Conference Agenda

Session
SMT Music and Philosophy Interest Group Meeting
Time:
Saturday, 11/Nov/2023:
7:30pm - 9:00pm

 Location: Denver
Session Topics:
SMT

Session Abstract

The SMT Music & Philosophy Interest Group will host a session featuring keynote speaker Vivian Luong (University of Oklahoma), with short presentations by panelists Amy Bauer (UC-Irvine), Joseph Dubiel (Columbia University), and Anna Rose Nelson (University of Maryland). Representing a diverse array of approaches and questions, presentations explore foundational practices and values of music theory and analysis, their limitations, and their possibilities. The program is as follows:

 

7:30 pm: Keynote: Vivian Luong, “Bodies–A Refrain”

8:00 pm: Group discussion 

8:10-8:40 pm: Lightning talks

  • Anna Rose Nelson, “On the Problems and Potentials of Musical Analysis”

  • Joseph Dubiel, “Music Analysis and Not-So-Close Reading”

  • Amy Bauer, “The Uncanny Object of Music Analysis”

8:40: Group discussion and business