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The AMS has over 60 committees and subcommittees that, together with the AMS staff, help to advance the Society’s mission and implement its programs. For a full list of all active committees and their members during a particular service year, please select the relevant committee roster link below. (Note: The AMS service year runs from November 1 through October 31.)

In addition to its many program and issues committees, the AMS is governed by a Board of Directors and elected advisory Council, which helps determine strategic direction for the Society. To participate in AMS governance, vote in Council or Board elections, or participate in AMS chapter or study group activities, you must be a member of the AMS.  Join now!

Governance & Committees 2025
Board
Officers

Julie Cumming, President
Georgia Cowart, Past President
Bonnie Gordon, Vice President
Gayle Magee, Secretary
Samuel Dorf, Treasurer
Siovahn Walker, Executive Director

Directors-At-Large

Ryan Bañagale
Remi Chiu
Emily I. Dolan
Serona Elton
Louis Epstein
Marysol Quevedo
Dwandalyn Reece
Emily Wilbourne
Kunio Hara, Council Secretary

Council
Members-At-Large

Kunio Hara, Secretary 8/23-7/25

Term 8/22-10/25
Gina Bombola
Mary Channen Caldwell
Nicholas Chong
Alexander Dean
Gillian Gower
Lily Kass
Deirdre Loughridge
Mackenzie Pierce
Laura Moore Pruett
Marcus Pyle
Marta Robertson
Catherine Saucier
Anne Searcy
Paul Allen Sommerfeld
Rachel Vandagriff

Term 8/23-10/26
Dan Blim
Clifton Boyd
Julia Doe
Ryan Ebright
Elizabeth Elmi
Jonathan Gómez
Fanny Gribenski
Paula Harper
Jasmine Henry
A. Kori Hill
Gundula Kreuzer
Karen Leistra-Jones
Jessica Peritz
Maria Ryan
Alexander Stefaniak

Term 11/24-10/27
Jack Blaszkiewicz
Julia Chybowski
Samantha M. Cooper
Kate Galloway
Luis Manual Garcia-Mispireta
Andrew Granade
Robin James
Isadora Miranda
Guido Olivieri
Frederick Reece
Mary Simonson
Martha Sprigge
Lauren Eldridge Stewart
Jennifer Walker
Sarah Williams

Chapter Members

Allegheny
Christopher Lynch

Capital
Olga Haldey

Greater New York
TBD

Midwest
TBD

New England
Melinda Latour

NY State-St. Lawrence
TBD

Northern California
TBD

Pacific Northwest
Mark Samples

Pacific Southwest
Joel Haney

Rocky Mountain
TBD

South-Central
Jonathan McIntyre

Southeast
Kirsten Paige

Southern
Christy Thomas Adams

Southwest
Barbara Dietlinger

Student Members

Term 8/23-10/25
Allegheny: Claire Weydt
Capital: Nicole Steinberg
Greater New York: Poe Allphin
Midwest: TBD
New England: Eloy Ramirez III
NY State-St. Lawrence: Caleb Labbe Phelan
N. California: Danny Koplitz
Pacific Northwest: TBD
Pacific Southwest: David Madrid
Rocky Mountain: Jessica Castleberry
South-Central: Arielle Crumley
Southeast: Joshua Harton
Southern: Leonard Walker
Southwest: Andrea Klassen

Term 11/24-10/26
Allegheny: TBD
Capital: Siqi Tong
Greater New York: TBD
Mid-Atlantic: TBD
Midwest: TBD
New England: Sara Stebbins
NY State-St. Lawrence: Maureen Kelly
N. California: TBD
Pacific Northwest: Edwin Sheard
Pacific Southwest: Tiffany Ta
Rocky Mountain: TBD
South-Central: Andrew Payne
Southeast: TBD
Southern: Julian Duncan
Southwest: Júlia Coelho

