log back on for a virtual coffee break where we can socialize as a group!

Saturday, November 14
11:00 am-12:00 pm (CST)

• Panel Discussion: “The Music of ‘Monstrous Men’: Negotiating Popular Music and the Musicians Who Make It”
  • Panelists: Maya Gibson, Tanya Honerman,…

[Read more]

Nominations DUE TOMORROW for the Pop Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publica…[Read more]

Nominations are officially open for the Pop Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publi…[Read more]