Shakespeare and Music Study Group
LightNews LightNews
banner
shakesmus.bsky.social
Shakespeare and Music Study Group
@shakesmus.bsky.social
26 followers 9 following 31 posts
Updates from the Shakespeare and Music Study Group. Listen to our podcast, 'Sounds and Sweet Airs', at http://soundsandsweetairs.buzzsprout.com

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
shakesmus.bsky.social
+++CFP DEADLINE+++
Do you have a research student whose work is in Shakespeare and Music?
Let us know by *15 Sept* via the contact form on our website!
We'd love to have them on our panel proposal for the 2026
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference:
www.rma.ac.uk/events/rma-r...
September 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
🪐✨CFP/REGISTRATION DEADLINE✨🪐

The deadline to register for our (and other's) seminar at the "Planetary Shakespeares" World Shakespeare Congress 2026 in Verona is September 15!
Read our CfP and details about the registration process on our website 👇

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/c...
CFP: ShakesMus at World Shakespeare Congress 2026
The Shakespeare and Music Study Group will organise a seminar at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, 20-26 July 2026. Pre-registration closes Sept. 15 2025.
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
Remember to email us by April 15 with your exciting Shakespeare and Music news! 📨
shakesmus.bsky.social Shakespeare and Music Study Group @shakesmus.bsky.social · Mar 19
🗞️🗞️The next Shakespeare and Music Study Group newsletter is due to go out to members in May, which means you have until 15 April to email us any pieces of news, publications, projects, concerts, or anything else you'd like to have included!🗞️🗞️
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
Contact and Subscribe
What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news? Two Gentlemen of Verona II.4.48–9 Subscribe to our mailing list Send us a message
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
🗞️🗞️The next Shakespeare and Music Study Group newsletter is due to go out to members in May, which means you have until 15 April to email us any pieces of news, publications, projects, concerts, or anything else you'd like to have included!🗞️🗞️
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
Contact and Subscribe
What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news? Two Gentlemen of Verona II.4.48–9 Subscribe to our mailing list Send us a message
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
The Shakespeare and Music Study Group mourns the passing of the great composer, theatre director and playwright Claire Van Kampen.

Claire was an advisor and a great supporter. She gave a fascinating keynote at our inaugural conference, and appeared on our podcast series.
We shall miss her dearly.
January 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Shakespeare and Music Study Group
hillgower.bsky.social
Thought I would offer a preview of an article slated for the next issue of Popular Music (which will feature Shakespeare as cover boy):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Celtic music, Shakespeare and fandom | Popular Music | Cambridge Core
Celtic music, Shakespeare and fandom
www.cambridge.org
January 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
Good morning from Aberdeen!
Our panel at the BFE-RMA Research student's conference will start very soon (at 9:30!) and we have four fascinating Shakespeare and Music related papers coming up!

If you can't be there, don't worry: this is the beginning of a live 🧵👇
January 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
Happy Holidays from the @royalmusical.bsky.social Shakespeare and Music Study Group!

We thank you for your continued support and are excited for 2025, which will start out strong with our first ever panel at the BFE-RMA Research Student’s Conference in Aberdeen.
An excerpt from Twelfth Night. Sir Toby Belch: [sings] O the twelfe day of December – Maria: For the love o' God, peace.
December 30, 2024 at 10:15 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
The deadline for proposals for our #ESRA 2025 seminar "Shakespeare and Music: Between Time and Timelessness" is approaching! Let us know until December 2nd, details on our website ⬇️
#Shakespeare #ESRA2025
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
🗞️Got news for the study group?🗞️
Let us know by October 21st!
We are looking for ShakesMus related news items from our members from around the world for our fall newsletter.
Not subscribed yet? Good news: You can do that via our website as well!👇
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
Contact and Subscribe
What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news? Two Gentlemen of Verona II.4.48–9 Subscribe to our mailing list Send us a message
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
September 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
++DEADLINE EXTENSION++

until Sept 30th for the BFE&RMA Research Student's Conference!
We're putting together a ShakesMus-panel!
Please contact us via the website or write to Michelle Assay with your paper proposals.
For details, see the conference website: www.rma.ac.uk/2024/07/08/c...
BFE and RMA Research Students’ Conference – Royal Musical Association
www.rma.ac.uk
September 18, 2024 at 10:08 AM
shakesmus.bsky.social
We're delighted to announce that our seminar proposal for the next #ESRA conference has been approved – which means that we are now looking for paper proposals!

You can find the call for papers on our website:
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/c...
CFP: Shakespeare and Music at ESRA 2025 Oporto
The Shakespeare and Music Study Group will be participating in ESRA 2025 with a seminar. Members are encouraged to submit their paper proposals in accordance with the Call for Papers below.
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
July 12, 2024 at 1:01 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
We're now taking submissions for our spring newsletter!

Have you got news for us? Let us know via our contact form! Not yet on our mailing list? In that case we have some good news: you can rectify that at the same link below 😉👇

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
Contact and Subscribe
What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news? Two Gentlemen of Verona II.4.48–9 Subscribe to our mailing list Send us a message
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
March 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
Our fall newsletter is just about done! Subscribe to our mailing list before it's sent out so you don't miss out on the latest #Shakespeare and #music news:
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
November 7, 2023 at 12:24 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
You can now read Anand Kumar's Conference Report about the 2023 ESRA conference in Budapest and our seminar there on our website:

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2023/11/02/c...
Conference Report: ShakesMus at ESRA 2023
Anand Kumar provides a report from the 2023 ESRA Conference and the group's seminar "Shakespeare and Music in a Changing World: ‘The rude sea grew civil at her song.'"
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
November 2, 2023 at 5:05 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
"...what news, I prithee?"
Queen Margaret, Henry VI, Part II [III, 2]

There's still time to submit #Shakespeare and #Music related news to our fall newsletter (and subscribe to it, too!)
⬇️

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/contact-subs...
Contact and Subscribe
What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news? Two Gentlemen of Verona II.4.48–9 Subscribe to our mailing list Send us a message
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
October 22, 2023 at 7:08 PM
shakesmus.bsky.social
Hello World!

We are now also here on bluesky!
You can also still visit us on Twitter @shakesmus for the time being as well as on our website:

shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
Shakespeare and Music Study Group
The RMA Shakespeare and Music Study Group provides a distinct forum for researchers and practitioners across disciplines and cultures with a common interest in the field of Shakespeare and music. The ...
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
October 19, 2023 at 1:44 PM