The Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music (CISM) is an association of faculty and students at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) that promotes the study of music across academic disciplines. CISM begins with the position that music is an important and powerful cultural practice in which all people participate on some level. By sponsoring diverse projects that engage multiple disciplines, CISM works to expand the boundaries of traditional music research by creating an environment for high-level study and discussion of music that is not restricted to specialists.
How can you get involved with CISM?
- Email CISMinfo@gmail.com
- Come to a CISM-sponsored event (see Events for current schedule)
- Contact any member of the board regarding your interest in CISM
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Featured Events
Saturday and Sunday, 16-17 January, 2010
Music and the Written Word:
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
Music Building, UCSB
The UCSB Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music (CISM) is sponsoring an graduate student conference entitled Music and the Written Word. This conference will explore the convergence of music and text through a diverse collection of papers presented by graduate students from across the country and abroad.
A keynote address will be presented Saturday evening at 5:00PM by Josh Kun, Associate Professor at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and author of Audiotopia. The title of his paper is “Of Angels and Migrants: The Words and Music of El Otro Mexico.”
The conference is organized by graduate students, for graduate students. The event is open to the public and is free of charge. For a full schedule of events please see the conference website.