About
The H. Colin Slim Award honors each year a musicological article of exceptional merit by a scholar who is past the early stages of their career. “Past the early stages” is here defined as more than twelve years beyond completion of the PhD degree.
The award is named for H. Colin Slim (1929-2019), who was one of the leading music scholars of his generation. A former President of the AMS, Colin Slim was an indefatigable researcher, an exemplary colleague, a dedicated teacher, and a talented pianist and conductor. He died on October 22, 2019, at the age of 90, in Berkeley, California. A noted scholar of Stravinsky and author of Stravinsky in the Americas: Transatlantic Tours and Domestic Excursions from Wartime Los Angeles (1925-1945), Slim also published important editions of operas by Rossini and Allessandro Scarlatti. For a more complete summary of H. Colin Slim’s life and contributions, see his AMS obituary.

Nominations
To be eligible for the H. Colin Slim Award, submissions must meet the following criteria. Eligible works:
- Must be authored by a member of the AMS or a citizen/permanent resident of Canada or the United States.
- Must have been published during the previous calendar year (referring to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work)
- May be published in any language and in any country.
Nominations must be received via the AMS Award Nomination by 11:59PM ET on the submission deadline. Self-nominations are welcome, as well as nominations from colleagues and publishers. Nominators are asked to provide a digital review copy of the work, if available.
A committee of five scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the Annual Meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Slim Award only once. An article may receive an AMS award only once.
Frequently Asked Questions
Eligibility for the H. Colin Slim Award is determined by the copyright date found on the imprint of a nominated publication. For instance, the 2024 H. Colin Slim Award considers works published in 2023.
AMS members are eligible to receive the H. Colin Slim award. If you are not yet a member of the AMS, we invite you to join here.
Self-nomination is encouraged! To nominate your own work for consideration, follow the procedures on the AMS Award Nominations form.
Past Recipients
View past recipients of the H. Colin Slim Award.
Current Nominees
View past recipients of the H. Colin Slim Award.
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