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Ellen Bakulina started the topic New chair elected in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:41:08 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members, I am happpy to report that Sasha Drozzina has won the chair election! She got 14 votes out of 20. Thanks very much to all who voted and made sure that our group is healthily moving forward! Today, I will report to Aine Heneghan about the change of leadership in our IG.

All best,

-Ellen

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus chair election in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:42:12 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

I am inviting you to participate in the election of a new chair, who will lead the group in 2023-25. Please click the link below and respond ONCE by Monday, December 5, 2022. The quorum for this will be 10 voters, and this is half of the last two years' attendance average.

[LINK REMOVED AS ELECTION PERIOD HAS…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Chair nominations in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 21:34:58 +0000

The Russian Music Interest Group will elect a new chair in November 2022, soon after the SMT annual meeting. Nominations and self-nominations are welcome at this time! If you have published or presented on topics relevant to Russian music or music scholarship, and if you are invested in the future of the group, you might be a good candidate. If…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus 2022 meeting, Thursday Oct 10, 7:30 pm in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:52:40 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

I am happy to announce The Russian Theory Interest Group meeting, on Thursday November 10 at 7:30 pm (Jackson room) during the annual SMT conference. Our meeting will include three papers dedicated to issues of microtonality in Russian, Russian émigré, and Soviet theory and composition. It will be great to see all you t…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Volunteer needed for November meeting in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:07:48 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

SMT plans to video-record all sessions this year, including interest groups. They will provide tripod and recording equipment in each room, with a rotating cast of volunteers to operate the cameras. We need to find a volunteer, a member of SMT-Rus who will attend the IG meeting (scheduled for Thursday 7:30 pm) and record it.…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Call for Lightning Talks on Microtonality in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Sat, 21 May 2022 23:06:21 +0000

The Russian Music Theory Interest Group (SMT-Rus) invites proposals for lightning talks on microtonality.

Russia and, later, the Soviet Union have rich histories of the development of microtonality (or quarter tonality). Ivan Wyschnegradsky’s treatise on quarter tonality (1932) has been instrumental in the development of quarter-tonal c…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Joseph Kraus presentation from SMT-Rus 2021 in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:33:02 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

Joe Kraus asked me to post his presentation from our group's meeting at SMT 2021, so here it is. Thanks Joe for sharing your work with us!

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Festival: Stravinsky in America in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:42:54 +0000

Stravinsky in America: Registration is Now Open! Stravinsky in America, 17–19 February 2022 @ LSU

Please join us in celebrating Igor Stravinsky’s life and work. The festival will welcome several distinguished keynote speakers and performers from across the globe, including Stephanie Jordan, Emeritus Research Professor at the University…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus and Pedagogy 2021 joint meeting program in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 18:28:36 +0000

Apologies for a last minute announcement: We are happy to announce the joint meeting of the Russian Music Theory (SMT-Rus) and Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Groups on Friday November 5, 6 to 7:30 pm Eastern time, in "room 4" of the virtual SMT meeting. You are encouraged to join about 10 minutes prior to the beginning. The program features four…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Call for presentations -- SMT-Rus 2021 in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:07:19 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

I hope that you are staying safe, and that you enjoyed a nice and refreshing summer! I am excited to announce that this year, SMT-Rus will meet jointly with the Pedagogy Interest Group, chaired by Leigh VanHandel. The topic is “Russian Pedagogy of Music Theory.” We are now seeking presenters to fill the roughly hour-long tim…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Interest group meeting 2020 -- Thanks for your participation! in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 02:10:29 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

Deep thanks to all who attended yesterday’s meeting, to the presenters and the question-posers! It was quite a lively discussion. Also, thanks to Amy Hatch for maintaining the Facebook page for our group (I forgot to mention this at the meeting).

