AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

Hosted by Brandeis University If you plan to participate in this virtual meeting, please register (for free) in advance at this link: https://brandeis.wufoo.com/forms/m1vzze2b1xkz2we/   After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the  Chapter meeting on February 5, 2022 (including the Zoom link for the meeting).  Program (all times listed below are EDT)  PDF with program and abstracts here Abstracts and bios available here 10:45-11:00AM Welcoming Remarks  11:00AM-12:30PM Morning Session (chaired by Chloe Danitz, Brandeis University)    “Navigating a Changing Music Business: Giulio Briccialdi and the Musicians’ Response to  Shifting Demands”  Samantha Tripp (Tufts University)  “Digital Amati: Structure and Interpretation of Classical Stringed Instruments” Harry Mairson (Brandeis University)  “‘Just to Be and Dance ’: Jerome Robbins, J.S. Bach, and Late Style”  Erinn Knyt (Univer...

PAUL CREATIVE ARTS CENTER, Rm. M-223 University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) Saturday, September 23, 2017 Campus Maps/Directions (Abstracts and bios posted as they become available) ------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00-10:30 Refreshments and Registration 10:30  Welcome 10:35   The Perceptual Origin of the Sublime in György Ligeti's Violin Concerto (Daniel Fox, Graduate Center, CUNY) This paper positions the sublime in György Ligeti’s Violin Concerto in relation to three reference points: 1) Jerome Carroll’s argument for a conception of the sublime in art “as a navigation of the boundaries of representation and meaning,” 2) Max Paddison’s suggestion that, in art, the sublime is a moment of political resistance that can lead to a rearrangement of the symbolic order, and 3) the recent call by Peter Edwards for a renewed consideration of the influence of Adorno’s conception of musique informelle and historical thinking on Liget...