Sound & Music SIG
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The Sound and Music Studies scholarly interest group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies
The Sound + Music SIG is extending the deadline for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award to August 15th. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a grad student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.
Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024
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August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Sound + Music SIG is extending the deadline for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award to August 15th. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a grad student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.
From Landon:
I'm happy to share that @askjerseth.bsky.social has been elected to three-year term as Co-Chair of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group. She'll be beginning her service alongside Co-Chair Phoebe Macrossan and Graduate Representative Ravi Krishnaswami. Congrats, Amy!
I'm happy to share that @askjerseth.bsky.social has been elected to three-year term as Co-Chair of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group. She'll be beginning her service alongside Co-Chair Phoebe Macrossan and Graduate Representative Ravi Krishnaswami. Congrats, Amy!
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
From Landon:
I'm happy to share that @askjerseth.bsky.social has been elected to three-year term as Co-Chair of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group. She'll be beginning her service alongside Co-Chair Phoebe Macrossan and Graduate Representative Ravi Krishnaswami. Congrats, Amy!
I'm happy to share that @askjerseth.bsky.social has been elected to three-year term as Co-Chair of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group. She'll be beginning her service alongside Co-Chair Phoebe Macrossan and Graduate Representative Ravi Krishnaswami. Congrats, Amy!
Reminder that our election for Sound & Music SIG Co-Chair (replacing the outgoing Landon Palmer) underway until tomorrow, June 11.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reminder that our election for Sound & Music SIG Co-Chair (replacing the outgoing Landon Palmer) underway until tomorrow, June 11.
The election for the new Co-Chair for the Sound and Music SIG is currently underway. We have three candidates for the position: Arzu Karaduman, Seth Mulliken, and Amy Skjerseth. You can vote via this link, which also includes the candidates' statements and bios: www.cmstudies.org/surveys/?id=...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The election for the new Co-Chair for the Sound and Music SIG is currently underway. We have three candidates for the position: Arzu Karaduman, Seth Mulliken, and Amy Skjerseth. You can vote via this link, which also includes the candidates' statements and bios: www.cmstudies.org/surveys/?id=...
Happy to announce that we are accepting submissions for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through 8/1. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.
Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024
docs.google.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy to announce that we are accepting submissions for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through 8/1. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.
We will be holding an election in June for a new Co-Chair to serve a three-year term as I have reached the end of my term as Co-Chair.
If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair, please send an e-mail to Landon Palmer at lapalmer2@ua.edu with the following information:
If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair, please send an e-mail to Landon Palmer at lapalmer2@ua.edu with the following information:
May 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We will be holding an election in June for a new Co-Chair to serve a three-year term as I have reached the end of my term as Co-Chair.
If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair, please send an e-mail to Landon Palmer at lapalmer2@ua.edu with the following information:
If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair, please send an e-mail to Landon Palmer at lapalmer2@ua.edu with the following information:
The SIG has put together a brief survey to assess interest in particular initiatives built upon some conversations held over the past year, including from our annual meeting. It should take no more than 10 minutes of your time and will run through Thursday, May 15:
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Sound and Music SIG Questionnaire 2025
The purpose of this questionnaire is to assess interest and explore ideas pertaining to several initiatives of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies....
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April 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The SIG has put together a brief survey to assess interest in particular initiatives built upon some conversations held over the past year, including from our annual meeting. It should take no more than 10 minutes of your time and will run through Thursday, May 15:
forms.gle/hbjUWGwzwejx...
forms.gle/hbjUWGwzwejx...
Good morning SCMSers!
While we don't have officially sponsored panels today we have noted these two as of potential interest:
O08: Sound, Affect, and the Cinema
Q21: Hidden Conduits of Control in the Media Industries.
While we don't have officially sponsored panels today we have noted these two as of potential interest:
O08: Sound, Affect, and the Cinema
Q21: Hidden Conduits of Control in the Media Industries.
April 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Good morning SCMSers!
While we don't have officially sponsored panels today we have noted these two as of potential interest:
O08: Sound, Affect, and the Cinema
Q21: Hidden Conduits of Control in the Media Industries.
