Call for Papers

… cantus ecclesiasticum ut ornaret …: Polyphony for the Proper of the Mass in
the Middle Ages and Renaissance

16-18 January, 2009, Faculteit Letteren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(Belgium)

Organised by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Research Unit of Musicology and
the Alamire Foundation

Conference Theme

In 1509, the great Renaissance composer Heinrich Isaac delivered an
extraordinary series of commissioned mass-proper cycles to the cathedral chapter
at Constance. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of this event, this
conference aims to contextualise Isaac’s contribution to the mass-proper genre
by examining polyphony for the proper of the mass in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance.

Papers, of around 25 minutes, are invited on all topics relating to medieval and
Renaissance polyphonic mass-proper repertories. These may include:
the earliest mass-proper repertories and their relationships with the beginnings
of written polyphony in the West
source-studies (mass-propers in manuscripts and prints)
mass-propers and the liturgy
relationships between mass-propers and other sorts of liturgical music
analytical aspects (e.g. the treatment of pre-existent chant cantus firmi)
mass-propers and unwritten polyphony
precedents, context, and analysis of Heinrich Isaac’s mass-propers

Proposals for panel-sessions are also welcome. The preferred conference language
is English, although other languages will also be considered. Abstracts, no
longer than 300 words, may be submitted via email to David Burn
(david.burn[at]arts.kuleuven.be) or Stefan Gasch (stefan.gasch[at]univie.ac.at)
by 15 October 2008. Notification of acceptance will be given no later than 30
November 2008.

For further information, please contact:

David Burn     and Stefan Gasch

Department of Musicology    Institut für Musikwissenschaft

Faculty of Letters     Universität Wien

Blijde-Inkomsstraat 21 – bus 3313   Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9

3000 Leuven      1090 Wien

Belgium      Austria

Tel.: +32 487657566     Tel.: +43 1 4277 44271

Mail: david.burn at arts.kuleuven.be   Mail: stefan.gasch at univie.ac.at

The Greater New York Chapter of the American Musicological Society will meet on
Saturday, October 4th in New York City.  Proposals are being accepted for
presentations, including scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, and
lecture/demonstration/performances.  Part of the day's activities will also
include a panel discussion of non-academic careers in music.

Send proposals to both of the following e-mail addresses:  DrJSDailey "at"
aol.com and msumeric "at" gmail.com.  Put the proposal in the body of the
e-mail, with the subject line reading "AMS-GNY Proposal" and the title.  The
deadline is August 12th.

Membership in the Greater New York Chapter is open to members of the national
society who live in New York City and the surrounding area, Long Island,
northern and central New Jersey, and western Connecticut.  However, members of
the American Musicological Society who live outside the geographical boundaries
of the Chapter can submit papers for our meetings provided that they also submit
an application for Chapter membership and pay dues before they present at the
meeting.

University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music

Position Announcement: Musicology

The Eastman School of Music is seeking applications for the position of
Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure track) in the Musicology Department. 
Applicants should specialize in music since 1900; significant expertise in
Ethnomusicology is also desirable.  Candidates will be requested to supply
evidence of outstanding ability in research and excellence in teaching. 
Potential teaching assignments range from undergraduate courses on special
topics and a survey of the history of music from 1880 to the present, to period
surveys for MM students, seminars for DMA students, and seminars for PhD
students.  Applicants must have completed the PhD by Sept. 1, 2009.

The Musicological community at Eastman includes 10 faculty, 20-25 PhD students,
and 4-6 MA students in Ethnomusicology.  The Eastman School enrolls
approximately 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students, and the PhD is
granted in Musicology, Theory, Composition, and Music Education.  The Sibley
Music Library is the largest academic music library in North America.  For more
information, see the Musicology Department website at:
www.esm.rochester.edu/musicology/

Review of applications begins on October 3, 2008. To receive full consideration,
please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching
and research, and three current letters of recommendation via attachment to the
Musicology department secretary (with subject line Musicology Search):

kbuechel at esm.rochester.edu

or by regular mail to:

Prof. Roger Freitas
Chair, Musicology Search Committee
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, NY 14604-2505

Please do not send further supporting materials at this time.

