Wisconsin Folksong Collection Added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mills Music Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society are […]

Huge congrats to Jim Leary, the UW-Madison Center for the Study Of Upper Midwestern Cultures, and Mills Music Library! library.wisc.edu/news/2024/04...

Somebody in our office keeps turning the buttons in the elevator sideways. I keep turning them back. I would say that things are escalating, but alas — it’s an elevator, not an escalator. #ButtonGate

FSU College of Music researcher receives National Endowment of Humanities fellowship for book on music, slavery - Florida State University News A Florida State University researcher has received National Endowment of Humanities funding to explore the connections forged between music, race […]

HUGE congratulations on your NEH fellowship, Maria! I am so proud to call you a friend and colleague. news.fsu.edu/news/arts-hu...

The word is out! I am delighted to share that I will be returning to Florida State University in Fall 2024 as Assistant Professor of Musicology in Community Music. Super excited to be a part of FSU's new and innovative community music program and to be moving back to Tallahassee!

Thanks, all. It seems to be different in each discipline, so I was curious what everyone else’s experiences have been.

Thanks, Sam!

Question for my (ethno)musicolgy folks. For job talks, do you prefer to include a few general "introduction" slides of your research projects, or is a more focused/conference-style presentation the norm?

It's hard work!

Education Section 2023 Events Thu October 19 12:30-1:30 PM Keynote Address The Westin Ottawa "Object Lessons: Teaching Belonging While Centering Black Girls' Embodied Musical Play"--Kyra D. Guant, PhD (University of Albany, SUNY) Friday, October 20 DAY OF ETHNO 8:00 AM-2:00 PM The Bodhrán-Irish Frame Drumming (Colin Harte) The Sicilian Tarantella (Kristina Weimer) Genuine Authentic Old-Fashioned Bluegrass Music! (Damon Postle) Comprovisation: Fixity and Flow in Hindustani Music (Srijan Deshpande) Entre o samba e o funk: Uma Proposta da Etnomusicologia Negra Para o Ensino de Música / Between Samba and Funk: A Black Ethnomusicological Approach for Music Teaching (Gabriela Nascimento and Pedro Acosta Experiencias Musicales Mexicanos y Mexicano-Americanas / Mexican and Mexican American Musical Experiences (Amanda Soto) Saturday October 21 WORLD MUSIC PEDAGOGY 8:30-12:30 PM

I'm sorry that I will miss everyone at #SEM_2023 this year. If you ARE attending, however, be sure to check out some of these awesome education section events!

Ojibwe birchbark canoe returns to Lake Mendota after 10 years, connecting to 1,000s of years of art ... Ten years after it first cut through Lake Mendota, a traditional birchbark canoe returned to the water, paddled by its maker, Wayne Valliere, who shared the experience with members of a first-year exp...

I love my job (look at @twfrandy.bsky.social go)!

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I’m glad. 😅

JENN. Lol.

Here for all of this, but especially the #baking threads.

There's No Norwegians in Dickeyville Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsThere's No Norwegians in Dickeyville · The Goose Island RambersDeeper Polka: More Dance Music from the ...

The problem (non-problem?) with going to Scandinavian-American music festivals is that it takes a minimum of two weeks to get "There's No Norwegians in Dickeyville" out of your head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm5T...

This is absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking.

Next, we shall get you a proper smørekniv.

It feels... calm.

It's a core part of my identity!