Meetings & Events

AMS Meetings & Events Bulletin | September 2024

Early Registration Ends

September 23 - Register Now!

Early-bird discounted registration for the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting in Chicago ends Monday, September 23. So if you are an AMS member (or have been meaning to join or renew), now is the time! Update your AMS membership and register. You can save as much as $130 off our non-member registration rates.

Featured Events

Info & Networking

AMS Affiliates Fair

Prospective Graduate Student Fair

Performances

Bis repetita placent

From Prague & Beyond

Frozen Figures

South Side Impresarios

Strings as Tribute

Un sarao de la Chacona

Visions of Afro-Futurism from the 1970s

Receptions

Welcome Reception

New Attendee Reception

Student Reception

AMS Awards Reception

Explore the 2024 Annual Meeting Program

The searchable online program for the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting in Chicago is now available. The program features hundreds of sessions on a diverse array of topics. Explore now!

Attend the Prospective Grad Student Fair

The Prospective Grad Student Fair lets departments and prospective grad students meet and connect. Undergrads attend for free. Departments: Reserve your table now!

Reserve Your Hotel Room! Space is Limited

Reserve your hotel room at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel using our special group rate and save! Group rate rooms are limited and will be first come, first served. Reserve your room now!

Sign Up for Mentoring or Networking in Chicago!

Participate in speed networking and speed mentoring, or be a mentor for the AMS Buddy Program. Network and engage with colleagues who share your interests. Learn more!

Many Musics of America (view all events)

Orchestrating Blackness: Irene Britton Smith and Julia Perry

Join us at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on 14 October 2024 at 7:30pm PT for a performance and lecture by conductor Kendrick Armstrong. Armstrong will discuss how choices about music are shaped and informed. Learn more...

Re-Animating the Sound Archive

Re-Animating the Sound Archive will take place on 17 October 2024 at 6pm ET at Appalachian State University and will be live-streamed. Sound artist Brian Harnetty will discuss how people relate to recorded sounds that document the past. Learn more...

Visions of Afro-Futurism from the 1970s

Join us at the Art Institute of Chicago on 15 November 2024 at 7pm CT for a talk and performance by Damon Locks and members of the Black Monument Ensemble. This Many Musics of America event will occur during the AMS Annual Meeting. Tickets: $15 per person. Learn more...

Frozen Figures: Grief, Denial, and Stephen Sondheim’s Evening Primrose

Join us on 16 November 2024 at 2:15pm CT for a special lecture-performance by Jake Johnson, Marita Stryker, and Scott Guthrie on Sondheim's TV musical Evening Primrose. This Many Musics of America event will occur during the AMS Annual Meeting. Learn more...

Public Lectures

AMS/RRHoF: What was the Modern Rock 500?

Robin James will lecture on "What was the Modern Rock 500?" as part of the AMS/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lecture Series on 19 September 2024. James will discuss what the Modern Rock 500 tells us about gender, differences between genres, and more.

AMS/Library of Congress: Heard on the Small Screen

Join us at the Library of Congress on 28 September 2024 at 2pm ET for an AMS/Library of Congress Lecture by Reba Wissner. Wissner will examine the music in Jack Arnold's and Henry Mancini's episodes of Peter Gunn, and explain Mancini's compositional process.

Other AMS News

How (and Why) to Write and Publish a Good Book Review

This AMS members-only event, led by the Pacific Southwest Chapter, will explore how your book review can add value to a book, and establish you as a rising voice in the field. This online workshop will be held on 18 October 2024 at 2pm PT. Register now!

Paul A. Pisk Prize

The AMS is calling for applications for the Paul A. Pisk Prize. The Paul A. Pisk Prize is awarded annually to a graduate student who presents an outstanding scholarly paper at the AMS Annual Meeting. Apply by 1 December 2024, 11:59pm ET.

Early Music Program Fund

The Early Music Program Fund supports programming for researchers studying music in the period before ca. 1600. AMS chapters, study groups, and committees are eligible. Apply by 19 January 2024, 11:59pm ET.

AMS Council Workshop: Advancing the AMS Mission

The AMS holds three online informational workshops each year to educate AMS Council members about the Society's operations. The next workshop, titled Advancing the AMS Mission Over Time, will be held on 20 September 2024 at 3:00pm ET. By invitation only.

Roland Jackson Memorial Grant in American Music

The AMS is calling for applications for the Roland Jackson Memorial Grant. The grant provides funds to support the production of a project in musical analysis, such as an article, book, digital resource, performance, or syllabus. Apply by 1 December 2024, 11:59pm ET.

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