Meetings & Events

AMS Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society (AMS) held since 1934

Many Musics of America
A landmark event series spotlighting the richness of America's musical traditions
Jul
27

Deadline: 27 Jul 2025
2025 Summer Institute
A residential institute on updating the stories we tell about American music

AMS/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Lecture
A public lecture series organized in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

AMS/NYU Lecture
A lecture series for the New York University (NYU) community and general public

AMS/Library of Congress Lecture
A public lecture series organized in partnership with the Library of Congress
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Hildegard's Cosmos & Its Music: A Digital Model for the Modern Planetarium
This 2014 talk by Margot Fassler explores a collaborative project on performance, scholarship, and technology. In it, the creators transform flat illuminations into moving, sounding three-dimensional images, following Hildegard of Bingen’s instructions for how they work to create a medieval digital model for the modern planetarium.
Event Calendar
February 2025
Upcoming
Sat
1
1 February 2025 @ 12:00 am-11:59 pm
AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting
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/
Sat
22
22 February 2025 @ 12:00 am-11:59 pm
AMS New England Chapter Meeting
The American Musicological Society, New England Chapter, announces its virtual meeting of Winter 2025, to take place on February 22 via Zoom and hosted by Wesleyan University. 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). The keynote speaker will be Dr. John Dankwa (Wesleyan University), who specializes in African music, with performance areas ranging from West African traditional drumming to African pop and art music.
Papers focusing on global topics are especially encouraged–including, but not limited to, topics from any period or genre on historic and current non-AngloEuropean music, interactions between AngloEuropean and non-AngloEuropean musical cultures, globalization and colonization. All abstracts are subject to blind review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and students are encouraged and welcome.
Abstracts should be submitted by December 30, 2024 to the Program Committee through this Google form or at the following email: ams.newengland [at] gmail [dot] com. Submitters will be informed of the committee’s decision by January 27, 2025, with the hope of announcing the conference program on February 5, 2025.
Please refer to the AMS guidelines for abstracts: “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 community, in language that is accessible to scholars with a variety of specializations.” Applicants are requested to submit only one proposal per meeting, and that the proposal not be currently under review for presentation at other conferences. In the case of a roundtable or workshop, the same guidelines apply, and the committee asks that the single proposal be for the session as a whole, including information for all participants, rather than individual proposals.
For more information, please visit: https://www.newengland.ams-net.org/?p=1473
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News

16 January, 2025
AMS Receives NEH Digital Projects for Public Grant
The AMS has received a $30,000 NEH Digital Projects for the Public planning grant in support of its innovative Music Means digital platform project.
27 August 2024
AMS Receives Grant for Summer Institute
The American Musicological Society (AMS) is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $174,889 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) Institute for Higher Education Faculty program.
28 August 2024
Letter on the 2024 Annual Meeting
Dear AMS Colleagues and Friends, the Chicago meeting draws ever nearer!
11 July 2024
AMS Introduces New Paper Forum Session Type
The American Musicological Society (AMS) will introduce a new session type at the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
19 November 2024
2024 AMS Travel & Research Grant Awardees
The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society's 2024 travel and research grants.