AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

The Winter 2020 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on  Saturday, February 22, 2020 at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers and for roundtable sessions or workshops (pedagogical, performative, and/or scholarly). All abstracts are subject to blind review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Wednesday, January 15, 2020  via email to kacook -at-  hartford.edu . 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 m...

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...

Call for Papers AMS-NE Fall 2019 The Fall 2019 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Amherst College in Amherst, MA. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers and for roundtable sessions or workshops (pedagogical, performative, and/or scholarly). All abstracts are subject to blind review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by Sunday, September 1, 2019 via email to kacook -at-  hartford  dot edu. 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 communi...

Bios and abstracts are posted as they become available and will be edited for length. Exact location and parking information will be posted soon. Location : Brooks Music Center Concert Hall, second floor (No. 2 opposite St. Joseph Memorial Chapel on this map ). Parking: Visitors may park in the Loyola Lot (closest) or above the Hogan Center (Gate 7) 
 NOTE! At the meeting we will be  holding  elections for Secretary/Treasurer and for one of our two student representative positions . Please send nominations to Jacqueline Sholes at jsholes at ccsu.edu not later than 5 PM on Thursday, 4/25. Self-nominations welcome. Thank you! 
 9:45-10:15       Refreshments and Registration in Brooks 133 (first floor) Morning Session 10:15  Welcome 10:20  Antonio Cesti and Musical Convention: The Uses and Limits of Voice-Leading Schemas in His Operas – Kyle Masson (Princeton University) 10:50  Cantopop and Speech-Melody Co...