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The Sound and Music Studies scholarly interest group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies
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The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a virtual conversation about the academic study of Taylor Swift to coincide with the publication of the edited collection, Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans, by Routledge.

Sharing a conference CFP that may be of interest: "Screening Live Performance: Multi-camera production and the performing arts" aims to unpack the past, present, and future of multi-camera production for the performing arts to understand how this shapes our appreciation of live performance.

Now accepting requests for panel sponsorship for the 2025 conference. If you're part of a panel that fits the remit of the SIG and want to be considered for sponsorship, please send an e-mail to me via [email protected] with your panel title, abstract (if it's a preconstituted panel), 1/2

What makes music video a unique medium? @carolmusicvideo.bsky.social Carol Vernallis's helpful new video essay theorizes this incredibly influential body of audiovisual work. Save this teaching resource to your favorites! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8b...

Our annual meeting during the SCMS virtual symposium will be held Friday, 12/06 from 11am-Noon U.S. Central Standard Time. We'll be making announcements, discussing some upcoming initiatives, and more. Check your inbox for SCMS info about the symposium and links to the events.

Hello crew! Just a quick reminder that this is TOMORROW. Please be in touch if you are not on the email list and need the zoom link.

The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a conversation with Alyx Vesey discussing her new book, Extending Play: The Feminization of Collaborative Music Merchandise in the Early Twenty-First Century.

Grad Students! The Sound and Music SIG is currently accepting submissions for the 2024 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through July 19. The winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. More info in this link: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Hello! This is your new grad rep @ravimusic.bsky.social taking over the social media. Beep boop.

We are currently seeking submissions on "screens and sound": creatively encompassing any definition of screen. Resonance is a University of California Press journal. Please circulate!

Congratulations to Ravi Krishnaswami, who has been elected to a two-year term as Graduate Student Representative of the SCMS Sound and Music Studies SIG (and will soon be taking the helm here and on our other other social media accounts 🙂)!

This afternoon!

JPMS is looking for new editors! Email Anthony Kwame Harrison at [email protected] if you have any questions!

🗣️ ☎️ 📺 Join us for a Zoom roundtable on “Telephone Voices in Screen Representation,” May 8 at 4pm ET. Featuring scholars Emilio Audissino, Michael Baumgartner, James Deaville, and Caitlan Truelove! Please check your recent SIG email for the Zoom link and more info.

Grad students: two dates to note! 1) Self-nominations to serve as the SIG's next grad rep are due May 24. Please send a bio (~150 words) and statement of interest (~200 words) to the SIG co-chairs. 2) Submissions for the Claudia Gorbman Award are due July 19. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Happy #scms24 eve! Here are the eight exciting panels sponsored by the Sound & Music Studies SIG this year 🧵

Announcement thread! 🧵 First, the Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting SIG and the Sound & Music Studies SIG are joining forces for a social mixer Thursday evening near the Boston conference venue! Check your email for exact time/location info.

Coming up this Monday! For the Zoom link, please check your email for the SIG's announcement.

Coming up this Monday! For the Zoom link, please check your email for the SIG's announcement.

The SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a conversation with Budhaditya Chattopadhyay discussing his book, The Auditory Setting: Environmental Sounds in Film and Media Arts. Please mark your calendars for Monday, February 19th at 16hr Central European Time/10am Eastern US Standard Time!

The Sound & Music Studies SIG is looking for panels to sponsor at SCMS '24! If you'd like the panel you're on to be considered for sponsorship, please email your panel title, panel abstract, paper titles, and presenter names to [email protected] and [email protected] by Jan 12.

Come out (virtually) on Thursday!

The annual Sound & Music SIG meeting will be at 4pm Central Time this afternoon! Be on the lookout for SCMS's links to SIG meetings in your inbox.

Announcing a free special issue in Journal of Popular Music Studies on podcasting and gender edited by @kategalloway.bsky.social, Morgan Bimm, and me. Big thanks to our authors and to @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social , @ehphd.bsky.social, & @ericdharvey.bsky.social! Link: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...

Just a reminder of upcoming proposal deadline. For those working in popular music studies. The theme explores the communal aspects of popular music. CFP: @iaspm-us.bsky.social 2024 Hope to see you in April in Philadelphia! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/2024-Confere...

Congratulations to Julin Lee, winner of this year's Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award! Julin's essay, "'Guided by the Instruments': Musical Instruments in Behind-the-Score Featurettes of Contemporary Television Series," will be published in Music, Sound and the Moving Image.

Book News! Thanks to the good people at @ucpress.bsky.social, you can now read the entirety of MAKING STEREO FIT’s Introduction for free. Just click “Read an Excerpt” in the following link. Enjoy! www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...

Exciting news: Phoebe Macrossan has been elected to a three-year term as SIG Co-Chair! Thanks to SIG members who participated in the election, and thanks once more to Marcella Ernst for her years of service as Co-Chair.