BFE members receive Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize 2025
Several BFE members and former members shared receipt of the Society for Ethnomusicology’s 2025 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize, co-awarded recently to Jonathan Stock and Beverley D
Welcome from Fiorella Montero-Diaz, Chair of the BFE
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) aims to advance the study of musical life in its full richness and diversity. We provide a forum for engaging in debate and sharing the findings of research through our many conferences and study days and through the publication of our journal Ethnomusicology Forum, in association with Routledge. We offer awards to recognise outstanding scholarship, including the BFE Book Prize and grants and prizes for student members.
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Latest Announcements
BFE member Katherine Butler Schofield wins 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award
We are thrilled to announce that BFE member Professor Katherine Butler Schofield is the 2025 recipient of the American Musicological Society’s prestigious Otto Kinkeldey Award for her
Obituary for Dr David W. Hughes
Huge thanks to BFE members Rachel Harris and Hwee San Tan for authoring a wonderfully moving obituary for our dear departed friend and mentor David Hughes, who passed
BFE Committee member wins Ethnomusicology Film Award
We are proud to announce that the 2025 B
Call for New BFE Committee Members
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology seeks nominations for two positions on the BFE Executive Committee. The terms of two current members of the BFE Committee members are coming an end; one will be standing down and another intends to stand for re-election.
Members' News
BFE Committee member wins 2024 ICTMD Best Article prize
We are thrilled to announce that BFE Conference Liaison Co-officer Cassandre Balosso-Bardin has received the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance prize for Bes
New book from former BFE Chair Carole Pegg on the music of Altai-Sayan peoples
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the book “Drones, Tones, and Timbres: Sounding Place among Nomads of the Inner Asian Mountain-Steppes” (University of Illinois Press) by C
BFE member Razia Sultanova is delighted to announce the publication of a new book 
BFE member Stuart Young is working alongside Kate Lock to support the Brass Bands England (BBE) 
Jonathan Stock is delighted to announce publication of a new book,