SMT Queer Resource Group (SMT-LGTB)

Mission Statement

The SMT Queer Resource Group (SMT-LGTB) explores issues of gender and sexuality as they pertain to music theory scholarship and to the professional lives of music theorists.

Members

Co-chairs: Clara Latham and Vivian Luong
Board members: Michael Hayden and Taylor Myers

Activities

2017
At the 2017 annual meeting, the SMT Queer Resource Group organized a special panel celebrating the work of Fred Everett Maus titled “Fred Everett Maus and Queer Music Theory: Retrospective and Prospective.”

2016

Together with the AMS LGBTQ Study Group, SEM Gender and Sexualities Task Force, UBC (School of Music, and Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice), and Women & Music journal, QRG sponsored “Race-ing Queer Music Scholarship,” a symposium held in conjunction with the AMS/SMT Nov 2016 meeting in Vancouver. The symposium focused on the intersection of critical race and queer music scholarship, particularly the marginalization of race in queer music discourse.

Mentorship

Potential mentors and mentees are encouraged to write to the co-chairs, Clara Latham and Vivian Luong, to be matched up with suitable mentors, depending on each individual’s circumstances and needs. (Advice offered draws on each mentor’s experience and does not represent SMT’s views.) The Queer Resource Group welcomes the establishment of formal and informal affiliations with friends, allies, and other SMT committees and interest groups.

Contact

For more information on the SMT Queer Resources Group or to find out more about how to participate in this group please contact Clara Latham or Vivian Luong.