UTRGV | The Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Chapter Virtual Conference 2023

SEMSP 2023 Bilingual Conference ∙ April, Saturday 8

The Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern Plains Chapter (SEMSP) is a regional chapter of The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). The Southern Plains chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM-SP) was founded in 2008. The chapter serves those interested in ethnomusicology living in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. SEM-SP hosts an annual academic conference in the spring, and also gathers during the SEM national conference in the fall. We welcome all interested individuals and groups in our territory to become active in the chapter. If you do not live in these states, other existing chapters of the Society for Ethnomusicology may be of more assistance to you.

The Society for Ethnomusicology was founded in 1955 to promote the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts. SEM is multidisciplinary in concept and worldwide in scope. Members of the Society for Ethnomusicology are scholars, students, performers, publishers, museum specialists, and librarians from numerous disciplines.

Jacqueline Avila

Keynote Speaker

Jacqueline Avila is a musicologist who specializes in film music studies, sound studies, and the intersections of identity, tradition, and modernity in the musical cultures and new media of Mexico, Latin America, and the Latinx community in the United States. Her book, Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity in Mexico’s Época de Oro was published in 2019 by Oxford University Press, Music and Media Series. Dr. Avila’s current projects focus on transnationalism, nostalgia, and cultural identity in Latinx film and streaming media and the musical cultures on the US-Mexico border.