Welcome to the website of the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory.

Founded in 1998, the group is dedicated to promoting the scholarly study of popular music through methods including musical analysis and theory. Our goals include:

• Ensuring academic recognition for popular music research
• Encouraging more scholars of music theory to engage popular repertoires
• Encouraging scholars of popular music to make effective use of musical analysis and theory

Toward these ends, our attentions have been focused on four primary activities:

• An annual special session or round table at the SMT national conference
• A group meeting at the national conference for networking and exchange of ideas
• A large online discussion group
• The development of an active, extensive website

Anyone interested in the scholarly study of popular music is invited to join or visit SMT-Pop's electronic discussion list (pop-analysis). Simply go to http://listserv.unc.edu. Use the Search for List command to find pop-analysis. This will take you straight to a window where you can type in your name and e-mail address to subscribe.