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Science into Art: Discourses of Occult Vibration in Chicago’s Musical Culture

Fulton Hall, University of Chicago 5845 S Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

Join Professors Anna Gawboy and Christopher Scheer at the University of Chicago as they discuss the fascinating ways that esoteric philosophies influenced Chicago musicians. Among the many varied offerings that comprised Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 were myriad scientific exhibitions, as well as the Parliament of World Religions, which brought together spiritual leaders representing a […]

AMS Southwest Chapter Meeting

University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR, United States

The Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society is pleased to announce a Spring 2025 Meeting, which will take place in person at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas, on Saturday, 15 March 2025. A related leadership summit that is open to all members of the chapter will take place on the afternoon […]

AMS South-Central Chapter Meeting

Belmont University Nashville, TN, United States

The AMS South-Central Chapter is pleased to announce its Spring 2025 meeting at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Students from the AMS South-Central Chapter whose abstracts are selected by the program committee will be eligible to compete in the Rey M. Longyear Student Paper Competition. Local Arrangements Chair: Peter Lamothe, peter.lamothe -at- belmont.edu Register  

AMS Midwest Chapter Meeting

Illinois State University / Online

The Midwest Chapter officers are pleased to announce that the Spring 2025 meeting will be held online and in-person at Illinois State University on March 15-16th. Thorton Miller will be our host for the meeting. Proposals for presentations, special sessions, panel discussions, and papers with a performance component are welcomed on any topic related to musicology. Abstracts should be no longer […]

AMS Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting

Brigham Young University Provo, UT, United States

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the call for papers for the Chapter’s Annual Meeting, this year hosted at Brigham Young University, March 2025. Current plans are for a fully in-person event. The Chapter will meet jointly with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Music Theory. […]

HipHop and US Diplomacy

Maroon Culture Lab (Formerly the Pythian Theatre) Columbus, OH, United States

The AMS proudly partners with the HipHop Literacies Conference, Irrepressible Soul, The Ohio State University, and Urban Arts Space to present a special panel and performance featuring hip hop duo Mother Nature and dr. gloria j. wilson. Mother Nature is the women-led HipHop force of Klevah and TRUTH, who are emcees devoted to building a […]

Happy Little Seahorses: Brahms’ Unwritten “Melusine” Opera

James Madison Building - Mumford Room (LM649) 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC, United States

In this AMS/Library of Congress Lecture, Laurie McManus of Shenandoah Conservatory gives a talk on a little-known opera libretto that was given to Johannes Brahms for consideration. While Johannes Brahms excelled in many musical arenas, he never managed to compose an opera, despite a lingering interest and much encouragement from his friends. The most encouraging […]

AMS Capital Chapter Meeting

Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, United States

For more information, visit https://www.ams-net.org/chapters/capital/upcoming-meeting-details/. The call for papers will be issued in early January.

2025 AMS/NYU Lecture

Room 303, Education Building, New York University 35 West 4th Street, New York

The 2025 AMS/NYU Lecture, “Razza, Race, and the Operatic Voice in Seventeenth-Century Italy,” will be held on Thursday, 10 April 2025 at 7:00pm in Room 303 at New York University’s Education Building, 35 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10011. Attendance is free, but registration is required. In this lecture, Professor Emily Wilbourne draws on […]