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07 January 2026
2026 Mid-Atlantic Chapter Election: The Candidates
The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the candidates for the 2026 AMS Mid-Atlantic Chapter election.
19 December 2025
2025 General Support Grant Recipients
The American Musicological Society (AMS) is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Society's new General Support Grants.
05 December 2025
A Message from the AMS Board of Directors
A Message from the AMS Board of Directors
28 November 2025
Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship Receives Generous Donor Support
Generous donor support will allow the Society to avoid potential funding cuts to the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship program in 2026.
28 November 2025
AMS Studies in Music Expands Support for Authors
AMS Studies in Music is expanding publication support with new supplemental subvention for independent scholars and contingent faculty.
28 November 2025
2026 AMS Summer Institute to be Held in New York
The American Musicological Society (AMS) will hold a two-week summer institute for 30 higher education faculty on computational approaches to studying medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music.
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February 2026
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Fri
6
6 February 2026 @ 12:00 am-11:59 pm
AMS Greater New York Chapter Meeting
The Winter Meeting of the Greater New York Chapter will take place ONLINE on Saturday, February 6, 2026. The chapter is seeking proposals for presentations at this time. Please send 250 word proposals by December 20th. We invite proposals in all areas of musical scholarship. Send your proposals to both jonathan.waxman "at" gmail.com and DrJSDailey "at" aol.com. Do not send attachments—everything must be pasted in the e mail. Include a brief (3 sentence max) bio and include your current affiliation. Put "AMSGNY Winter 2026" in the subject line.
Sat
21
21 February 2026 @ 12:00 am-11:59 pm
AMS New England Chapter Meeting
The Winter 2026 meeting of the New England Chapter will take place on Saturday, February 21, hosted online by Dartmouth College. The Program Committee invites proposals of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers or for themed sessions or panels. All abstracts are subject to anonymous review, and submissions from faculty, independent scholars, and students are encouraged and welcome. Abstracts should be submitted by January 23 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 the end of January, with the hope of announcing the conference program by February 6.
Fri
27
27 February @ 12:00 am-28 February 2026 @ 11:59 pm
AMS Southern Chapter and SEM Southeast/Caribbean Chapter Meeting
Florida State University will jointly host the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society Southern Chapter and the Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast/Caribbean Chapter in Tallahassee, Florida on 27–28 2026.
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