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Noriko Manabe Steps Down as AMS Treasurer »
Dr. Noriko Manabe has resigned her post as Treasurer of the American Musicological Society, citing the impact of the pande...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Ethics Committee Nominees »
The AMS Office is pleased to announce the nominees for the Ethics Committee election. Balloting will open to current AMS m...
Friday, August 6, 2021
Board Nominating Committee Calling for Nominations »
The Board Nominating Committee is calling for nominations for candidates to serve as Vice-President or Director-at-Large o...
Friday, June 11, 2021
Performance Committee Selections for 2021 AMS Annual Meeting »
The AMS is pleased to announce that the Performance Committee has invited the following individuals to perform at the 2021...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Spring 2021 Publication Subventions Awarded »
The Publications Committee of the American Musicological Society is pleased to announce that the following publications ha...
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Share Your Work Using the Humanities Commons CORE Repository »
The AMS has had a presence on Humanities Commons for some time now. One appealing and underutilized feature is its CORE...
Monday, March 22, 2021
Inside the AMS: The Work of the Communications Committee »
The scope and media of AMS Communications have changed drastically in recent years. As recently as three years ago our co...
Friday, March 19, 2021
President's Letter: On Anti-Asian Violence »
Our Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) sisters and brothers have lived through a year as the targets of misdirected ra...
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Call for Volunteers to Serve as Annual Meeting Chairs »
The AMS Program Committee is calling for volunteers to serve as chairs for 2021 AMS Annual Meeting sessions. To serve as a...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
CRE Becomes Committee on Race, Indigeneity and Ethnicity »
The Committee on Race and Ethnicity (CRE) was formed by a Planning Committee in November 2017 upon request from the AMS...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Call for Nominations: AMS Council »
The AMS Council Nominating Committee is calling for nominations for the 2021 Council elections. Charged with drawing up...
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Letter on the Capitol Riot »
Like many of you, I watched with a mixture of horror, embarrassment, and disbelief as a violent mob of insurrectionists st...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Progress Report on Precarity and Professional Development »
COVID-19 has posed tremendous challenges to many of us. And before COVID, many of us also confronted the challenge of stru...
Monday, November 23, 2020
A Message from the Past Treasurer »
For twenty years I have served as your treasurer. In this role, my primary job has been to oversee the AMS endowment, made...
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Amy Wlodarski Appointed Associate Editor of JAMS »
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Wlodarski , Professor of Music and Director of Col...
Monday, November 16, 2020
Musings from the President of the AMS »
Not gonna lie. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is one of my favorite movies. Yes, yes, I know that Bill and Ted t...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
A Letter from the AMS President »
"It's like a bomb went off in our house." Those are the words with which I opened the Fall 2019 meeting of the AMS' Board...
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Balloting Now Open for By-Laws Amendments »
Vote Now --> The AMS membership is invited to vote on several amendments to the Society's By-Laws proposed...
Monday, October 5, 2020
Noriko Manabe Appointed AMS Treasurer »
The AMS Board of Directors is delighted to announce the appointment of Noriko Manabe to the role of AMS Treasurer....
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Proposed Amendments to the AMS By-Laws »
Vote Now --> At its April and September meetings, acting in response to ongoing conversations with and among the...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
JAMS: Message from the Editor-in-Chief »
Dear members of the AMS community, As the global pandemic continues to disrupt and reshape our daily lives, JAMS has no...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020   (3 Comments - view/add)
Dr. Siovahn A. Walker appointed as AMS Executive Director »
The Board of Directors of the American Musicological Society (AMS) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Siovahn...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
On the Death of George Floyd - A Letter from the AMS President »
Grief. So much grief. Grief piled atop grief, as if the grief we already felt for all we have lost in the covid pandemic (...
Friday, May 29, 2020
Board Nominating Committee Calls for Nominations »
The Board Nominating Committee is charged with drawing up a slate of candidates for consideration in the next AMS Board el...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
2020 Board Election Results »
We are pleased to announce that Danielle Fosler-Lussier has been elected to serve as the next Vice President of the Americ...
Monday, April 27, 2020
A message from the President re: COVID-19 »
"The AMS extends sympathy and solidarity to all who are suffering the effects of the covid-19 pandemic," our website says....
Wednesday, January 15, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Board Report on Livestreaming at the Annual Meeting »
Report on AMS Board’s Discussions on Livestreaming at the Annual Meeting In December 2018, the President charged two...
Sunday, June 23, 2019   (1 Comment - view/add)
AMS Board endorses American Historical Association's Statement on Plagiarism »
At its meeting held on 23 June 2019 the AMS Board of Directors voted to endorse the American Historical Association's S...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
AMS 2019 Election Results »
Steve Swayne, President    ...
Monday, April 29, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMS Board Career Development Task Force report »
The AMS Board's task force on career development has prepared a report to members.  Download the report via t...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
New AMS Subventions Awarded »
The fall 2018 round of AMS Subventions: thirty-four books, $44,000