The Eastman School of Music seeks to create a musical community that is rich
with cultural, social, and intellectual diversity.  We are an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourage applications from
groups underrepresented in higher education.

Dear AMS-Announce subscribers,

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Executive Director
AMS

The American Musicological Society and the Music Division of the Library of
Congress are pleased to present the second in a series of lectures highlighting
musicological research conducted in the Division’s collections. The next
lecturer, Annegret Fauser (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), will
speak on her research about former Music Division Chief Harold Spivacke, in a
talk entitled "After Pearl Harbor: Music, War, and the Library of Congress."

"Music of all kinds had a powerful role to play in World War II, and on each
side, both Axis and Allied," states Fauser.  "Many American composers and
performers offered their services in the cause of morale and victory. It is
perhaps surprising, however, that one of the pivotal institutions in this
musical war was the Music Division of the Library of Congress, led by its then
Chief, Dr. Harold Spivacke. Today he is probably best known for his role in
commissioning Aaron Copland’s 1944 ballet for Martha Graham, _Appalachian
Spring_, when he served as musical advisor to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.

"My presentation of Spivacke’s (and the Library’s) musical activities during
World War II provides a microcosmic exploration of music’s various roles during
World War II in America, given that his involvement touched upon almost every
aspect of music in this country. I will explore the rich materials of the
Library, including Spivacke’s correspondence with musicians such as Barber,
Copland and Milhaud, documents relating to his activity as the Chair of the
Subcommittee on Music of the Joint Army and Navy Committee of Welfare and
Recreation, and the Library’s involvement in the war-time concerts and
commissions for the Coolidge Auditorium­the very same space in which this
lecture will take place."

Prof. Fauser’s talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held on
Thursday, 18 September, in the Coolidge Auditorium at 7 p.m. Further details and
travel directions may be found at the Web site: www.ams-net.org/LC-lectures/ .

The first lecture in the AMS/LC series, presented by Judith Tick (Northeastern
University) and entitled "Ruth Crawford Seeger, Modernist Composer in the Folk
Revival: Biography as Music History," is available for viewing on the Library of
Congress Webcast site:  see www.ams-net.org/LC-lectures/seeger-tick.php . Prof.
Fauser’s talk will also be available as a Webcast.

The third lecture in the series will take place in the spring of 2009: Jeffrey
Magee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), discussing aspects of the
work of Irving Berlin.

Full details: www.ams-net.org/LC-lectures/

Princeton University Library invites nominations and applications for the
position of Librarian, Mendel Music Library.

The successful candidate will be responsible for directing the Mendel Music
Library located in the Woolworth Center, home to Princeton’s Department of
Music, and supervising its staff of three collections assistants and a large
complement of student workers.

The Mendel Library is one of nine specialized libraries on campus, and the
successful candidate would join a community of approximately 80 professional
librarians, 50 professional specialists and administrative staff, and 200
support staff. The Mendel Library, which includes an audio listening room,
maintains a collection of 65,000 monographs, 60,000 scores, 94,000 sound
recordings, 765 subscriptions, 18,000 microfilm titles, and has a growing
collection 3,000 video recordings and DVDs. It also provides access to an
extensive collection of electronic resources, including digital sheet music and
streaming audio collections and databases. The Library serves the students,
faculty, and visiting researchers associated with the two concentrations--
composition and musicology -- within the Department of Music, and its Program in
Musical Performance. The Library helps support Princeton’s Program in Theater
and Dance and serves the broader campus community interested in music and
performan
ce.

See the Web site below for full details and application instructions:

http://library.princeton.edu/hr/positions/JobMendelMusicLibrn7-2008.html

The program committee for Musicology at Kalamazoo (Cathy Ann Elias, Mary
Wolinski, and Julia Wingo Shinnick) is pleased to announce the following
sessions for the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 7-10,
2009:

Music, Liturgy, and Cluny: 1100 Years of Tradition

The Medieval Fiddle: Performance, Technology, and Repertory

Medieval Music: Performance and Improvisation

Medieval Music Theorists who Hate Each Other!

