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CONF: Mozart Society of America 2015 (September 11-13 at Tufts University)

The Mozart Society of America is delighted to announce a conference:

Mozart and His Contemporaries
The Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Mozart Society of America
Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts)
September 11-13, 2015 

This conference will bring together over twenty scholars and performers to explore the lives and music of Mozart and his contemporaries in their domestic, courtly, ecclesiastical, and theatrical spheres. Special events include a visit to the musical instruments collection at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, a Viennese Redoute featuring dances taught and led by renowned dance historian Ken Pierce, and a concert of chamber music for pianoforte, violin, and cello, performed on original instruments.

The registration form and schedule are available at the AMS-NE Facebook page as well as the AMS-NE Google Group.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Place - Boston/Medford (877 540-3721).  The code is “MSA Conference” and the conference rate of $189 + tax is available until August 10.  (All rooms are doubles and may be shared.)  Free parking and a free shuttle to Tufts are available.  To reserve online, go to: http://bostonmedford.place.hyatt.com/boszmmsac2015.html

Hope you can make it!

With best wishes,
Jessica Waldoff
Program Committee Chair
Mozart Society of America

Associate Professor
Department of Music
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA  01610

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