AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

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 musicological community, in language th

NEC Festival of Music and Dance October 22-25 Harvard's Out of Bounds Conference in honor of Professor Kay Kaufman Shelemay October 24-26 Saturday, October 25th  will feature a  FREE concert by the ethio pop group Debo Band in Sanders Theatre Tickets for the concert are free , and can be RESERVED through the Harvard Box Office (617-496, 2222 or online at http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ cal/details.php?ID=44922 , service charges apply), or by visiting the Box Office in person after October 11 (no service charge). Harvard Box Office is in the Smith Campus Center (formerly Holyoke Center) arcade in the middle of Harvard Square, open Tues-Sun, noon to 6pm .

From our generous host, Ben Korstvedt: Directions : from the Mass Pike: http://goo.gl/maps/ysN5E Parking: Ben will arrange for us to park in the small university parking lot next to the Traina center.  (i.e., ignore the sign saying only cars with parking stickers.) If anyone is taking a train from Boston, your best bet is to take a cab to campus.  There is a bus, but schedules are unclear. Lunch options: