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themus (The Music Society at Temple) is a student-run organization that provides a forum for the stu

The Temple University Theory and Musicology Society (THEMUS) is a student-run organization intended to provide music students with an open forum for the exposure and development of scholarly work within the disciplines of music theory, musicology and ethnomusicology. THEMUS will host regular lectures and workshops with visiting professors and alumni. In addition, THEMUS will organize an annual regional graduate student conference for theory and musicology.

03/17/2023

With just a short 15 days until the themus conference, don’t forget to register here at the link below.
On the day of the conference, we will be in room 142 of Presser Hall. Registration will begin at 9:00am, and the conference will start promptly at 9:30am, with a break for lunch and wrapping up at 5:00pm.
We’re so excited to see you all there!

Please fill out this form by 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, March 23.

12/30/2022

Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to submit to themus's 10th annual conference! See our most recent post for details and submission form.

12/19/2022

Themus is excited to now be accepting submissions for our tenth annual conference!

Proposals should be sent using this form: https://forms.gle/JkN3Mw5aD5UKr4UF9
by 11:59 PM ET on Friday, December 30, 2022. No information that identifies the author should appear in the proposal title or abstract (including the file name). Proposals should include:

Your name (as you’d like it to appear in the program), email address, institutional affiliation, & paper title.
An anonymized abstract of 200–250 words suitable for publication in the program.
A biography of no more than 100 words suitable for publication in the program.

All those submitting proposals will be notified of the outcome by January 31, 2023.

More information on our keynote speakers and conference theme can be found on the conference website:
https://sites.temple.edu/themus/conference/current-conference/

We are looking forward to reading your proposals, and to a wonderful conference!

2023 Conference CALL FOR PAPERSthemus (The Music Society at Temple)Tenth Annual MeetingTemple University, Philadelphia, PAFriday, March 31, 2023themus (The Music Society at Temple) is excited to announce a call for papers for its tenth annual graduate conference, which will take place on Friday, Mar...

02/05/2022

01/03/2022

Happy new year! We are extending the deadline for submissions to our Ninth Annual Graduate Student Conference in Music Studies. Submissions will now be accepted until the new deadline on Friday, January 7 at 11:59PM.

Conference Date: Saturday, 9 April 2022
Conference URL: https://sites.google.com/a/temple.edu/themus/2022-conference
Keynote Speakers: Licia Carlson (Providence College)
Venue: Tuttleman Learning Center, Rm 107

Research relating to any field of music studies (music theory, history, ethnomusicology, composition, interdisciplinary studies) will be considered. Proposals should be designed for a 20-minute presentation/10-minute discussion format.

Our keynote speaker will be Professor Licia Carlson of Providence College. Professor Carlson is an interdisciplinary expert in Philosophy of Disability, Biomedical Ethics, 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Music, and Feminist Philosophy. She released her most recent book, Embracing Asymmetry and Humility in the Face of Disability, in 2019, and plans to have another book out on music, philosophy, and disability in 2022.

Please visit the conference URL (above) or linktr.ee/themus for submission instructions and other conference details. And if you’re not a current graduate student, we invite you to share this message with friends, students, advisees, and colleagues who may be interested! Please direct inquiries to [email protected], or follow us on social media for additional program information as it becomes available.

With best wishes for a happy new year,
themus Officers, 2021-2022

Daniel Carsello, President
Elysia Hempel, Vice President
Emily DeWoolfson, Conference Chair
Adam Rizzo, Treasurer
Emily Travaline, Secretary

05/17/2021

Congratulations to our newly elected board:

President: Daniel Carsello
Vice President: Elysia Hempel
Conference Chair: Emily DeWoolfson
Treasurer: Adam Rizzo
Secretary: Emily Travaline

We can’t wait to see all that you accomplish!

04/02/2021

Make sure to register for the conference by going to this link: https://forms.gle/DSscj2X4RDvLkHre6! The synchronous portion of our conference begins tomorrow, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Somebody especially excited for tomorrow is also the subject of our final ! Marcos Acevedo-Arús, our Treasurer, is a second-year master’s student in music theory. He is a TA at Temple, assisting with the lab sections of Theory IV. Marcos’ current research interests center around the music of video games, with his thesis dealing with the interaction of immersion and flow with music in video games. He also has an interest in the music of Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised, and will be presenting a paper on music in the 2019 protests against former Governor Ricardo Rosselló at this year’s conference of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter for the Society for Ethnomusicology. Before coming to Temple, Marcos attained a B.M. in Piano Performance from the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico in San Juan, PR. Outside of music, Marcos enjoys watching anime, swimming, having staring contests with his cat, Nadia, and playing video games, especially fighting games with his friends.

03/31/2021

We're only 3 days out from the synchronous portion of this year's conference! Make sure you've registered for the conference, as registering will give you access to the already available YouTube links as well as the Zoom link for this Saturday at 10 AM ET!