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Bibliographies and Archives
Engaged Music Theory
Inspired by Naomi André’s vision of an “engaged musicology”, the members of the Engaged Music Theory Working Group collectively assembled this thorough bibliography to encourage music scholars to engage directly with issues of cultural politics—race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, intersectionality, decolonization, and disability—in their research and teaching.
The Queer Musicology Bibliography
This bibliography is a collection of syllabi, style guides, and scholarship relating to queer musicology. It was assembled by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Study Group, a recognized special interest group of the American Musicological Society.
Music Theory Examples by Women
This database, inspired by Tim Cutler’s Music Theory Examples, features excerpts and complete musical compositions by women composers. The music is categorized by theoretical concept for use in music education.
The Composers of Color Resource Project
This project houses resources for music by composers of color. It is not intended to be limited to (a) “traditional” music theory topics or (b) notated music in the Western art music tradition. Analytical notes are being made available, while a Google Sheet summarizes music theory topics that can be taught using the repertoire. This site is continually updated with more resources for music theory instructors.
Affiliated Organizations
The Grant Hagan Society
The Grant Hagan Society is a graduate-student led affinity group to support people of color in Yale University’s Department of Music.
The Southern Pian Society
The Southern Pian Society, the Music Department affinity group for graduate students of color, was named after the two tenured women of color on the faculty of the music department: Eileen Southern (1920-2002) and Rulan Pian (1922-2013). It was the brainchild of ethnomusicology graduate student Krystal Klingenberg, who articulated the need for such a group in a letter co-written with fellow ethno grad student Matthew Leslie Santana in the spring of 2016 that addressed faculty diversity in the music department.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Music Studies
EDIMS is a cross-organisational network which aims to promote, support and share good practice in relation to EDI in Music Higher Education in the UK. The Network has grown out of the EDI Working Group established by MusicHE and the Royal Musical Association in early 2019.
For the Daughters of Harlem Working in Sound
For the Daughters of Harlem: Working in Sound is a multi-year project inviting girls and young women of color from New York City’s public high schools to Columbia University to engage with music—as composers, improvisers, sound artists, and thinkers—under the guidance of faculty, graduate students, and invited workshop leaders.
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