AMS-NE: New England Chapter of the AMS

Please note: Bios & Abstracts will be added as they become available. The meeting will take place in the Earle Recital Hall (Sage Hall , First Floor) at Smith College. Maps/Directions/Parking info are found under the Upcoming Meetings tab . ------------ 9:30-10:00 a.m.       Refreshments and Registration 10:00 a.m.           Welcome Morning Session: The Dynamic Canon   10:05 a.m.    
 "Surface and Depth": Beneath the Reception of Rudolph Reti's Thematic Process, A Mid-Century Interdisciplinary Theory of Music Eric Elder (Brandeis University) The place of Rudolph Reti’s 1951 book, The Thematic Process in Music , has been greatly understated in considerations of the history and development of current streams of musical thought. While frequently included in such outlines, the work’s long reception history, stretching from Vincent Persichetti (1951) and Alvin Bauman (1952) to Peter Ki...

Call for Papers: AMS-NE Fall 2016 Smith College (Northampton, MA) October 1st, 2016 Submission deadline: August 19th, 2016 The Fall 2016 meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be held on Saturday, October 1st, 2016 at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 30-minute papers and for roundtable sessions.  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 Friday, August 19th, 2016 via email to jschwindt at bostonconservatory dot edu, or by mail to Joel Schwindt, AMS-NE Program Chair, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, 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 researc...