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AMS/LoC Lecture: Heard on the Small Screen: Music in Jack Arnold’s and Henry Mancini’s Episodes of Peter Gunn – Reba Wissner

Pickford Theater, James Madison Building Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Best known for his science fiction films, Jack Arnold also directed television episodes in different genres, not only science fiction but also westerns, comedies, and detective shows.  Among all of his television works, Peter Gunn provides an important example because this is the first television series that has an original score rather than library music for every […]

AMS Southwest Chapter Meeting

University of North Texas, Denton Denton, TX, United States

The AMS Southwest Chapter (AMS-SW) is pleased to announce its Fall 2024 Meeting, to be held Saturday, October 5 at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. This will be an in-person meeting; however, AMS-SW remains committed to making our meetings accessible, and hybrid options are available. Student members of the AMS-SW chapter may […]

AMS Midwest Chapter Meeting

Online

AMS-Midwest Chapter Meeting, Fall 2024 Hosted online by the University of Missouri, October 12–13, 2024 Deadline for abstract submission: Friday, September 6, 2024, by 11:59 PM, EST The Midwest Chapter officers are pleased to announce that the Fall 2024 meeting will be held online on Saturday and Sunday, October 12–13. Judith Mabary and Megan Murph […]

AMS Board Meeting

Palmer House Hilton Hotel 17 E Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, United States

This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the AMS Board of Directors. In-person. Closed meeting.

2024 AMS Annual Meeting

Palmer House Hilton Hotel 17 E Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, United States

In 2024, the American Musicological Society will hold its annual meeting on 14-17 November at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Join us for this exciting scholarly event which will feature hundreds of papers, workshops, roundtables, lectures and performances. Don’t miss out.

AMS Board Meeting

Palmer House Hilton Hotel 17 E Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, United States

This is a regularly scheduled breakfast meeting of the AMS Board of Directors. In-person. Closed meeting.

AMS/LoC Lecture: Recovering the Extraordinary Life and Songs of Carrie Jacobs-Bond – Christopher Reynolds

Montepelier Room, James Madison Memorial Building 101,1199 Independent Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1861-1946) was the most successful songwriter – male or female – in the first half of the 20th century. Her most popular songs sold millions of copies of sheet music and records and were sung around the world, translated into dozens of languages. Critics often thought of her music either as “semi-classical,” as […]

Singer Songwriter Traditions: Yesterday and Today with Allison Young

Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall Center for the Arts, Towson University, 7700 Osler Drive, Towson, MD, United States

Allison Young is composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose music is influenced by her research into early twentieth-century American popular song styles. Through her solo work and collaborations with Postmodern Jukebox, Young converses with the past even as she creates something entirely new. Join us at Towson University on January 31, 2025 to experience a wide […]

AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting

Online

The winter meeting of the AMS Greater New York Chapter will take place ONLINE on Saturday, February 1, 2025. The chapter invites 200-250 word proposals on all areas of musical scholarship. Email proposals are due November 15th. For more information: https://ams-gny-announcements.blogspot.com/