tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178212432024-03-06T22:45:55.272-05:00The Musicologist YogiFormer title: "Beyond Academia; Or, How to Escape the Grind." I started this blog as a wee PhD student; I've changed my mind about a lot written earlier. Musicologist in NYC; I write here on music, yoga, academe, and adjunct life. Main interests: motets, early English musical culture, piano, music education/pedagogy, yoga and mindfulness, public musicology, disability studies, aesthetics, gender and sexuality, dystopian, fantasy and sci-fi lit, liberal politics and Christianity, and feminism.Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-91794115232997020132018-12-31T21:35:00.002-05:002018-12-31T21:37:32.066-05:002018 in Review & Welcome to 2019
2018 in Review // New Year 2019
2018 was one hell of a year. Still, it wasn't too bad--as I always say, a year in which my apartment doesn't burn down is a good year (ahem, eff you, 2014). A brief review of Sammee's life in 2018:
January
I had a pretty intense & traumatic holiday in 2017, so January was spent recuperating.
February
My aunt Sandra, who was very close to me, Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-51802293727280961362018-09-02T07:14:00.001-04:002018-09-02T07:14:59.070-04:00Self Care Update: Freelancing, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and the myth of scarcity
Freelancing & Scholarship: Academia, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and the myth of scarcity in the 21st Century
It is 6:02AM and I've been up since 3:30AM with a stomachache from celebrating my 5th wedding anniversary. My stomach is still super queasy from surviving an eating disorder in my 20s, and more recently due to the gastric ulcer & gastritis I developed when lupus started attacking my stomach.Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-7252783066787256872018-08-07T10:46:00.000-04:002018-08-10T04:27:35.391-04:00SELF CARE
GOOD TUESDAY!
Wow, I haven’t updated this blog in a long time. I’ll spare you a catch up and will just say that I’m Samantha, I’m now 36, and I’m a self-employed musicologist, private music and yoga teacher, and an adjunct music professor at universities in the NYC metro area. I live in Brooklyn with my spouse, Eric—a graphic designer and artist—and our menagerie of pets: Jules, pitbull mixSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-59114376990032886102015-03-20T12:42:00.001-04:002018-08-07T11:21:57.728-04:00A MOTET!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RAAFWoE5co
Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-59001003342123736042010-06-05T22:20:00.002-04:002010-06-06T00:45:12.354-04:00Organisation and the PhDI think doing a PhD is mostly about being well-organised. I mean, it takes a certain above-average intelligence (does not demand as much great intelligence as in the past, what with grade inflation), but even the most intelligent person cannot write a good book if she is not organised. I'm not saying that I am any expert; in fact, I would say that I'm basically a failure and that I need to Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-5360714430926077642010-03-06T01:04:00.002-05:002010-03-06T01:08:07.983-05:00Come listen to Sammee speak musicological things...List of conference I'll present papers at this semester:March: Cambridge University, the Plainsong and Medieval Music conferenceMay: University of Calgary, Confounding Expectations, Inspiring Minds Graduate conferenceJuly: Royal Holloway University, the Medieval and Renaissance Music conferenceJuly: the North American British Music Studies Association conferenceSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-57267215232597656452009-12-21T10:08:00.003-05:002009-12-21T10:11:46.665-05:00SHOUT OUT TO RECENT PHD GRADS...... although I'm not sure who might read this post. How did you go about completing the Literature Review? What did you do when you read all the recommended books by your supervisors and still had a pathetic list of sources because your topic has not been written about since 1901? I know the most obvious thing is to bug my supervisors about this again, but I'd rather be more independent than thatSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-85120330154506269762009-11-28T15:25:00.002-05:002009-11-28T15:48:20.439-05:00Oh the odds and ends...... of a PhD dissertation/thesis (if I were in the UK, it would be thesis, but readers in the US will be more familiar with dissertation, very confusing and I often don't know what to call it). Right now, I'm overwhelmed by the UK PhD skills audit, which is a requirement for UK postgraduate students. We are supposed to graduate without merely just the knowledge