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Each year the American Musicological Society and New York University collaborate on a special lecture that brings scholarly work on music to the NYU community and general public in New York City. This event, the AMS/NYU Lecture, which is typically held on the NYU campus, may feature either NYU faculty or invited guests and engages with issues of importance in contemporary music studies.
The choice of speaker and topic for this event is proposed and organized by a committee of NYU faculty across several NYU departments and intended to provide an annual program of appeal across the population of NYU students and faculty engaged in the humanistic study of music.

Reimagining the Music Theory Curriculum
The 2023 NYU/AMS Lecture featured a panel and talkback focusing on “Music Theory For Whom? A Comprehensive Reform of Music Theory Curricula Across NYU,” a cross-school initiative developed by Sarah Louden and Clifton Boyd and supported by the NYU Institute for the Humanities. The project addresses diversity and inclusivity in pedagogy, aiming to reframe curricula to promote music by traditionally underrepresented composers, popular musics, and musical traditions. The project was presented and considered by panelists Adem Merter Birson, Elizabeth Hoffman, Clifton Boyd, and Sarah Louden.

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