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The Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) is a bilingual and scholarly society dedicated to stimulating musical research, performance, composition and pedagogy in Canadian post-secondary institutions. To this end, we support the following activities: 

  • sponsorship of an annual conference of music scholars, composers and performers, usually held in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (FedCan);
  • in collaboration with the SOCAN Foundation, sponsorship of awards for students and distinguished scholars of music in Canada, as well as for student presentations at the annual conference;
  • sponsorship of cash prizes for students compositions;
  • publication of a biannual peer-reviewed journal, Intersections: A Canadian Journal of Music,  distributed in print and electronically;
  • support for post-secondary music programs across the country through the Standing Committee of Institutional Members (SCIM) ;
  • distribution of news of interest via this web site and a biannual electronic bulletin.

Job: Memorial University of Newfoundland - Ethnomusicology

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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND SCHOOL of MUSIC

The School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland seeks to fill a tenure-track position in ethnomusicology at the rank of assistant OR associate professor, effective September 1, 2019.  We seek an ethnomusicologist with research expertise in the music of island/coastal cultures in the North Atlantic. A focus in one or more of the following areas would be an advantage: Francophone communities, Indigenous communities, instrumental traditions, public ethnomusicology (including media production).  Teaching duties will include undergraduate instruction in ethnomusicology, graduate level instruction in ethnomusicology, as well as graduate supervision in our ethnomusicology M.A. and Ph.D. programs; some undergraduate courses in musicology may also be included in teaching duties.  This position is subject to budgetary approval.

CFP: University of Calgary 2019 Graduate Student Conference

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Confounding Expectations: Cultural Meaning in Sound
2019 Graduate Student Conference: Call for Papers and Lecture Recitals

The ​Graduate Music Society of the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts is pleased to announce a call for papers and lecture-recitals for its 2019 Graduate Student Conference entitled ​Confounding Expectations: Cultural Meaning in Sound​​. The conference will take place on Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in the Rozsa Centre on the University of Calgary campus.

CFP: THEMUS Graduate Conference

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Call for Proposals
Temple University Theory, History, and Ethnomusicology Society (THEMUS)
Sixth Annual Graduate Student Conference
 
Submission Deadline: 15 December 2018
Conference Dates: Friday and Saturday, 5–6 April 2019
Conference URL: https://sites.google.com/a/temple.edu/themus/graduate-conference
Venue: Temple University (Main Campus), Philadelphia, PA
Keynote Speakers: Rebecca Cypess (Rutgers University) and Seth Monahan (Eastman School of Music)
 
The Temple University Theory, History, and Ethnomusicology Society (THEMUS) invites paper proposals for its sixth annual graduate conference on Saturday, 6 April 2019. In addition, we welcome proposals for an afternoon session devoted to performance practice to be held on Friday, 5 April 2019. Research relating to any genre and period will be considered. Proposals should be designed for a 20-minute presentation/10-minute discussion format.

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