American Musicological Society, New York State - St. Lawrence Chapter (NYSSL)

Call for Papers 2017 Meeting of the NYSSL Chapter of the AMS April 22 - 23, 2017 Faculty of Music, University of Toronto Deadline for Proposals: Friday 17 February 2017, by 5:00 p.m. EST The Spring meeting of the New York State St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society will take place on Saturday 22 April through Sunday 23 April 2017 at the University of Toronto. You are invited to submit abstracts in all areas of scholarship on music to the Program Committee Chair, Caryl Clark, at c.clark@utoronto.ca . The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday 17 February 2017. Other Conference Details The conference coincides with the Canadian Opera Company's new, all-Canadian production of Harry Somers' and Mavor Moore's centennial-commissioned opera Louis Riel, which runs in Toronto from 20 April through 13 May, and with the interdisciplinary symposium "Hearing Riel," which will take place at the University of Toronto on Friday, 21 Ap

Greetings and Happy Fall to all members of the NYSSL chapter, As we start to prepare for the November meeting of the American Musicological Society in Vancouver, I thought now would be a good time to invite members comments for the National meeting of the Chapter Societies. Drop me an email if you would like an issue brought forward at this meeting. We can also confirm that the 2017 NYSSL chapter meeting will be held at the University of Toronto, April 22-23. This coincides with the Canadian Opera Company's production of Louis Riel, which premiers on the 20th, and has a second performance on the 23rd. Sherry Lee and Caryl Clark from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music are also hosting an all-day symposium on the opera April 21. NYSSL members are warmly invited to attend. For tickets to the opera, visit: http://www.coc.ca/PerformancesAndTickets/1617Season/LouisRiel.aspx Stay tuned for the Call for Papers in early December. Hope to see you in Vancouver! K

Below are the suggested amendments to the chapter's bylaws. They are intended to streamline the running of the chapter and reduce protracted searches for volunteers. They are posted here for comments and discussion prior to voting. Please add your thoughts as comments to this post. An e-vote will take place June 10, 2016. Please watch your inboxes for this.

NYSSL AMS Chapter Meeting , April 30-May 1, 2016 Crane School of Music State University of New York at Potsdam Wakefield Recital Room, Bishop Hall For the complete abstracts, click here Saturday, April 30 8:30am: Registration, coffee/pastries Dean’s Conference Room, Bishop Hall, 2nd Floor (next to Wakefield) 9:00-10:00 AM: Rethinking Performance Contexts and Texts Chair: Kirsten Yri (Wilfrid Laurier University) Gregory Johnston (University of Toronto), “Heinrich Schütz’s Musical Gift to the Wolfenbüttel Court:  What the Partbooks Tell Us” Annalise Smith (Cornell University), “Directorial Influence at the Paris Opéra: The Case of Devismes du Valgay” 
 10:00-11:00    Negotiating the Past and the Place Chair: Stephanie Vander Wel (University at Buffalo, State University of New York) Anne Briggs (Wichita State University), “Fado and Female Azorean Immigrants” Lydia Hamessley (Hamilton College), “’Shattered Image’: Appalachian White-Trash Femininities in the Song

The NYSSL Chapter of the American Musicological Society welcomes all music scholars and graduate students from Ontario, Québec and New York State. You do not have to be a member of the AMS to be a member of the chapter. Membership runs from January 1 to December 31 annually. We encourage members to pay for multiple years to cut down on paperwork.  As a further means of going green and cutting down on paperwork, dues will be received by e-transfer to our Secretary Treasurer, Colleen Renihan. This applies to both new and renewed membership. Please send an e-transfer addressed to crenihan@uoguelph.ca . If you have been a member of the chapter and contact information has not changed, there is no need to send in further information (name and payment are sufficient). If you are a new member, please send an e-transfer with the note "New Member" in the body message to Colleen. In a separate email, please state your name, contact information, affiliation, and if you are a regular

Call for Papers 2016 Meeting of the NYSSL Chapter of the AMS April 30 - May 1, 2016 Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam Deadline for Proposals: Monday, February 15, 2016 by 5:00PM The Spring meeting of the New York State St. Lawrence Chapter  of the American Musicological Society will take place on Saturday, April 30 through Sunday, May 1, 2016 at SUNY Potsdam. You are invited to submit abstracts in all areas of scholarship on music to the Program Committee Chair, Jess Tyre (Associate Professor, The Crane School of Music) at  tyrejb@potsdam.edu . The deadline for submissions is 5:00PM Monday, F e bruary 15, 2016. Warm thanks go to Jess T yre and Po tsdam for hosting the meeting this year. Other Conference Details The conference coincides with the Lougheed/Kofoed Festival of the Arts (LoKo), Which will feature guest conductor, Duain Wolfe, finishing up with a performance of Vaughan Williams, Franck, Bruckner, and the Fauré Requiem Saturday night, free of charg