While we don't have officially sponsored panels today we have noted these two as of potential interest:
O08: Sound, Affect, and the Cinema
Q21: Hidden Conduits of Control in the Media Industries.
Good morning SCMSers, we have two more sponsored panels today:
L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
M15: TikTok Musicalities
L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
M15: TikTok Musicalities
April 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Good morning SCMSers, we have two more sponsored panels today:
L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
M15: TikTok Musicalities
L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
M15: TikTok Musicalities
We have FOUR sponsored panels today:
F11: Elusive Voices: Between Sounds, Transcripts, and Algorithms
H05: The Sounds of Outer Space
H11: Sound Aesthetics Across Media
J20: Crisis Listening: Global Sound Technologies and States of Emergency
F11: Elusive Voices: Between Sounds, Transcripts, and Algorithms
H05: The Sounds of Outer Space
H11: Sound Aesthetics Across Media
J20: Crisis Listening: Global Sound Technologies and States of Emergency
April 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We have FOUR sponsored panels today:
F11: Elusive Voices: Between Sounds, Transcripts, and Algorithms
H05: The Sounds of Outer Space
H11: Sound Aesthetics Across Media
J20: Crisis Listening: Global Sound Technologies and States of Emergency
F11: Elusive Voices: Between Sounds, Transcripts, and Algorithms
H05: The Sounds of Outer Space
H11: Sound Aesthetics Across Media
J20: Crisis Listening: Global Sound Technologies and States of Emergency
Good morning, SCMS 2025! Today our SIG has two sponsored panels:
A04: Alternative Histories of Sound Art and Sound in the Museum
D12: Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Canada
Also reminder tonight is our mixer with RAMP Sig (see email for details).
A04: Alternative Histories of Sound Art and Sound in the Museum
D12: Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Canada
Also reminder tonight is our mixer with RAMP Sig (see email for details).
April 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Good morning, SCMS 2025! Today our SIG has two sponsored panels:
A04: Alternative Histories of Sound Art and Sound in the Museum
D12: Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Canada
Also reminder tonight is our mixer with RAMP Sig (see email for details).
A04: Alternative Histories of Sound Art and Sound in the Museum
D12: Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Canada
Also reminder tonight is our mixer with RAMP Sig (see email for details).
The Sound and Music SIG is once again collaborating with our friends in the Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting SIG to host a mixer during the 2025 conference, on Thursday, April 3rd. Check your SIG update email for location.
Here's a picture of a "mixer" for the algorithm:
Here's a picture of a "mixer" for the algorithm:
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Sound and Music SIG is once again collaborating with our friends in the Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting SIG to host a mixer during the 2025 conference, on Thursday, April 3rd. Check your SIG update email for location.
Here's a picture of a "mixer" for the algorithm:
Here's a picture of a "mixer" for the algorithm:
The Sound and Music SIG joins many of you in mourning the passing of Jonathan Sterne. It's no exaggeration to say that he defined our shared field of study, and he is warmly remembered by many as a generous mentor and colleague.
March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Sound and Music SIG joins many of you in mourning the passing of Jonathan Sterne. It's no exaggeration to say that he defined our shared field of study, and he is warmly remembered by many as a generous mentor and colleague.
The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a virtual conversation about the academic study of Taylor Swift to coincide with the publication of the edited collection, Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans, by Routledge.
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a virtual conversation about the academic study of Taylor Swift to coincide with the publication of the edited collection, Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans, by Routledge.
Sharing a conference CFP that may be of interest: "Screening Live Performance: Multi-camera production and the performing arts" aims to unpack the past, present, and future of multi-camera production for the performing arts to understand how this shapes our appreciation of live performance.
Call for Papers – Screening Live Performance
screeningliveperformance.soton.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sharing a conference CFP that may be of interest: "Screening Live Performance: Multi-camera production and the performing arts" aims to unpack the past, present, and future of multi-camera production for the performing arts to understand how this shapes our appreciation of live performance.
