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

2019 Meeting of the NYSSL Chapter of AMS Dan School of Drama & Music, Queen’s University, April 16-17, 2019 Deadline for proposals:  Friday, Feb. 1 The 2019 spring meeting of the New York State St. Lawrence chapter of the American Musicological Society will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday 16-17 April at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Information on local hotels, B&Bs and restaurants will be posted on our website as it becomes available. On Tuesday night, conference attendees are invited to a performance entitled “Seven Deadly Sins” by Soundstreams Canada at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts: an original and entertaining evening of new songs by Canadian composers and singer-songwriters. We welcome papers on all topics, in addition to panel recommendations, or other alternative formats. We also wish to encourage proposals for a session of lightning talks con...

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 Conference Report, 2018 The annual NYSSL Chapter meeting of the AMS took place over the April 14-15 weekend at SUNY, Fredonia, in NY. Many thanks to Fredonia’s Dr. James Davis for heading up the program committee and taking care of local arrangements. The committee put together a diverse array of papers that offered much in the way of discussion. Attendees also enjoyed a compelling Keynote address “Deficient Media, Extraordinary Musics, Mozart, Distance—and the Art of Love” by Dr. Jamie Currie (University at Buffalo) that deconstructed proximity and distance as vehicles for transformation. Participants were also able to see the stunning production, Spring Awakening on Saturday evening. For the first time in the chapter, a professional development session “Dissertation-to-Publication Workshop” organized and led by Dr. Kimberly Francis, was offered, to great accolades. Thank you, Kim! We will experiment with more of these sessions in the future so please send ideas to your gradu...

New York State – St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society Annual Meeting April 14-15, 2018 SUNY – Fredonia http://ams-nyssl.blogspot.ca/p/upcoming-meetings.html The NYS-SL Chapter of the AMS will meet next month at the State University of New York at Fredonia. The conference will begin at 9:30 on Saturday morning and conclude by 12:00 on Sunday afternoon. Information regarding lodging can be found at: https://home.fredonia.edu/admissions/directions#lodging . The conference program is posted here . The abstracts are posted here . A reminder that there is a $20.00 meeting fee for full-time faculty/$10 for all others in lieu of an annual membership fee. The schedule includes 11 diverse papers and a keynote by Jamie Currie (University at Buffalo) titled "Deficient Media, Extraordinary Musics, Mozart, Distance--and the Art of Love.” We are hosting a lunch session for graduate students – “Dissertation-to-Publication Workshop” – where free box lunches will be pr...

We're solidifying plans for a Dissertation-to-Publication workshop f or graduate students at the April 14-15 NYSSL chapter meeting at SUNY Fredonia (12-2 PM, Saturday over a free boxed lunch). We'll discuss whether to go the book route or the article route, and we'll consider best practices and talk about ways to plan for success. For students interested in participating, we ask that you bring your dissertation proposals and an updated c.v. (Proposals should also be sent to Dr. Kimberly Francis ahead of time so that she might provide some comments as well - kfranc02 'at' uoguelph.ca .) We're also asking that participants please register. To do that, you should send an email to Jim Davis (davisj 'at' fredonia.edu) stating their interest. We hope you'll help spread the word and encourage other graduate students at all levels of study to attend. It's never to early to start thinking about publications!