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SMI News1 @sminews1.bsky.social · 8d

Call for papers, deadline 1 December 2025. Proposals for the SMI's combined annual conference with the RMA and the EADH (29 August - 1 September 2026, Queen's University Belfast) are now warmly invited. Details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...

Annual Plenary Conference, jointly with the RMA and the EADH, Autumn 2026 | Society for Musicology in Ireland

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · 20d

A reminder that the CFP is now live for the International Musicological Society (IMS) Music and Media Study Group’s annual conference. Taking place on 11-12 June 2026 at @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social (Dublin, Ireland), the theme is “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era”

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CFP “Music and Media: Directions and Aesthetes of the Digital Era,” UCD School of Music, June 11–12 2026 - AMS Career Center

The seventeenth meeting of the ‘Music and Media’ study group of the International Musicological Society will take place in-person on June 11-12 2026 in the School of Music at University...

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well, it's happening now!

Do please see the call for papers for Music and Media: Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era

June 11-12 2026
School of Music, University College Dublin

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cheers, Seán! ☺️

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Sep 2

Plans coming together for a film music conference @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social next June! Keep an eye out for our Call for Papers over the coming days ☺️

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very cool, James! Looking forward to reading

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Nicole Grimes @nicoleegrimes.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎨 🎼 The Expansive Canvas is more than a conference — it's a celebration! We're calling artists, musicians, poets, and creators of all kinds to respond to the music of women composers of the long 19th century. Submit to The Creative Palette! 🎨
📣 Open to all!
🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Jun 26

My review of Dan White’s new book, The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings: Sounds of Home in the Fantasy Franchise, is now available to read online. Heartily recommend the book to anyone interested!

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Contents | Music, Sound, and the Moving Image 19, 1

The theatrical release of A Quiet Place Part II (AQPII) in May 2021, following months of cinema closures due to COVID-19, was dubbed a ‘referendum on the future of moviegoing’ (Paramount). The film imagines a post-apocalyptic future where humans must ...

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Nicole Grimes @nicoleegrimes.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣 Registration is now open for The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th-Century Women Composers!
🗓 Full programme + sign-up:
🌐 expansivecanvas.com/registration/
— Nicole Grimes & Denise Neary (Co-Chairs)
#ExpansiveCanvas #WomenInMusic #Musicology

Registration - The Expansive Canvas

Registration for The Expansive Canvas is now open via this link. The full programme for the Conference and Collaborative Symposium is now available for download.

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SMI News1 @sminews1.bsky.social · Jun 13

The schedule for SMI's 23rd annual plenary conference (Dublin, 19-21 May) is now available. This and other details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Jun 9

Delighted to see the Berlin Phil concert of Williams’s music (TWICE) last weekend! Stéphane Denève was a wonder as conductor & the Phil were phenomenal. Denève gave his flowers to Williams, leaving them on the score on the podium. A class act 🥲

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Jun 2

So exciting! And congrats on your excellent paper at MaMI! I’m sorry we didn’t get the chance to chat

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UCD School of Music @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social · May 22

💾 Online Webinar: 29th May, 3pm (Irish Time)

Find out more about the MMus Music & Culture course content, new scholarship opportunities and have a chance to ask our academics questions about studying with us!

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1jtV...

MMus Music and Culture. Online Info Session. 29th May, 3pm

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · May 8

Totally agree! Also the final cue of ep. 9 was absolutely temped with Inception’s ‘Time’ too!

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UCD School of Music @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social · May 6

We're excited to welcome Prof Deborah Wong (UC Riverside) to UCD tomorrow for her lecture 'Music and Conviviality: Empathy, Repair, and Homage'.
Prof Wong will explore the role of conviviality in music scholarship.
🔗 Full abstract: bit.ly/4iNnG5W

📍UCD Sutherland School of Law
🕔 Wed 7 May, 5pm

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UCD School of Music @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social · May 1

📢Calling all Early Career Ethno/Musicology Researchers
Join us in a discussion with Deborah Wong, UC Riverside this Wed 3pm to share research and discuss key challenges in Ethnomusicology.
Folks from all music disciplines are welcome!
bit.ly/3YZYW3o

@ucddublin.bsky.social

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · May 1

Very excited for your paper at MaMI. See you in NY!

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Seán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · Apr 23

Currently recruiting masters students @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social for September. This year myself & composition students have worked with Crash Ensemble, Bozzini Quartet, and Line Upon Line amongst others. Contact me if interested in applying
people.ucd.ie/sean.l.clancy

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 22

Nice article, Dan! To my shame, I’d never picked up on the Bush paraphrases in RotS. Very excited to see what Gilroy et al. have concocted for Andor S2

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 16

Cheers Adam!

Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 16

Ah thank you, Dan! Big fan of your book and I knew I wanted to spin off of some of your key ideas when I first read it!! Happy you’re enjoying it thus far!

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

Ah that really means the world to me! Thanks so much, Frank! Definitely wouldn’t have got this article done without all the groundwork you’ve been laying.

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you! Hope to read your own thoughts on the sequel music sometime!

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

Going to shamelessly @ people who might be interested or who have helped me out along the way.
@dangolding.com @jimbuhler.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @franklehman.bsky.social @soundmusicmedia.bsky.social @filmstudiesff.bsky.social

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Conor Power @conorlpower.bsky.social · Apr 15

Delighted to see my article '“Reminiscence Therapy”: Musical Nostalgia in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015–2019)' published in Émergences! I've so much to say about these complex scores, far beyond the wordcount! But I try scratch the surface here!
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“Reminiscence Therapy”: Musical Nostalgia in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015–2019) – Émergences

With the return of Star Wars to the big screen in 2015 came the promise of new music by John Williams, not least new leitmotifs. Yet, in the era of the “legacy sequel” (Golding 2019), the shadow of th...

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