Midlands Music Research Network

We are still looking for participants for our podcast! Do write to us at [email protected] to express your interest!

We are looking for new committee members 2022/23! 🗣️Getting involved is a great way to get connected in Music research and to boost professional skills. Planned activities include a conference, a new podcast series, webinars, and more. Info below >> @Midlands4Cities @ahrcpress

We are still accepting blog submissions for the summer series so please don't hesitate to send your posts to [email protected]! #MMRN #summerblogs Read the full call for posts below👇

ICYMI: Call for blog posts! Writing for a blog can be a great way to: - practice your public engagement skills - spark a debate around your work, or - reach a more diverse audience with your writing. If you have a post to share (or even just an idea) please get in touch. #MMRN

Call for blog posts! If you are interested in sharing your research in a more informal setting, why not submit a blog post for our Summer Blog Series? Get inspired by our previous blog posts here: bit.ly/3NJesZj #MMRN #summerblogs Check out the full call for posts👇

Conference profile: Musician, theologian, and MMRN chair Daniel Johnson will be presenting his paper entitled 'Let Heaven and Nature Sing: Creation and the New Creation in the hymns of Isaac Watts'. @danjohnsonhymns @uniofleicester @NexusICA #MMRNConference #MMRN22

Conference profile: Lee Griffiths from Birmingham City University will be presenting a paper entitled 'Jazz and its boundaries: a Baradian perspective'. @MyBCU @JazzResearchBCU @bcumedia #MMRNConference #MMRN22

If you haven't already got our conference in your diary, now's the time! There's no need to register, simply visit our website to find details for the zoom meeting: bit.ly/3IDqjpT #MMRN22 #MMRNConference @Midlands4Cities @ahrcpress

Conference profile: York-based musicologist Yaou Zhang will be presenting a paper entitled 'Are the ghosts real? Attitudes towards the supernatural in Benjamin Britten’s 'The Turn of the Screw''. @Eura49361135 @Music_at_York @UniOfYork #MMRNConference #MMRN22

Conference profile: Violinist and researcher Tatjana Ostrovska will be presenting her paper 'The Invisible Audience' which looks at the role of absent audiences in live-streamed classical music. @TanyaOstrovska @guildhallschool #MMRNConference

Conference profile: Russian Studies graduate and Metal Music scholar, Dawn Hazle, will be presenting her paper 'Across the Iron Curtain: Eruption and Development of Metal Music in Soviet Russia'. @UniofNottingham @UoNHearSci @hearingnihr @CLASUoN #MMRNConference

Conference profile: Opera singer and Voice and Historical Performance Practice lecturer, Mhairi Lawson, will be presenting a paper entitled 'Robert Burns’ “The Slave’s Lament”: engagement after indifference? A song from 1792'. @MhairiLawson @guildhallschool #MMRNConference

Check out the programme for the 2nd MMRN conference! Watch this space over the next few weeks for profiles of all 9 presenters. bit.ly/3IDqjpT @Midlands4Cities @ahrcpress #musicresearch #conference #AcademicTwitter #research #PhD #MMRNConference

One day left! Time is running out to submit proposals for the MMRN Conference. If you would like to be part of this conference please send your proposal to [email protected] Visit our website to read the CfP and find out more about our network: bit.ly/3IDqjpT

Time's running out to submit proposals to the MMRN 2nd Annual Conference! We invite papers that look at music from all perspectives. If your research could benefit from being showcased to our super network send your proposal to: [email protected] bit.ly/3IDqjpT

The CfP deadline for the MMRN 2nd Annual Conference is fast approaching! Send proposals to [email protected] to share your music research with our amazing network. (Presentations interrupted by pets and young children are particularly welcome) bit.ly/3IDqjpT

MMRN 2nd Annual Conference - CfP The call is now open for papers for our conference on Music and Boundary: Traversing Musical Borders, May 9th - 10th. Proposals to be sent to [email protected] by March 4th 2022.