AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

AMS-NE Spring Chapter Meeting Saturday, April 8th, 2017 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA Pratt Music Hall, Rm. 109 Parking and Accommodations info here . Abstracts and bios are posted as they become available. 9:30-10:00       Refreshments and Registration Morning Session 10:00               Welcome 10:05    Ferruccio Busoni and the Liceo musicale di Bologna : Transnationalism and Italian Musical Culture Erinn Knyt (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) When Busoni accepted the directorship of the Liceo Musical di Bologna in the spring of 1913, he assumed leadership of a well-respected music institution in Italy. Yet, his goal was not simply to direct the prestigious conservatory—he also wanted to revitalize the entire Bolognese musical scene, and with it, lay the grounds for an Italian music revival.     While the year was disappointing, as m...

The Spring 2017 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 30-minute papers and for roundtable sessions. All abstracts are subject to blind review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students are all welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by Saturday, March 4, 2017 via email to jschwindt@bostonconservatory.edu or by mail to Joel Schwindt, AMS-NE Program Chair, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02215. Please refer to the AMS abstract guidelines: “Proposals should represent the presentation as fully as possible. A successful proposal typically articulates the main aspects of the argument or research findings clearly, positions the author’s contribution with respect to previous scholarship, and suggests the paper’s significance for the musi...

  AMS-NE Winter Chapter Meeting Saturday, February 4th, 2017 Slosberg Recital Hall Brandeis University Waltham, MA 9:30-10:00       Refreshments and Registration Morning Session: Gateways to Perception 10:00               Welcome 10:05                John Klaess (Yale University),  Music and Race in the Emergence of the "Urban Contemporary" Format, 1977-1987 In the early 1980s, radio industry commentators noted the arrival of a new station format, suggestively tit led "Urban Contemporary." Stations employing this format--a mix of classic and new R & B, disco, and fun k, book -ended by weekend rap programs--rose to prominence in several major markets.  By 1982, two Urban Contemporary stations competed for highest-rated station in New York City. Yet commenta...