Music Theory/Genre Theory Conference

Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in questions of musical genre, ranging from thinkpieces on whether genre is irrelevant or stubbornly persistent in the 21st century, to critiques directed at the gatekeeping function that genre has historically served within the music industry. While recent research has fostered a deeper understanding of genre’s nature and sociohistoric functions, much of the discussion to date has paid less attention to how genre both mediates and is mediated by the