Dear All,



This is the final reminder that the deadline for abstracts and proposals for the Society for Music Analysis' TAGS 2017 conference is approaching this week, on Friday, 16 December 2016! The conference will be held at Bangor University's newly refurbished School of Music. There is no conference fee.



We would welcome papers, themed sessions or lecture recitals by postgraduates and PhD candidates, whose research involves music analysis, relating to any style of music. The event provides a supportive and friendly environment in which postgraduates can gain experience in presenting their work and meet fellow researchers. Our keynote speaker will be Professor John Rink (University of Cambridge) (http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-rink). Please see the CfP enclosed below for full details, or follow the link: http://www.sma.ac.uk/2016/11/cfp-tags-2017/.



Student members of the Society for Music Analysis (SMA), who will be presenting at the event, are eligible to apply for an SMA Student Travel Bursary to help cover the costs of travel and accommodation. For further details about the SMA Travel Bursary or SMA Student Membership, please see details on the SMA website: http://www.sma.ac.uk/.



Many thanks and best wishes,



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Matthias Wurz

PhD candidate

School of Music

Bangor University





The SMA's annual Theory and Analysis Graduate Students (TAGS) Conference will be hosted by Bangor University, in the newly refurbished building of the School of Music on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of February, 2017. The conference interlinks with the Bangor Music Festival. The event provides a supportive and friendly environment in which postgraduates can gain experience in presenting their work and meet fellow researchers. Participants who do not wish to give a paper are also very welcome.



Our keynote speaker, Dr John Rink (http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-rink), is Professor of Musical Performance Studies in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge. In our TAGS 2017 conference, the SMA particularly invite papers from postgraduate students exploring the intersections between analysis and musical performance and/or performance analysis, but proposals are invited for 20-minute papers, themed sessions and lecture recitals addressing any analytical, critical or theoretical subject and in relation to any style of music. This includes:



*         Analysing non-Western Musics;



*         Performance as Analysis / Analysis as Performance;



*         Analysis, Philosophy, and Critical Theory;



*         Intersections between History, Theory, and Analysis;



*         Analysing Popular Music and Improvisation;



*         Music Perception and Cognition;



*         Empirical Approaches to Music



*         Analysing a-/microtonal Music;



*         Themed sessions focusing on the analysis of a particular work(s), or on specific arrangements or transcriptions are also welcomed.



For 20-minute paper proposals, abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent by email to Matthias Wurz at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Please include name, affiliation, postal address, email address, and AV requirements on a separate cover sheet (Ms Word or PDF). Organisers of themed sessions should submit a brief overview together with the individual abstracts. Proposals for lecture recitals / composition performances should include full details of the proposed performance and any relevant requirements in their cover sheet.



The closing date for receipt of proposals is 16th December 2016. All those submitting proposals will be notified of the outcome by the beginning of January 2017. Delegates will be invited to register from lunchtime on Saturday 18th February, and the conference will run until Sunday afternoon, 19th February, 2017.



For information about travel to the School of Music at Bangor University: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/music/study-with-us/find-us/en



If you are presenting a paper you will be eligible to apply for an SMA Student Travel Bursary to help cover the costs of travel and accommodation (B&B accommodation will be available). Further details can be found  here: http://www.sma.ac.uk/grants/travel/; please note that the deadline for applications for bursaries is 17th February 2017.



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Matthias Wurz

PhD candidate

School of Music



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