The mission of the Religion, Music and Sound Section is to support the study of sacred music, broadly defined, including religious, devotional, ritual, ceremonial, and spiritual musics in their cultural and social contexts. The section promotes the study of these musics in the following ways:

• Providing a forum for discussion, interaction, and networking between scholars of sacred and religious musics
• Sponsoring panels at the annual SEM conference
• Helping in the organization of conference panels as well as other events
• Serving as an information-gathering venue about publications and events of interest to our members
• Maintaining an online presence for continued contact throughout the year

Basil Considine 
Email: basilus@gmail.com

President-Elect/Secretary
Sarah Bereza
Email: sarah.bereza@gmail.com

Listserv:
Anyone with an interest in these topics is invited to join the Sacred/Religious Music listserv forum at http://groups.google.com/group/SRM-SIG

Religion, Music, and Sound Section Student Paper Prize:
The Religion, Music, and Sound Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology offers an annual Student Paper Prize for papers concerning the ethnomusicology of religion (broadly defined) presented by a current student at the SEM annual meeting. 

Further details and prize submission guidelines can be found at https://ethnomusicology.site-ym.com/page/ReligionPrize. 

Roundtable Discussion at SEM 2013: "On the Ethnomusicology of Religion: Past Contributions, Present Challenges, and Future Directions." Moderators and respondents, from left to right: Monique Ingalls (Cambridge), Deborah Kapchan (NYU), Jeffers Engelhardt (Amherst),Judah Cohen (Indiana), Rich Jankowsky (Tufts), Zoe Sherinian (University of Oklahoma), and Andrew Mall (Northeastern).