Society for Musicology in Ireland

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The Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) is an Irish learned society in the field of musicology. Founded in 2003, it reflects the growing research activity and the increasing academic tuition available at Irish universities in the fields of music and musicology that has been visible since the early 1990s. [1] Since 2011, the SMI benefits from charitable tax exemption by the Revenue Commissioners.

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Overview

The SMI was founded in acknowledgement of the immense increase in musical scholarship on the island of Ireland since the early 1990s. While a number of the founding members had previously been members of the Royal Musical Association (RMA) (United Kingdom), [2] the dynamic growth of the field in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) has led to the inauguration of an independent society with friendly links to the RMA.

The SMI's constitution describes the main object of the society as "the advancement of education, specifically in the field of musicology, and to promote and foster musical scholarship in all its forms throughout Ireland, north and south by organizing annual conferences, generating publications, and maintaining a website which contains relevant expert resources which are freely and publicly available". [3]

The society organises an annual plenary conference, usually around June, an annual postgraduate plenary conference in January that is held in conjunction with the Irish national committee of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM-IE) as well as a number of associated events per year on varying topics on the initiative of music departments around the country. [4]

Members and other scholars publish their research in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (JSMI) and the book series Irish Musical Studies. [5]

The society has a strong working relationship with the Research Foundation for Music in Ireland (RFMI), maintained by the TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama and which, since 2012, houses the SMI Library. Furthermore, the SMI represents the Irish committee for RILM (through the RFMI), [6] RISM [7] and IAML.

Presidents

Irish Research Council Harrison Medal

Since 2004, the SMI awards the Irish Research Council Harrison Medal to honour international musicologists with outstanding achievements and excellence in research in musicology. It is named in honour of the Irish musicologist Frank Llewellyn Harrison (1905–1987). Recipients include Christoph Wolff (2004), Margaret Bent (2007), Kofi Agawu (2009), Christopher Hogwood (2011), Barra Boydell and Harry White (2013), Susan Youens (2016), Jim Samson (2018), and Michael Beckerman (2021). [8]

Publications and outreach

Outreach activities of the SMI include a dedicated YouTube channel, a public Facebook page, and a Twitter account.

Research resources

Honorary and Corresponding Members

Honorary Members of the SMI include: Ita Beausang, Hilary Bracefield, Barra Boydell, Patrick Devine, Paul Everett, Gerard Gillen, Kerry Houston, John O'Conor, David Rhodes, Jan Smaczny, and Harry White. [10]

Corresponding Members, defined as "honorary members who live abroad and who have made particularly notable contributions to furthering musicology in Ireland" [11] include John Butt, Julian Horton, Axel Klein, Harald Krebs, Sharon Krebs, John Rink, R. Larry Todd, Katharina Uhde, and Susan Youens.

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References

  1. ↑ Michael Murphy, "Society for Musicology in Ireland", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. Harry White and Barra Boydell (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2013), p. 941.
  2. ↑ Murphy (2013).
  3. ↑ §2 of the SMI's constitution, see https://musicologyireland.com/constitution; retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Murphy (2013).
  5. ↑ Murphy (2013).
  6. ↑ "RILM Ireland | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "RISM Ireland | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Irish Research Council - Harrison Medal | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Irish Musical Studies". boydellandbrewer.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Honorary Members | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Corresponding Members | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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