AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

LOCATION at Amherst College Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Robert Frost Library,  2nd floor 61 Quadrangle Amherst, MA 01002  The entrance to the Library is from Quadrangle Drive (south end of the building).  More info regarding parking HERE Details as to specifics (hall/rooms, parking) will be posted as they become available. Bios, photos, and abstracts are posted as available. -------------------- 9:45-10:15 Refreshments and Registration Morning Session 10:15 Welcome 10:20 From Poem to Dance via Music: Departures and Convergences in Jonathan Taylor’s Transfigured Night Nona Monahin (Mount Holyoke College) Richard Dehmel’s 1896 “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night), a poem centered on a crisis of confidence in a couple’s relationship, inspired composer Arnold Schoenberg’s string sextet of the same title (1899; arranged for string orchestra in 1917 and revised in 1943), which in turn inspired numerous choreographic versions. In this p...

AMS-NE Spring Chapter Meeting Saturday, April 21st, 2018 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Room N610, Life Science Laboratories Building (LSL) Amherst, MA **Will be updated with bios and abstracts as they become available.** 9:15 - 9:45 a.m.  Refreshments and Registration Morning Session: French identity, Identifying as French 9:45 a.m.                Welcome 
 10:00 a.m. "American Perspectives on the Fauré Centennial, 1945: The Writings of Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, and Irving Fine” Heather DeSavage (University of Connecticut) Heather de Savage holds a Ph.D. in music history and theory from the University of Connecticut. Her primary research considers Gabriel Fauré’s American reception, with a focus on activities in Boston; she has presented portions of this research, and her work on biblical exegesis in the late motets of Heinrich Schütz, at numerous conferences. Publications include items for...