Medieval Music Theory and Sister Disciplines

Medieval Sources: From Song to Book

Motets in and out of Context

Mouvance: The Mobility of Medieval Musical Texts

Musical Medievalism: Now and Then

We hope many if not all of these sessions can foster some real dialogue between
musicologists and scholars in other areas, so we encourage specialists in fields
other than Music to submit proposals.  Please keep in mind as well that we
intend these session titles mostly as "hooks" on which a multitude of proposals
can be placed rather than limitations, so send us your best work (as the editors
of JAMS are fond of saying), even if it doesn't precisely seem to fit one of
these topics--we may be able to make it work anyway, and we'll try to find a
place for as many good proposals as we can.

Abstracts should be sent by 13 September to Cathy Ann Elias, program committee
chair, at the address below.  Electronic submissions are welcome. Please write
in the subject part of the e-mail the following:   KZOO 2009  (Please use my
gmail account: cathy.elias at gmail.com)

You'll also need to complete and submit the “Participant Information Form” from
the conference website, available at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper. This is very
important, not only because it is your only chance to make A-V requests, but
because it is required by the Medieval Institute.  Please note that the form
appears at the bottom of the page. Be aware that this is a PDF document; if you
don't have Adobe Acrobat (the writer, not just the reader) on your computer, you
cannot save a completed form, so you'll have to print it and send it via
snail-mail or fax.

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Ann Elias.  We look forward to
seeing you in Kalamazoo next May.

Cathy Ann Elias (DePaul University)
Julia Wingo Shinnick (University of Louisville)
Mary Wolinski (Western Kentucky University)

October 25-28, 2008:

53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Middletown, CT.

For more information, see:

www.ethnomusicology.org

The AMS Noah Greenberg Award is intended as a grant-in-aid to stimulate active
cooperation between scholars and performers by recognizing and fostering
outstanding contributions to historical performing practices.

Both scholars and performers may apply, since the Award may subsidize the
publication costs of articles, monographs, or editions, as well as public
performance, recordings, or other projects.

The award consists of $2,000 and a certificate, conferred at the Annual Business
Meeting and Awards Presentation of the AMS by the chair of the committee.

Deadline: 15 August 2008

Full details:

www.ams-net.org/awards/greenberg.php

‘Adapting Byron’, 4-5 December 2008
The Byron Centre, University of Manchester

Few figures have captured the creative imagination to the extent of Lord Byron.
Since the publication of the first instalment of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,
virtually every age, nation and art-form has responded to his life and works.
This conference will examine a wide range of adaptations of Byron over the past
two centuries, interrogating his changing reception and considering how his
poetry has been reconceived by being brought into contact with new, non-literary
contexts and media. Papers will discuss Byron in relation to, among other
things: ballet, German song, Verdi, Mendelssohn, England, France, Italy,
television drama and MySpace. Speakers include Shona Allen (Cologne), Bernard
Beatty (Liverpool), Lorrie Corano (Missouri), Susan Rutherford (Manchester),
Gilles Soubigou (Sorbonne), Michael Sinatra-Eberle (Montréal) and Stephen Zani
(Lamar, Texas). The conference will also feature two lunchtime musical recitals
on Byron-related themes, and a Byron dinner in Manchester’s ci
ty centre.

For further information, please contact Dr Laura Tunbridge, School of Arts,
Histories and Cultures (Music), Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama,
University of Manchester, Coupland Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
(Laura.Tunbridge at manchester.ac.uk).

‘Adapting Byron’ is the inaugural conference of The Byron Centre, the University
of Manchester’s new interdisciplinary study centre devoted to advancing the
study of all aspects of Lord Byron: his life, writings, times, worldwide
reception and international influence. Launched in 2007, the Centre offers a
wealth of study opportunities at MA and PhD level in the fields of English,
European and American Literature, Nineteenth-Century European Music and Italian
Literature, History and Culture.

The Centre also has its own major Byron Archive, located at the historic John
Rylands Deansgate Library, with substantial holdings of early editions, related
publications and material from around the globe relating to Byron’s world-wide
reception.

