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

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 Femin...

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...