Planning & Programming Committees
AMS-MLA Joint RISM Committee

Paul Sommerfeld, Chair
Rogério Budasz
Manuel Erviti (MLA)
Jessica Grimmer
Kirsten Johnson (MLA)
Melinda Latour
Kimmie Szeto (MLA)

Chapter & Study Group Activities Committee

Marie Sumner Lott, Chair
Laurie MacManus
Alexander Stefaniak

Committee on Career-Related Issues

Esther Criscuola de Laix, Chair
Maria Cristina Fava
Alexander Hardan, Student
Jonathan Minnick
Darren Mueller, Student
Morgan Rich
Mattias Röder
Jennifer Saltzstein
Kendall Winter, Student

Committee on Committees

Georgia Cowart, Past President, Chair
Amy Cimini
Silvio dos Santos
Kunio Hara, ex officio
Gundula Kreuzer
Andrew Weaver

Committee on Race, Indigeneity, and Ethnicity

Alison Martin, Co-Chair
Diane Oliva, Co-Chair
Anushka Kulkarni, Student
Sergio Ospina-Romero
Rosheeka Parahoo
Holland Rhodd-Lee
Rajana Vajjhala
Daniel Walden

Committee on Women and Gender

Jane Hatter, Chair
Abby Anderton
Morgan Bates, Student
Bethany Battafarano, Student
Emily Eubanks, Student
Kristin Franseen
Jennifer Ronyak

Development Committee

Samuel Dorf, Chair
Kevin Bartig
Emily Dolan
Georgia Cowart, ex officio
Julie Cumming, ex officio
Samuel Dorf, ex officio
Kunio Hara, ex officio
Lois Rosow
Justin Vickers

Education Committee

Sarah Eyerly, Co-Chair
James O’Leary, Co-Chair
Matthew Balensuela
Meghan Creek, Student
Erinn Knyt
Kirsten Paige
Mandy Smith
Cristina Șuteu
Lindsay Wright

Ethics Committee

Imani Moseley, Chair
Andrew Dell’Antonio

To contact the Ethics Committee, please email ethics@amsmusicology.org.

Meeting & Events Committees
Committee on the Annual Meeting and Public Events

Bonnie Gordon, Chair
Jason Hanley
Brooke Okasaki
Edgardo Salinas
Paul Sommerfeld
Steve Waksman

2025 Minneapolis

Program Committee:
Eftychia Papanikolaou, Chair
Christina Baade
John Koegel
Luisa Nardini
Jesús A. Ramos-Kittrell
Jonathan Rhodes Lee
Dean Sutcliffe

Performance Committee:
Catherine Gordon, Chair
Adam Gilbert
Jonathan Saylor

NYU/AMS Lecture Committee

Dongmyung Ahn, Chair
Kwami Coleman
Martin Daughtry
Jardena Gertler Jaffe
Fanny Gribenski
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, Student
Martin Scherzinger

Governance Committees
Board Nominating Committee

Judith Peraino, Chair
Jacqueline Avila
Gregory Barnett

Council Nominating Committee

Laura Moore Pruett, Chair
Kirsten Paige
Marcus Pyle

Council Committee on Honorary Membership

Julia Doe, Chair
Jonathan Gomez
Karen Leistra-Jones

Finance Committee

Samuel Dorf, Chair
Julie Cumming, ex officio
Siovahn Walker, ex officio

Communications & Publications Committees
Publications Committee

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Chair
Amy Beal, ex officio
Gurminder Bhogal, ex officio
Mark Clague, ex officio
Sarah Clemmens Waltz
Valeria de Lucca
Olga Haldey
Robin James
Jake Johnson, ex officio
Inna Naroditskaya
Benjamin Piekut
Pamela Potter
Colin Roust

Committee on the Publication of American Music

Dale Chapman, Chair
Amy Beal, ex officio
Mark Clague, ex officio
Samantha Cooper
Maya Gibson
John Graziano, ex officio
Eric Hung
Andrew Kuster, ex officio
Kristen M. Turner, ex officio
Pamela Whitcomb, ex officio