For more information about The Byron Centre, please visit our webpage (given
below) or contact the Centre’s Director, Dr Alan Rawes, School of Arts,
Histories and Cultures (English and American Studies), Samuel Alexander
Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M19 3PL, UK (alan.rawes at
manchester.ac.uk).

The Byron Centre:
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/englishamericanstudies/research/By\
ronCentre/

Call for Proposals:  'Haydn: Forms of Expression' in Wellington, NZ

To commemorate the bicentenary of Haydn's death, The New Zealand School of Music
will hold an international conference in Wellington, New Zealand on May 22-24,
2009.  The conference is part of a year-long series of events devoted to Haydn
at the New Zealand School of Music. Keynote addresses will be delivered by W.
Dean Sutcliffe (University of Auckland) and Richard Will (University of
Virginia), and the conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion that
will, in addition to the keynote speakers, also include Peter Walls (New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra) and, as moderator, Elizabeth Hudson (New Zealand School of
Music).

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers on topics related to the diverse
forms of expression cultivated by Haydn and his contemporaneous and subsequent
interpreters. Approaches may be historical, analytical, or critical. Possible
topics include but are not limited to issues of genre and style, meaning and
significance, performance practice, and reception. We will in addition consider
proposals for scholarly presentations involving musical performances, which
could also be given extra time. The conference will conclude with a round table
discussion.

Proposals (250 words maximum), indicating A/V needs, should be sent by September
30, 2008 as e-mail attachments or by post to:

Dr. Keith Chapin
New Zealand School of Music
P.O. Box 600
Wellington 6140 New Zealand
keith.chapin at nzsm.ac.nz

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.  Assistant professor/tenure track.  Teach courses
(survey, early music, musicology, etc.) at the undergraduate and graduate levels
according to the needs of the School and the candidate’s interests;
continue/expand scholarship to achieve national visibility; other duties as
defined by the Director.  Qualifications required: Master’s in hand and
doctorate ABD; doctorate preferred and required before tenure; high-level
scholarship and demonstrable success in teaching at the college level.  Send
application letter, vita, 3-5 letters of recommendation, examples of
scholarship, and evidence of teaching success to: Chair, Musicology Search
Committee, TCU School of Music, TCU Box 297500, Fort Worth, TX 76129. 
Application review will begin on October 1, 2008, and continue until the
position is filled.  Date of appointment: August 2009.  TCU is an EEO/AA
Employer

Call for Papers:  2009­-A Year of Anniversary Celebrations

The International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (IRASM) is
issuing a special CFP for the year 2009.  In light of the fact that 2009 marks
the 350th anniversary of the birth of Purcell, the 250th of the death of Handel,
the 200th of the death of Haydn, and the 200th of the birth of Mendelssohn, the
journal is particularly eager to publish articles focusing on the music (or
activities) of any of these composers. All musicological perspectives are
welcomed; though in keeping with the journal’s central mandate, we are
particularly interested in essays focusing on the social, aesthetic, and broader
philosophic significance of Purcell, Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn­for their
own time and for our own.

IRASM is the official journal of the Croatian Musicological Society and is
published twice yearly (in June and December). For further information, contact
its editor, Dr. Stanislav Tuksar at tuksar at hazu.hr, or at the address (or
phone numbers) below:

Dr. Stanislav Tuksar
IRASM
Opaticka 18
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Telephone: +385 1 4651370
Fax: +385 1 4684701

Polish Music Since 1945: An International Conference hosted by the Music
Department of Canterbury Christ Church University, 30 April - 2 May 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

An international conference on 'Polish Music since 1945' will be hosted by the
Music Department of Canterbury Christ Church University - England, from Thursday
30 April to Saturday 2 May 2009. This is the first international conference on
Polish Music organized by a British University, and will coincide with and
augment the long-established Sounds New Music Festival, based in Canterbury. The
2009 festival will focus on and celebrate contemporary Polish music. Krzysztof
Penderecki will be in residence during the festival, and one of the many
highlights will feature this renowned composer conducting his 'St Luke Passion'
in Canterbury Cathedral. He will also participate in the conference.