Now accepting requests for panel sponsorship for the 2025 conference. If you're part of a panel that fits the remit of the SIG and want to be considered for sponsorship, please send an e-mail to me via lapalmer2@ua.edu with your panel title, abstract (if it's a preconstituted panel), 1/2
January 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Now accepting requests for panel sponsorship for the 2025 conference. If you're part of a panel that fits the remit of the SIG and want to be considered for sponsorship, please send an e-mail to me via lapalmer2@ua.edu with your panel title, abstract (if it's a preconstituted panel), 1/2
What makes music video a unique medium? @carolmusicvideo.bsky.social Carol Vernallis's helpful new video essay theorizes this incredibly influential body of audiovisual work. Save this teaching resource to your favorites! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8b...
The Art of Music Video - 13 Points
YouTube video by Carol Vernallis
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December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
What makes music video a unique medium? @carolmusicvideo.bsky.social Carol Vernallis's helpful new video essay theorizes this incredibly influential body of audiovisual work. Save this teaching resource to your favorites! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8b...
Our annual meeting during the SCMS virtual symposium will be held Friday, 12/06 from 11am-Noon U.S. Central Standard Time. We'll be making announcements, discussing some upcoming initiatives, and more. Check your inbox for SCMS info about the symposium and links to the events.
a bald man is sitting in a chair giving a peace sign and the word meeting is behind him .
ALT: a bald man is sitting in a chair giving a peace sign and the word meeting is behind him .
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November 18, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Our annual meeting during the SCMS virtual symposium will be held Friday, 12/06 from 11am-Noon U.S. Central Standard Time. We'll be making announcements, discussing some upcoming initiatives, and more. Check your inbox for SCMS info about the symposium and links to the events.
Hello crew! Just a quick reminder that this is TOMORROW. Please be in touch if you are not on the email list and need the zoom link.
The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a conversation with Alyx Vesey discussing her new book, Extending Play: The Feminization of Collaborative Music Merchandise in the Early Twenty-First Century.
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Hello crew! Just a quick reminder that this is TOMORROW. Please be in touch if you are not on the email list and need the zoom link.
The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a conversation with Alyx Vesey discussing her new book, Extending Play: The Feminization of Collaborative Music Merchandise in the Early Twenty-First Century.
October 31, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The Sound and Music SIG is happy to announce that we'll be hosting a conversation with Alyx Vesey discussing her new book, Extending Play: The Feminization of Collaborative Music Merchandise in the Early Twenty-First Century.
Grad Students! The Sound and Music SIG is currently accepting submissions for the 2024 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through July 19. The winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. More info in this link: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024
docs.google.com
July 11, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Grad Students! The Sound and Music SIG is currently accepting submissions for the 2024 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through July 19. The winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. More info in this link: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Hello! This is your new grad rep @ravimusic.bsky.social taking over the social media. Beep boop.
July 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Hello! This is your new grad rep @ravimusic.bsky.social taking over the social media. Beep boop.
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We are currently seeking submissions on "screens and sound": creatively encompassing any definition of screen. Resonance is a University of California Press journal. Please circulate!
Resonance | University of California Press
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June 23, 2024 at 4:47 PM
We are currently seeking submissions on "screens and sound": creatively encompassing any definition of screen. Resonance is a University of California Press journal. Please circulate!
Congratulations to Ravi Krishnaswami, who has been elected to a two-year term as Graduate Student Representative of the SCMS Sound and Music Studies SIG (and will soon be taking the helm here and on our other other social media accounts 🙂)!
June 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Congratulations to Ravi Krishnaswami, who has been elected to a two-year term as Graduate Student Representative of the SCMS Sound and Music Studies SIG (and will soon be taking the helm here and on our other other social media accounts 🙂)!
This afternoon!
🗣️ ☎️ 📺 Join us for a Zoom roundtable on “Telephone Voices in Screen Representation,” May 8 at 4pm ET. Featuring scholars Emilio Audissino, Michael Baumgartner, James Deaville, and Caitlan Truelove! Please check your recent SIG email for the Zoom link and more info.
May 8, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This afternoon!