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Mar
14
Deadline: 14 March 2025
2025 Board Election Candidates
The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the candidates for the 2025 AMS Board election.
Mar
14
Deadline: 14 March 2025
2025 Council Election Candidates
The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2025 AMS Council election.
17 April 2025
UK Music Orgs Condemn NEH Cuts and their Effect on the AMS
The Royal Musical Association, Conservatoires UK, and Music Mark released a statement condemning NEH funding cuts and their effects on the AMS.
14 April 2025
Have NEH Grant Cuts Affected You?
The AMS invites individuals and organizations working on music studies to report how NEH funding has impacted and supported their work.
04 April 2025
NEH Grants Terminated
The AMS has four NEH grants and $363,000 in expected funding summarily terminated by DOGE.
18 March 2025
Kirsten Paige Awarded Fellowship in Garden & Landscape Studies
Kirsten Paige has been awarded a fellowship in Garden & Landscape Studies.
17 March 2025
Help AMS Advocate for the Humanities!
AMS staff and Board members recently lobbied Congress in support of the humanities. Here are a few way you can help!
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April 2025
Upcoming
Fri
4
4 April @ 12:00 am-6 April 2025 @ 11:59 pm
AMS Greater New York Chapter / Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Joint Annual Meeting
The joint meeting of the Greater New York Chapter of the AMS and the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (MACSEM), will take place from April 4th through April 6th at AMS headquarters at New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Floor 3, New York, NY 10003. The location is accessible to the West 4th Street, West 8th Street, and Astor Place subway stations. Registration is required, but there is no fee to attend.
Please visit the AMS Greater New York Chapter's website for the program and more details.
Sat
5
5 April 2025 @ 12:00 am-11:59 pm
AMS Capital Chapter Meeting
For more information, visit https://www.ams-net.org/chapters/capital/upcoming-meeting-details/. The call for papers will be issued in early January.
Thu
10
10 April 2025 @ 7:00 pm-7:00 pm
2025 AMS/NYU Lecture
The 2025 AMS/NYU Lecture, “Razza, Race, and the Operatic Voice in Seventeenth-Century Italy,” will be held on Thursday, 10 April 2025 at 7:00pm in Room 303 at New York University’s Education Building, 35 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10011. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
In this lecture, Professor Emily Wilbourne draws on her recent award-winning book, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford, 2023).
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