Spring Meeting--Online May 18, 2024
0 Comments Published by AMSGNY President on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM.The spring 2024 meeting of the Greater New York Chapter of the American Musicological Society will be online at Saturday, May 18th. If you would like to present on any musical topic, please send a 250 word proposal by Sunday, April 14th.
Roundtable discussion with composer Aaron Zigman--Friday February 16, 2024
0 Comments Published by AMSGNY President on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 3:41 PM.
The roundtable will take place on Zoom. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4861123413?pwd=c0podGRzbVVtZnUwd2pBMGpFVm41UT09
Mr. Zigman is an established composer in Hollywood, with
many movie credits. For details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Zigman Émigré is a composition for the concert
hall, and was jointly commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the Shanghai
Symphony. It concerns European Jews who fled
to China during World War II. For details, see https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/arts/music/emigre-oratorio-shanghai-jews-.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU0.GlH2.gLW63f8dLxQj&bgrp=c&smid=url-share
For details about the upcoming performances of the work, go
to https://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2324/zigman-emigre
This event is open to all, and will be of interest to musicologists,
musicians, composers, those interested in Sino/European relations, Holocaust
studies, and the public in general.
Please share this invitation with others.
AI and music(ology)--Roundtable discussion, Tuesday, November 28th
0 Comments Published by AMSGNY President on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 10:57 AM.The Greater New York Chapter of the American Musicological Society invites you to participate in a roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Music(ology). Given the great deal of press that AI has been receiving lately, this is a timely topic to discuss.
Announcement of Winter 2024 Meeting at Columbia University--Call for Proposals
0 Comments Published by AMSGNY President on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 10:02 PM.The Winter Meeting for 2024 will take place on Saturday, February 3rd at Columbia University. We encourage the submission of proposals on all areas of music and its interdisciplinary interpretations and connections. Please send 250 word abstracts to both jdailey "at" gts.edu and jonathan.waxman "at" gmail.com by December 3rd. The room at Columbia contains a grand piano, so live musical performances/examples are possible.