of our PhD topic and subject area, Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-90826365392631140292009-11-17T23:09:00.001-05:002009-11-17T23:10:33.631-05:00Preliminary research on Ruth Crawfordhttp://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ruth+crawford+intestinal+cancer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ozartsreview/Features/disabled.htmlhttp://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/rcstraus.htmlhttp://www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/03/eric-s-blog/ruth-crawford-seeger-modernist-cum-folkie.htmlhttp://www.iawm.org/articles_html/mirchandani_Judith_Tick.htmlSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-54792520587071567902009-11-17T22:39:00.003-05:002009-11-17T23:00:38.369-05:00Disability Studies and the PhD dissertationThe conference paper I gave on scholars with invisible illnesses has been published in the journal Music Theory Online, issue 15/3, August 2009. If anyone would like further details about the study I did, or would like the details to be published in blog form, please let me know. The article will also be published in an Israeli disability activist newsletter. I am still interested in disability Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-27228681321263903862008-12-18T17:01:00.005-05:002009-01-04T21:35:40.623-05:00What's all this about fairness?I'm not really sure what I'm doing with blogging, as I often don't have the time or health or readers to encourage me to pursue it. I see all my friends writing these lovely, thought-provoking blogs, and I want to do the same. However, I also don't like the idea of putting it all out there on the Internets for everyone to read. What I'm going to pursue for this blog will be a collection of Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-31333576322229274332008-06-19T10:14:00.003-04:002008-06-19T11:07:52.472-04:00Shame, Shame, ShameAs I've discussed earlier on this blog, I am conducting a study on music scholars and students with invisible, chronic illnesses. Please do not badger me with comments as to why I have not updated my blog. I am a very busy and/or infirm person and blogging is not, at the moment, high on my agenda. When I am not facing the challenges of my auto-immune diseases, I am functioning as a graduate Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-76242533328280934252008-01-01T10:12:00.000-05:002008-01-01T11:08:03.601-05:00RIP Leonard B. MeyerYesterday, I read on the AMS listserv that Leonard B. Meyer, prolific and influential music cognition, theorist, aesthetician and philosopher had passed away. I read Emotion and Meaning in Music during my first term as a master's student at Oxford, and have subsequently read Style and Music: Theory, History and Ideology, The Rhythmic Structure of Music, Explaining Music: Essays and Explorations, Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-45613677387141153312008-01-01T03:06:00.000-05:002008-01-01T03:08:45.153-05:00Musicophilia Samantha 2007 As much as 2006 saw me returning to my punk love with a vengeance, my 2007 musical passions were a discovery of metal and “indie,” and a continuance of my punk fetish. In “classical” music, I became even more fond of William Byrd and his cronies, and rejuvenated my love for Janacek, Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Vaughn Williams, Elgar, Amy Beach, Mahler, Louise FarrencSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-12626763666106473792008-01-01T01:31:00.000-05:002008-01-04T10:16:51.696-05:00Reading Challenge I've decided to follow Rebecca's example and try to read 50 pleasurable, non-musicological books this year. Below is the BBC's Top 200 books. I've italicized the books I've already read and put stars beside those I would like to read for 2008.Here's the list of what I'll read this year:Finish: His Dark Materials (Pullman), I Am America and So Can You (Colbert), The House of Leaves, One Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-44837947491191234102007-12-27T23:37:00.000-05:002008-01-21T13:39:32.581-05:00OZMAWow, I am just full of posts today. Perhaps it is because I've been sick and laying around thinking all day; or else it is because I am *still stuck in Pennsylvania*. Oy. I would like to take advantage of my sole ownership of this forum and introduce anyone reading to the GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME: OZMA. I know, this is a lofty title to bestow upon any one group, but I think they are one of Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-10947794050361008802007-12-27T15:31:00.000-05:002008-01-21T13:43:36.391-05:00Happy HolidaysMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Merry