Music Career Resources : Scholars
A guide to books, websites, and more for musicians of all categories!
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- Grants Information CollectionThis page is maintained by the UW-Madison Libraries "for individuals and organizations looking for Wisconsin state and local government funding and assistance programs." Scroll down to the Arts and Humanities section for music-related grant-funding organizations.
- VolunteerMatch"VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement."
Local (selected)
- Graduate Academic Music Student Association (GAMSA)"Socializing, scholarly support, and professional development for graduate students in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, music education, and composition at UW-Madison - and community members / anyone else who's interested in these fields!" Find the organization on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=180394124489
National/International (selected)
- American Musicological Society (AMS)"The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship. 3,600 individuals and 1,100 institutional subscribers from over forty nations participate in the Society."
- College Music Society"The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education."
- Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)"The Society for Ethnomusicology was founded in 1955 to promote the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts. We examine music as central to human experience throughout space and time, and explore its profound relationship to cognition, emotion, language, dance, visual arts, spiritual belief, social organization, collective identity, politics, conflict and peace, economics, the physical body, and mental health."
- Society for Music Theory (SMT)"The Society for Music Theory was founded in 1977. The Society holds annual meetings, publishes two journals (Music Theory Spectrum and Music Theory Online), and encourages scholarly excellence by giving awards for outstanding publications in music theory. We also work to increase the diversity of our discipline and to promote fruitful exchanges between music theorists, musicologists, performers, and scholars in other fields."