AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

MINI-CONFERENCE: LATEST RESEARCH SHINES NEW LIGHT ON THE FIFTH AND EIGHTH SYMPHONIES OF BEETHOVEN

Clark University, late September through mid-November: Bach to Bach  Bach’s Art of Fugue in Color Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Razzo Hall Johann Sebastian’s Bach’s Art of Fugue is one of his last great masterpieces.  As Bach’s final, encyclopedic exploration of the art and science of counterpoint and fugue, it has left a great legacy to the future.  The final fugue was left unfinished at the composer’s death, and has thus posed fascinating riddles ever since.  And the performance of this highly intricate, deeply beautiful score presents a wonderful series of challenges and opportunities to performers and listeners alike.  This performance will embrace and celebrate Bach’s Art of Fugue. Featuring Frances Conover Fitch with Arcadia Viols and guest instrumentalists   In addition, Frances Conover Fitch and members of the Arcadia Viols will offer a pre-concert demonstration for students at 4:00 in Razzo Ha...

(cross-posted) As most of you are aware, the public transit options for Saturday will be extremely limited. Jeannette​ called the MBTA yesterday to confirm: The green line is closed west of Kenmore Sq, so the public transportation options are the 57 bus (which goes along Comm Ave) and the 47 bus, which runs from Central Sq across the BU bridge. I am not hopeful that the situation will change, as Monday commuting is the priority for the MBTA. Please be sure to check http://www.mbta.com/winter/ for the most up-to-date information. Parking is available in Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Ave, entrance off of Buick Street. We are supposed to get more snow, but we are planning on holding the meeting as scheduled. Any cancellations will be posted here, the Google mailing list, and the Facebook group.

Student/Early Career Informal Lunch Discussion : If you would like to participate (either as a student or a mentor!!) in an informal lunch discussion centering on student/early career related issues, please contact Jeannette Jones (jonesj@bu.edu) by no later than Feb 20  (the day before our meeting). Directions and Parking to Boston University (all subject to updated snow information) The conference will be held in the College of Fine Arts at BU, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. On the T: the B-Green line's BU-West stop is directly in front of the building. Bus: the 57 bus runs along Commonwealth Avenue. Parking: The closest available paid parking lot is at the Agganis Arena at Boston University, 925 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 Free two-hour street parking is available in some of the neighborhood streets of Brookline surrounding BU. There is also Boston two-hour metered parking on Commonwealth Ave and Brookline two-hour metered parking on some of the side-streets direct...

AMS-NE Winter Chapter Meeting Saturday, February 21, 2015 Marshall Room, College of Fine Arts Boston University 10:00-10:35  Refreshments and Registration Morning Session 10:35   Welcome 10:40     “As Obscure and Unintelligible as the Warbling of Larks and Linnets”: Latent Agendas in C. P. E. Bach’s C-Minor Trio, Wq. 161/1 (H.579) Yonatan Bar-Yoshafat (Cornell University) ABSTRACT: Ever since its publication in 1751, C. P. E. Bach’s famous program trio (‘Sanguineus und Melancholicus’) has generated much debate. A quintessential example of eighteenth-century dialogue-in-tone, the work nonetheless received mixed reviews and Bach refrained from repeating it. It would be unfair to pass judgment on Bach’s contemporaries, however, since the work is not devoid of ambiguities. And yet, with only one notable exception (Mersmann, 1917), most modern reviewers tend to take Bach’s program at face-value, and interpret ...

Call for Papers: AMS-NE Winter 2015 The Winter 2015 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on  Saturday, 21 February 2015 at Boston University. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 30-minute papers and for roundtable sessions. Abstracts should be submitted by  Wednesday, 7 January 2015  via email to jsholes at bu.edu  or by mail to Jacquelyn Sholes, AMS-NE Program Chair, Department of Musicology & Ethnomusicology, School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, 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 musicologic...

Posted on behalf of the Beethoven Research Center at Boston University --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Beethoven Research Center at Boston University presents Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor, op. 132: New Perspectives, A Symposium, Open Workshop, Public Lecture, and Performance April 8-9, 2014 William Kinderman, Professor of Music and Germanic Studies, University of Illinois David Levy, Professor of Music & Associate Dean for Faculty Governance, Wake Forest University Lewis Lockwood, Distinguished Senior Scholar; Co-Director, Beethoven Research Center Jeremy Yudkin, Professor of Music; Co-Director, Beethoven Research Center Peter Zazofsky, Professor of Violin, Muir String Quartet Tuesday, April 8, 2-5 PM  The Marshall Room, 855 Commonwealth Ave. SYMPOSIUM ON OP. 132 with William Kinderman, David Levy, Jeremy Yudkin, and Lewis Lockwood Wednesday, April 9, 12-2 PM  The Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth A...