Committee on Obituaries

Siovahn Walker, Chair
Kunio Hara, ex officio
Will Robin

AMS Studies Editorial Team

Gurminder K. Bhogal, Editor

JAMS Editorial Team

Editors

Jake Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer Walker, Associate Editor
Jillian C. Rogers, Reviews Editor
Esther Morgan-Ellis, Digital and Multimedia Editor
Jordan Musser, Managing Editor
Caitlin Truelove, Editorial Assistant
John-Peter S. Ford, Editorial Assistant

Editorial Board

Christina Baade
Michael Birenbaum Quintero
Kristi Brown-Montesano
Mark Burford
Daniel Goldmark
Sumanth Gopinath
Sara Haefeli
Judith I. Haug
Erika Supria Honisch
David R. M. Irving
Loren Kajikawa
Tiffany Kuo
Maureen Mahon
Matthew Mugmon
Judith A. Peraino
Marcie Ray
Stacy Wolf

JMHP Editorial Team

Melanie Lowe, Editor-in-Chief
Rika Asai, Editorial Board
Matt Baumer, Editorial Board
Marie Comuzzo, Editorial Board, Student
S. Andrew Granade, Editorial Board
Kunio Hara, Editorial Board
Eric Hung, Editorial Board
Erinn Knyt, Editorial Board
Peng Liu, Editorial Board
Colin Roust, Editorial Board
Kristi Swift, Editorial Board
Reba Wissner, Editorial Board

Music Means Editorial Team

Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Project Lead

Musicology Now Editorial Team

Rachel Mundy, Executive Editor
Siv B. Lie, Deputy Editor
María Edurne Zuazu, Editor
Hedy Law, Editor
Amalia Mallard, Student
Paola Messina, Student
Adebola Ola, Student
James Parsons, Editor
Marcus Pyle, Editor
Max Schaeffer, Editor
Ken Tianyuan Ge, Editor

Award Committees
H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Award Committee

John Rice, Chair
Simon Morrison
Hilary Poriss

Early Music Award Committee

Sam Barrett, Chair
Karen Desmond
Richard Freedman

Alfred Einstein Award Committee

Michael J. Puri, Chair
Mark Katz
Sarah Ann Long

Noah Greenberg Award Committe

Kenneth Hamilton, Chair
Alexander Blachly
Stewart Carter

Roland Jackson Award Committee

Nadine Hubbs, Chair
Theodore Gordon
Larisa Jackson

Otto Kinkeldey Award Committee

Thomas Christensen, Chair
Wendy Heller
Peter Schmelz

Lewis Lockwood Award Committee

Glenda Goodman, Chair
Andy Flory
Emily Richmond Pollock

Music in American Culture Award Committee

Katherine Baber, Chair
Monica Ambalal
James Davis
David Miller

Claude V. Palisca Award Committee

Tina Frühauf, Chair
Drew Davies
Benjamin Korstvedt
Lawrence Schenbeck

Paul A. Pisk Prize Committee

Edmund Goehring, Chair
Jamie Reuland
Claudio Vellutini

H. Colin Slim Award Committee

Dana Gooley, Chair
Joseph Auner
Mark Burford
Kristen Yri

Ruth A. Solie Award Committee

Zach Wallmark, Chair
Rebecca Cypess
Alison Maggart

Robert M. Stevenson Award Committee

Emilio Ros-Fábregas, Chair
Ireri E. Chávez-Bárcenas
Javier Marín López

Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award Committee

Charles Carson, Chair
Daniel Castro Panteja
Sarah Suhadolnik

AMS Teaching Award Committee

Matteo Magarotto, Chair
Kimary Fick
Reba Wissner

Grants & Fellowship Committees
Fellowship Committee

Hedy Law, Chair

Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship Subcommittee
Christopher Campo-Bowen, Chair
Ryan Dohoney
Kimberlyn Monteford
Jessica Payette

