AMSGNY member and former chapter president Sylvia Kahan will be the concerto soloist with the Metro Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro
Philip Nuzzo. The date is Saturday, May 19, 8 p.m., the concerto is
Mozart's ebullient No. 19 in F major, K. 459, the venue is St. Ann's Church, 157
Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights (2, 3, 4, 5, N trains; the R train takes you
right to the door of the church). In addition to Mozart, works by Salieri,
Offenbach, and the Vivaldi Gloria will be performed. Further information can be found at http://themetrochamberorchestra.org/concerts.html.
Winner of Student Paper Contest
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Brandon Peter Masterman's "'This Is How They Do Not Like It': Queer Abjection in Gertrude Stein and Virgil
Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts" has been named the winner of the chapter's student paper prize for 2011/12. Brandon is a graduate student working on his PhD in Musicology
with a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of
Pittsburgh. He presented his paper at the winter meeting.
Upcoming Concert in Princeton, NJ
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AMSGNY member Paul-André Bempéchat will perform Mozart's C major Concerto, K. 415 with thePrinceton University Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, April 1st, at 3 p.m., in theRockefeller College Common Room, Nassau Street, Princeton.The program will begin with the North American premiere of Jean Cras' "Ames d'enfants ("Children's Souls") Suite (1920) and conclude with Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Dr. Bempéchat will be introducing Cras' suite. Admission is free; a reception will follow.
Registration form for Teaching Music History Day
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Eighth Annual Teaching Music History Day
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Registration Form
To help us determine how much food to order, all attendees must fill out the registration form. If you are a current AMS-Greater New York Chapter member or a Rider University faculty/staff/student, registration is free. Please email the completed form to Eric Hung (ehung@rider.edu). If you are not a current AMS-Greater New York Chapter member or a Rider University faculty/staff/student, there is a $10 registration fee. This allows us to cover the cost of lunch. If you prefer to pay the registration fee by Paypal, please email the completed registration form to Eric Hung (ehung@rider.edu), and then visit: http://ams-gny-membership.blogspot.com/ and click on the “Buy Now” button at the bottom of the page. If you prefer to pay by check, please send the check and the completed registration form to: Eric Hung, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: March 19, 2012
Name (as you would like it to appear on your badge): _________________________________________________
Affiliation: ________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________
Registration Category (please check one):
________ AMS-GNY member
________ Rider faculty/staff/student
________ Not affiliated with AMS-GNY or Rider University
Food Restrictions:
________ Vegetarian
________ Vegan
________ Other: please specify: _________________________________________________________________
On the morning of the conference, we are able to offer a limited number of free rides from two locations on a first come, first serve basis. Please check the appropriate line if you are interested. We will let you know whether a ride is available upon receipt of registration form. We will arrange rides from Rider University in the afternoon during the conference:
________ 8:40am from the New Jersey Transit Hamilton Train Station to Rider University
________ 8:00am from Princeton hotels on US-1 to Rider University
