Mission Statement

SEMSEC is a member chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 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.

SEMSEC was founded in 1981. Currently it includes the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina, plus all the countries in the Caribbean basin.

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2008 Annual Conference

The 2008 Annual Conference will be held at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida between Feburary 29 and March 1, 2008.

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The conference program is available for download.(PDF)