Holmes/D’Accone Fellowship in Opera Studies Subcommittee
Oliva Bloechl, Chair
Roberta Marvin
Martin Nedbal

Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship Subcommittee
Gwynne Brown, Chair
Jasmine Henry
Lisa Nielson

Travel/Research Grants Committee

John Gabriel, Chair
Sally Bick
Anita Hardemon
Jason Rosenholtz-Witt
Jennifer Walker

One committee decides eight travel/research grants:

Elliott Antokoletz Grant
M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Grant
Virginia and George Bozarth Grant
H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Grant
Jan LaRue Grant
Ora Frishberg Saloman Grant
Harold Powers World Grant
Eugene K. Wolf Grant

Eileen Southern Travel Fund Committee

Richard Beaudoin, Co-Chair
Elisabeth Beckley-Roberts, Co-Chair
Candace Bailey
Elizabeth Durrant, Student
Eduardo Sato
Reed Williams

Janet Levy Award Committee

Leon Chisholm, Chair
Alex Bádue
Ronit Seter

Thomas Hampson Fund Committee

Ayana Smith, Chair
Marjorie Hirsch
Natasha Loges

Development & Special Projects
Delegates

Liza Vick, Liaison to the AMS Archives
Suzanne Cusick, ACLS
Gurminder Bhogal, AMS Studies
Roger Matthew Grant, Grove Music Online Advisory Panel
Judy Tsou, National Recording Preservation Board
Andrea Bohlman, National Recording Preservation Board
Evan MacCarthy, U.S. RILM Board

Special Appointments

Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Many Musics of America, Principal Investigator; Grant Development Advisor
Basil Considine, Grant Development Advisor

How to Volunteer

The AMS has about sixty (60) committees and hundreds of volunteers serve on them each year. In order to serve on an AMS Committee, individuals must be members in good standing of the AMS. Committee appointments are typically determined in the summer prior to the start of the official AMS service year on 1 November. To volunteer to serve as an AMS committee member, please complete the form linked below.

Volunteer

 

(Note: Every effort is made to place volunteers in preferred assignments, but only a third of service posts turn over each year and so we cannot guarantee placement.)

More info about committees and what they do can be found in the AMS Administrative Handbook, which is available on the Policies & Guidelines page. Most committee members serve for three or four years. You may wish to speak with a current committee member about what they do.

For more information about AMS governance and committee service, please contact the AMS Office at ams [at] amsmusicology.org.

 

Committees FAQs

Is AMS membership a requirement to serve on a committee?

Yes. To serve on an AMS Committee, individuals must be members in good standing of the AMS.

How do I volunteer for a committee?

To volunteer to serve on an AMS Committee, fill out this form.

How long are committee terms?

They vary, from one to four years. For specifics, consult the AMS Handbook, available on our Policies page.

I’m on a committee. When does it meet?

Committee meeting times vary. Contact your committee chair or the AMS Office for more information. To contact the AMS, email us at ams [at] amsmusicology.org.

When does my committee term end?

Committee members are provided with their terms of service when they are recruited to serve. Current Council members will also find their term of service indicated under the Council listing at the top of this page. If you did not receive or cannot remember your term of service, contact the AMS Office at ams [at] amsmusicology.org.

Are chapter student representatives serving on the Council eligible for travel reimbursements to the Annual Meeting?

Yes. Council student representatives are eligible to receive up to $650 in reimbursements to attend the Annual Meeting and participate in Council activities. Student representatives, like all Council representatives, are expected to attend Council activities at the AMS Annual Meeting and this reimbursement is provided to subsidize attendance.

Council student representatives interested in a waiver of the Annual Meeting registration fee should apply to serve as an Annual Meeting volunteer. Volunteers are assigned on a first come, first served basis. We cannot guarantee that all who apply will be assigned a volunteer role, so please submit your volunteer request early. Volunteering is a great way to meet other members of the Society and make new friends.

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