Yuletide, Happy Winter Solstice, etc., whatever you celebrate. I am stuck in rural Pennsylvania with a head cold, sore throat and flu from my crazy family, and am playing around with geeky gadgets on the Internet to amuse myself. I think this video by Linkin Park is inspirational. I am subjecting anyone who reads this blog to it and the lyrics.Linkin Park, "Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-74254956354888037762007-12-04T07:30:00.000-05:002007-12-27T01:16:48.765-05:00Where have all the geek girls gone?I have been known to read a shitty magazine or two, now and again. I can't help it; I enjoy reading things like Allure and Glamour and Fitness and Self sometimes. So sue me. I do have my standards, though. I do NOT read Cosmo, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, tabloids, US Weekly, or (usually) People. However, recently I was waiting to see my therapist and picked up a People magazine. It was the Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-88169689063478749982007-12-02T00:52:00.000-05:002007-12-27T01:18:51.081-05:00Music and InfluenceI consider myself to be a very opinionated person, but not in a bad way. Just that I have very defined opinions that I like to share, but I expect others to lend their opinions and engage in an interesting dialogue with me. I tell my students that I hope they will disagree with me and engage in debate. I share my opinions with my students, which I expect them to take with a grain of salt. I Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-29427844564512797032007-11-27T23:58:00.000-05:002007-11-28T00:00:39.044-05:00Request for Interview Sheet Feedback for Disability StudiesIf any of you musicologists lurking out there are actually reading my blog, would you mind proofreading the interview sheet I've put together for my scholars with disabilities study? Comment with your contact info and I'll send it over to you.Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-49566934276941723432007-11-26T14:32:00.000-05:002007-11-26T14:33:19.509-05:00A Foray into a New Academic FieldPosted to both the AMS and SMT Listservs:"Dear List,I am conducting a study of scholars and graduate students with disabilities, and am focusing particularly on scholars with auto-immune diseases and what are commonly called "invisible illnesses" (this includes mental health illnesses). I hope to interview scholars and graduate students and discuss how they have been successful in academia and Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-33274703482154309642007-11-23T20:12:00.000-05:002007-11-24T09:48:43.579-05:00Musicological Blogging and the Obligatory PostI've just been alerted to the new blog "Musicology / Matters" by my friend Rebecca from Musically Miscellaneous Mayhem. It turns out that these bloggers knew about my blog already, probably because the instigators of "Musicology / Matters" have their own musicological blogs that I've heretofore perused. The title of my blog illustrates my desire for this blog to be not necessarily academic, but Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-62809657882900328372007-07-17T01:11:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:17:31.076-04:00Spiritual Journey and Coming Out as a Liberal ChristianToday I made my first initial steps towards becoming confirmed in the Anglican (Episcopalian) community. I met with the rector of the local Episcopal church, who talked with me about my background and gave me three chapters from two different books to read. One is called The Good Book by Peter J. Gomes (chaplain of Harvard University and minister of The Memorial Church at Harvard). Gomes is alsoSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-76439604967449863262007-06-20T23:17:00.000-04:002007-06-20T23:23:49.563-04:00Music VideosMostly, I hate music videos. I think they are hokey and uncomfortable, also usually uncreative and cliche. However, I've been watching things on YouTube lately, and here are some music videos I actually enjoy:Silversun Pickups, "Well Thought Out Twinkles"Joy Division, "She's Lost Control"Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-62610633914455819552007-06-20T21:04:00.000-04:002007-06-20T21:25:40.813-04:00Silence on Blogger, but not in my flatI know, I've not been posting lately. Basically, that's because I've been super busy declining Latin nouns and adjectives and conjugating Latin verbs. Oh, and also reading great books and downloading amazing music! My computer is up and running properly again (after crashing three times during the spring semester), which means that I am again able to download and listen to music every day! Sammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.com0