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.

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Indigenous Music and Dance Symposium, Closing Ceremony, Melbourne, 2019 — Indigenous Showcase Smoking Ceremony at the 2019 Musicological Society of Australia National Conference, at Monash University, Clayton, VIC.

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.

MSA National Conference 2022
The 45th National Conference of the MSA will take place online, 1–3 December 2022.
Confirmed keynote speakers are Kate van Orden (Harvard University) and Sarah Kirby (University of Melbourne and State Library of NSW).
Visit the conference page here for further information

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 all aspects of music research, especially ethnomusicology and musicology, which marks it out from most other music journals.

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Latest articles published in Musicology Australia

Messiaen’s Australian Birds: The Impact of H. Sydney Curtis
by Hollis Taylor on 15 September 2022
Professional Pathways for Musicians with Disability in Victoria, Australia
by Anthea Skinner on 9 August 2022
Rave Music as Top Forty Pop
by Adrian Renzo on 4 August 2022
The Creation of the ABC Studio Orchestras, 1935–1945
by Kenneth Morgan on 29 July 2022

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.

Visit the group page

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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.

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