Conferences are inflection points: moments where energies come together and reflect outward in new directions. The following is a report of the May 2022 “Ruptures and Convergences” Conference, hosted by the Music Studies and the Anthropocene Research Network. In the following recap of conference proceedings, I frame the comings and… Read More
By John Spilker At the 2017 Teaching Music History Conference, colleagues discussed two potential trends in teaching music history courses: a content-oriented music history survey approach and… Read More
Ecomusicology, writes Aaron S. Allen “considers the relationships of music, culture, and nature; … it is the study of musical and sonic issues, both textual and performative, as they relate to ecology and the environment.” A colloquy on Ecocriticism and Musicology was published in the Journal of the American… Read More