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The Kennedy Creek Old-Time Music Festival takes place every autumn at the Kennedy Creek Resort in Suches, Georgia. This year’s festival features workshops and performances by Corn Tippers and the Four O'Clocks. Participants are invited to reserve cabins, yurts, or campsites, and food is available at the resort restaurant. Guest artists teach workshops, lead competitions, and present concerts, but the main event is always jamming with friends. Admission is free. This event will be held as part of the Many Musics of America event series.

The AMS Early Musics Skills and Resources Study Group is delighted to announce Early Music 101, a series of interactive online workshops aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students curious about musical practices before 1600, and at researchers interested in developing a secondary research area in early music. Early Music Research 101 will provide participants with a foundational understanding of what research in early music involves. The first session, "What Is Archival Research?," will be instructed by Sarah Long and Catherine Saucier on 24 September 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET. Sarah Long and Catherine Saucier introduce the fundamentals of archival research in early music, from planning visits to archives and special collections to navigating the primary sources found there. Participants will come away with practical strategies for locating, accessing, and working with pre-1600 musical materials firsthand. Register  

The Greater New York Chapter invites proposals for its fall meeting to be held Saturday, 26 September 2026 at the CUNY Graduate Center. Please send abstracts for 20 minute papers by 31 August to both DrJSDailey "at" aol.com and jonathan.waxman "at" gmail.com. Write the abstract in the e mail--no attachments. Include your name, affiliation (if you have one), e mail, phone number and a brief bio. At this meeting, there will be a roundtable discussion on "What is American Music?" The roundtable will begin with five-minute position papers, after which we will open it up to discussion.