Musicological Society of Australia
The MSA is the pre-eminent organisation for music research in Australia.
Membership is open to all interested parties anywhere in the world. Membership includes a subscription to the journal Musicology Australia.
Welcome to the website of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA).
This website provides information about the society, including the constitution, committee membership and annual general meeting (AGM). There is advice on MSA membership and details about the MSA annual conference and study days.
The website also highlights relevant publications, including the MSA’s journal Musicology Australia, which is published by Taylor & Francis.
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Musicology Australia
Musicology Australia is the scholarly journal of the Musicological Society of Australia. Since its inception in 1963, the journal has published articles on a very wide range of music research, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music, Indigenous music practices, jazz, theory and analysis, and historically informed performance.
Call for Papers to mark the 50th anniversary of the MSA 1976–2026. Musicology Australia will publish a special anniversary issue of the journal, for which we invite proposals for articles on the history, development, and practice of music research cultures in Australia. Please see the CFP here for more details.
Latest articles published in Musicology Australia
- Louise Dyer and the Exposition internationale, Paris 1937: Forging the ‘amitié Franco-Australienne’
- Training the ‘Audiences of the Future’: Nation Building Through Education and the Sydney British Music Society
- Olivier Messiaen: A Critical Biography
- Musical Entanglements Between Germany and East Asia: Transnational Affinity in the 20th and 21st Centuries
MSA members can access Musicology Australia by signing in at the top-right of this page, and visiting the Members Area.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The MSA also supports a group called MSA Forum on the platform Humanities Commons, which members can use to communicate with one another and make announcements. The group is unmoderated and anybody can join. View instructions on how to do so here.
Further advice is available about how to use the forum functions.
DONATE
MSA is entered on the Register of Cultural Organisations and welcomes donations, which are tax deductible.
Donated funds are used exclusively for the MSA’s cultural purposes.