4th Summer School for Popular Music Theory and Analysis, IPM-IPM-SMA (University of Liverpool)
17th – 19th July 2025
The Institutes of Popular Music of both Rochester and Liverpool, together with the Society for Music Analysis, are pleased to announce their fourth Summer School dedicated to popular music theory and analysis.
Set in the vibrant city of Liverpool, UK, the course will be held on Thursday 17th – Saturday 19th July 2025.
The teaching of the course features intensive workshops with leading experts in the field: Christopher Doll (Columbia), Jocelyn Neal (UNC at Chapel Hill) and Brad Osborn (Kansas). Plenary speakers will include Sarah Hill (Oxford) and Justin Williams (Bristol), as well as University of Liverpool Staff.
During the course, we will share and explore some of the latest research in popular music theory, making the course ideal for graduate students or early career researchers.
While the course fee is covered by sponsorship, spaces are limited, and we invite applications to be submitted online using the form below. The deadline for applications is April 25th. Applicants will be notified on April 28th. Please note that travel, accommodation and subsidence must be covered by delegates.
For informal enquiries please email:kenneth.smith@liverpool.ac.uk.
For more informations : https://www.sma.ac.uk/popular-music-theory-analysis-summer-school-4/