We have meetings every 4-6 weeks, ranging from discussion of articles and in-progress drafts to joint transcription and analysis of recordings.
Past meetings:
August 2023: informational research updates from group members and planning meeting.
May 2023: presentation and discussion on Syrian Jewish Sabbath liturgy, led by Mark Kligman.
January 2023: group discussion on anti-semitism, academic music organizations, and music analysis.
October 2022: dry-run of AMS/SMT/SEM special session panel, “The Concept of Mode in Jewish Music Studies.” Presenters: Yonatan Malin, Mark Kligman, Marc Perlman, Tina Frühauf, Rachel Adelstein, and Daniel Shanahan.
September 2022: paper presentations: “The Services and Antics of the Singing Assistants (“m’shor’rim”) of a Nomadic Synagogue Cantor in the Russian Empire (Principally Ukraine and Poland) ca. 1820,” and “The Hidden Influence of Biblical Chant in Renaissance Polyphony?” by Daniel Katz.
April 2022: “Of roots and routes: How Jewish music helped me find home” presentation by Susanne Kosowitz.
February 2022: informational research updates from group members and planning meeting.
December 2021: analysis of body movement and meter in Ashkenazi liturgical chant, led by Rosa Abrahams.
October 2021: informal research updates from group members and planning meeting.
August 2021: analysis of phonation and style in Romaniote liturgical music, led by Gabriel Zuckerberg.
July 2021: transcription and analysis of Ashkenazi liturgical music by Kashtan, led by Daniel Katz.
June 2021: business and planning meeting.
May 2021: modal analysis in the music of the Great Cantorate recordings, led by Mark Kligman.
March 2021: analysis of prayer chant of East-European Jews, led by Judit Frigyesi.
January 2021: Klezmer idioms and schema theory, led by Yonatan Malin.
November 2020: modality and compositional process in Klezmer, led by Joel Rubin.
October 2020: inaugural meeting, business and planning.