Meetings & Events

AMS Meetings & Events Bulletin | April 2024

Call: 2024-25 Members-Only

Event Proposals

The Committee on the Annual Meeting and Public Events (CAMPE) invites all AMS study groups, chapters, and committees to submit proposals for members-only events to be held in academic year 2024-2025. AMS members-only events are intended to explore issues of common concern and increase opportunities for networking and engagement among the Society's members. The Committee particularly seeks online-only events, but will also consider proposals for in-person and hybrid events. Limited funding is available. Apply by 1 May 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Spotlight on New Research:

Ibero-American Music

The next AMS members-only event will cast a spotlight on new research in Ibero-American Studies. To be held on 17 April at 5pm ET. Marysol Quevedo and Belén Vega Pichaco will present their research on musical modernism in Cuba in the long 20th century. Register now!

2024 AMS Annual Meeting - Chicago

Eileen Southern Travel Grants

Eileen Southern Travel Fund (ESTF) travel grants support annual meeting attendance as well as cohort and networking activities for minority undergraduates and terminal master's candidates interested in exploring careers in musicology. Applications due 31 May 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Annual Meeting Travel Grants

Want to attend the Annual Meeting, but lack travel funds from your employer? Apply for an AMS Annual Meeting Travel Grant! These grants are available to AMS members who have little or no financial support for travel to attend the Annual Meeting. Apply by 1 July 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Pre-Conference Scheduling Requests

Organizations interested in holding pre-conference events at the 2024 Annual Meeting may now submit room reservation requests! Pre-conference event space is first-come, first-served, and as space allows. Organizers must cover their own catering, A/V, and expenses.

Request Form

Volunteer to Be a Chair or Discussant

The AMS is calling for volunteers to serve as session chairs or discussants at the 2024 annual meeting to be held this fall in Chicago, IL. To volunteer to be a chair, please submit this form by 3 May 2024, 11:59pm ET. (Must be logged in to access this form.)

Volunteer to Serve

Featured Events

Teaching Music History Conference

Register for the 2024 Teaching Music History Conference, which will be held 7-9 June 2024 at Columbus State University. The conference, which is organized by the AMS Pedagogy Study Group, will feature a special workshop, “Teaching the Blues through Ma Rainey.”

AMS Council Workshop: Governing the AMS

The AMS holds three online informational workshops each year to educate AMS Council members about the Society's operations. The next workshop, on Governing the AMS: Now and in the Future, will be held on 9 May 2024 at 5pm ET. By invitation only.

Leontyne Price, NBC and Opera in the Civil Rights Era

Join us at the Library of Congress on 29 May at 7pm ET for an AMS/Library of Congress Lecture by Danielle Ward-Griffin. Ward-Griffin will examine television and its influence on opera casting practices during the early civil rights movement. Learn more!

Other AMS News

Board and Council Election Ballot Opens

The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2024 AMS Board and Council elections. Balloting for Board and Council elections is now open to AMS members and will close 11:59pm ET, 31 May. All current AMS members are urged to cast their votes. The winners of this year's Board and Council elections will be announced in June and begin their terms in November 2024. For more information on the candidates, visit our Board candidates and Council candidates pages.

Call for Board Nominations

The Society is calling for nominations for candidates to run for election to the Board of Directors in 2025. Nominations are due 10 May 2024, 11:59pm ET. Self-nominations are permitted.

Call for Council Nominations

The Society is calling for nominations for candidates to run for election to the AMS Council in 2025. Nominations are due 10 May 2024, 11:59pm ET. Self-nominations are permitted.

Sustainable Mentorship Program

The Sustainable Mentorship Program (SMP) provides robust, year-long mentoring to individuals with graduate training in musicology or a related field. This year the program will support four (4) cohorts across three mentoring streams. Applications due 30 May 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Select Award Deadlines Extended

The nomination deadlines for the AMS Teaching Award and the Roland Jackson Award, which honors works of musical analysis, have been extended to 1 May 2024, 11:59 ET. The Society urges members to nominate now to help ensure a competitive and representative award season.

AMS Event Calendar

Connect with colleagues by attending some of the many AMS events, organized by the Society and its affiliated chapters and study groups. For a complete list of AMS chapters and study groups, visit our chapters and study group pages.

April

Ibero-American Music Readings: A Discussion of Recent Publications

17 April 2024

Online

AMS Northern California Meeting

20-21 April 2024

Reno, NV

AMS New England Chapter Meeting

27 April 2024

Storrs, CT

May

AMS Council Workshop: Governing the AMS: Now and in the Future