AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

  The  Spring Meeting , our third and final one for this academic year of the  New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society , will be held  virtually  on  Saturday, 23 April 2022 , hosted by  Yale University . Details and Zoom link will follow with the program announcement in early April. 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 students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Wednesday, March 9, 2022 , to Mark DeVoto, chair of the Program Committee: mdevoto -at- granite dot tufts dot edu, who urges you to send your proposal as soon as practicable.  Proposals will be evaluated as speedily as we can, in order to give presenters time to work on their papers while the snow and ice...

The Winter 2022 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held virtually on  Saturday, February 5, 2022 . Details and Zoom link will follow with the program announcement in mid-January.   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 students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Sunday, December 5, 2021,  to Mark DeVoto, chairman of the Program Committee: mdevoto -at- granite dot tufts dot edu. Proposals will be evaluated as speedily as we can, in order to give presenters time to work on their papers during holidays.   Please refer to the AMS guidelines: “Proposals should represent the presentation as fully as possible. A successful proposal typically articulates the main a...

  The New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society announces a virtual meeting, to be held via Zoom on  Saturday,  October 2, 2021.   At this time, we do not have a sponsoring institution for this meeting, but we hope that a sponsor will be established in the near term. 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 students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Sunday, September 5,  to the Chairman, Mark DeVoto: mdevoto -at- granite dot tufts dot edu. Please refer to the AMS 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 wi...

 The Spring 2020-2021 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2021. It will be hosted virtually by the Department of Music & Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; details and Zoom link will follow with the program announcement in late April. 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 students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Friday, April 16, 2021, to Mark DeVoto: mdevoto -at- granite dot tufts dot edu. Please refer to the AMS 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 ...

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell’s groundbreaking album  Blue .  Blue  has been cited by many musicians and critics as her greatest album, the culmination of her early recordings, a work unprecedented in its emotional and psychological depth, craftsmanship, and sheer beauty. The Department of Music at the University of Connecticut will host a virtual conference commemorating this event: Joni Mitchell’s  Blue  at 50: A Celebration of Her Life and Music Friday April 9, 2021 9 am – 4 pm ***** Call for papers We welcome proposals for presentations focused either on  Blue  or any other aspect(s) of her vast musical output, including but not limited to analyses of individual songs and/or albums, performance issues, influence, and corpus studies. Proposals of work not already published, for 20-minute deliveries, should be no longer than 500 words plus a maximum of three pages of diagrams or illustrative examples. Please...

The Winter 2020-2021 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021. It will be hosted virtually by the Music Department at Tufts University; details and Zoom link will follow with the program announcement in mid-January. 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 students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by Thursday, December 31, 2020 , to Mark DeVoto: mdevoto -at- granite dot tufts dot edu. Please refer to the AMS 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 scholarshi...

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...

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...

Call for Papers AMS-NE  Spring 2019 The Spring 2019 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, 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, March 31, 2019  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...

The Winter 2019 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, 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 anonymous review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by  Tuesday, January 15, 2019  via email to Karen Cook:  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 mu...

Woodstock 50: Stardust and the Devil’s Bargain Submission deadline: October 15 April 5-7, 2019 berklee.edu/woodstock50 Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) In August of 1969, a dairy farm in the state of New York hosted a pivotal moment in the history of pop music. Taking place only two years after the "Summer of Love” and one year after the tumultuous events of 1968, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair put an exclamation point on the transformational decade of the 1960s. Joni Mitchell did not attend Woodstock, but her song of the same name captures an opposition inherent to the turbulent and divisive era. “We are stardust...caught in the devil’s bargain,” Mitchell sings, “...and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” The committee hopes that these evocative lyrics inspire a similarly wide-ranging set of proposals. Berklee's Liberal Arts Department is pleased to announce a conference marking the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. We are soliciting proposals on a...