I look forward to seeing you at the next year's meeting (let's hope it will b…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus 2020 meeting information in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:58:09 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

Here is the plan for our meeting on Saturday, November 7, at 1 pm:

Go to this page, shortly before 1 pm: https://guide.societymusictheory.org/sessions/nov7/midday/russian-music-theory-ig . Please also explore the materials that our presenters have posted, on the same page, and listen to the pre-recorded presentations…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic New publication: Analytical Approaches to Twentieth-Century Russian Music in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:25:55 +0000

I'm happy to announce the publication of Analytical Approaches to Twentieth-Century Russian Music: Tonality, Modernity, Serialism (Routledge 2020), edited by Inessa Bazayev and Chris Segall. The book includes essays by Ellen Bakulina, Scott Murphy, Rebecca Perry, Patrick McCreless, Knar Abrahamian, Inessa Bazayev, Daniil Zavlunov, Klara Moricz,…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic New publication: special issue of Music and Politics, summer 2020 in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:15:23 +0000

Please have a look at the current issue (14/2) of the journal Music and Politics. This is a special issue: The Politics of Musical Knowledge in the Soviet Union and Beyond (1930s to 1980s). This includes articles by Olga Panteleeva, Daniil Zavlunov, Inessa Bazayev, Chris Segall, Matthew Honegger, and Anicia Timberlake. Congratulations to all the…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus meeting November 7, 1 pm in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:58:05 +0000

UPDATE: The SMT-Rus 2020 meeting is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 7, at 1 pm, Orange room. Please join us for this virtual meeting, if time permits!

Ellen Bakulina started the topic SMT-Rus meeting 2020 in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 04:12:02 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

I hope you all had a good summer and will have a good semester, these unusual times notwithstanding! I’m very excited to announce the upcoming meeting of our interest group, to take place in November. The meeting will consist of four lightning talks:

“Ivan Wyschnegradsky and the Enigma of Modern Music,” Lee Cannon-…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina replied to the topic Call for papers in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:54:27 +0000

A little addition to the CFP: some of you expressed interest in holding a seminar-style music-analytical discussion in place of paper presentations. This is a great idea, but I thought it might be good to postpone this to a later year, since the 2020 SMT meting might be completely online, and a discussion on Zoom might involve technical and other problems.

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Call for papers in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:51:59 +0000

Dear friends,

I hope you all are surviving in this crazy time! Below is a CFP for the upcoming SMT-Rus meeting at SMT 2020.

The Russian Music Theory Interest Group (SMT-Rus) invites proposals for lightning talks for the meeting at SMT 2020. The topics may include

Theoretical/analytical materials originally written in the Russian language,…

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Ellen Bakulina started the topic New dissertation on Russian music: Aleksandra Drozzina in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:16:51 +0000

Congratulations to Aleksandra (Sasha) Drozzina, who recently defended her dissertation "Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Pärt: Religion and Spirituality during the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika." This was written at Louisiana State University, under the supervision of Inessa Bazayev. Looking forward to reading Sasha's work!

Ellen Bakulina started the topic New publications on Russian theory: Philip Ewell in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 05:13:03 +0000

Check out some of Philip Ewell’s recent publications on Russian-language music theory:

“On Rimsky-Korsakov’s False (Hexatonic) Progressions Outside the Limits of a Tonality,” in Music Theory Spectrum, Fall 2019 https://academic.oup.com/mts/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mts/mtz020/5688659

“On the Russian Concept of Lad, 1830–1945…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina replied to the topic Phrase terminology in Russian textbooks on form in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:02:25 +0000

Hi Yosef, indeed this is the first discussion, thanks for posting!

I recently explored the Mazel/Zuckerman textbook _Analiz muzykal'nykh proizvedeniy_ (Analysis of musical works), Moscow 1967, so I'll give you some things from there. One good place to start is the section titled "Period," which begins on p. 550 of the edition I have. For details,…[Read more]

Ellen Bakulina started the topic Welcome / Добро пожаловать in the discussion Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:49:15 +0000

Dear SMT-Rus members,

Welcome to the SMT Russian Music Theory Interest Group! This is our group's official web page starting January 2020, and I am Ellen Bakulina, chair of the group for the 2020-2022 term. All information pertaining to the group's activity will be available here. Please note that the RMTIG Google group will no longer be used for…[Read more]