The conference is in association with:

The Sounds News Music Festival
The Institute of Musical Research (IMR)

The conference aims to bring together scholars, composers and performers with
interests in post-war Polish music. A wide range of contributions will be
considered, including:

i) paper presentations (20 minutes, plus 10 minutes question time)
ii) lecture recitals (40 minutes to 1 hour maximum, including question time)
iii) panel sessions (1 hour, with no more than four papers, including question
time)

The conference key-note address will be delivered by Professor Adrian Thomas
(Cardiff University).

Proposals are invited on topics that address specific compositional and/or
analytical aspects of individual composers, repertoires, genres, styles and
performance practice. Papers that are more historical or sociological in nature
are also welcome, as are those dealing with the broader contexts within which
contemporary Polish music has evolved. Possible themes might include, but are
not limited to:

*       Compositional practice of Polish composers, such as Penderecki, Górecki,
Lutoslawski and Panufnik, among many others.
*       Polish film music
*       Jazz, popular and 'world' musics in Poland
*       Music, politics and identity in the Soviet and post-Soviet eras
*       The global influence of Polish music

  The official language of the conference will be English.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Friday 31 October 2008.
Successful contributors will be notified via email by late November 2008.

Abstracts should be submitted via email (preferably as plain text - only
attachments in .rtf format will be accepted) to the conference organiser, Dr.
Eva Mantzourani at: eva.mantzourani at canterbury.ac.uk.

Postal correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Eva Mantzourani, Department of
Music, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, United Kingdom.

For updates and further details visit the conference website:
www.cccupolishmusicconference.org.uk

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Music

School of Music

University of Auckland

The School of Music of the University of Auckland is seeking to make up to two
appointments at the level of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in musicology, music
theory and analysis.  The School is one of the largest in New Zealand and is
highly regarded both nationally and internationally for the excellence of its
programmes across a range of areas including musicology, composition, classical
performance, popular music and jazz.

We are seeking applicants with strong, university-level teaching experience at
both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in some or all of the following
areas: art music pre-1700; 20th- and 21st-century music; tonal harmony and aural
comprehension; music theory and analysis. The candidate/s we are seeking will
also have strong research/creative practice profiles in musicology, theory,
composition or performance. They will be expected to make a substantial
contribution to the research and creative practice culture of the School and
Faculty.

For any enquiries please contact the Head of School, Professor Robert Constable
on r.constable at auckland.ac.nz.
Reference number:    A267-08I

Closing Date:    22 September 2008

The Fall 2008 Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the American Musicological
Society will be held on Saturday, 20 September 2008, at Appalachian State
University in Boone, NC.  Our keynote speaker will be Douglass Seaton, the
Warren D. Allen Professor of Music at The Florida State University.

We hereby invite submissions for papers to be delivered at the meeting. 
Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes in length in order to allow 10
minutes for discussion. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words by the
deadline of Friday, 5 September 2008.  We strongly encourage submission via
e-mail to levy at wfu.edu.  Alternatively, abstracts may be submitted in hard
copy to the address below, to be received by 8 September 2008.  The program will
be announced on or about 10 September 2008.

David Levy
Department of Music
Wake Forest University
Box 7345
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Student members of our chapter can compete for a Student Presentation Award. 
Interested students must submit an abstract for inclusion in the program
following the guidelines above, and, if their paper is accepted by the program
committee, should indicate their wish to be considered for the prize immediately
upon receiving their acceptance notification.  No later than one week prior to
the meeting, candidates must send me an electronic file with the full text of
their papers (recorded and printed examples are not necessary).  Please review
the full guidelines at http://www.ams-net.org/chapters/southeast/award.htm.

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Applications are invited for:-

Department of Music
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor
(Ref. 08/161/2) (Closing date: November 28, 2008)

Applicants should (i) have a doctorate degree (or ABD with documented
completion date) related to music theory/analysis; (ii) demonstrate
potential for developing as distinguished and productive scholars; and (iii)
exhibit commitment to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. Duties include (a) teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses;
(b) serving on postgraduate thesis and dissertation committees; (c) coaching
ensembles; and (d) participating actively in Departmental and University
activities. Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to
three years initially commencing August 2009, leading to longer-term
appointment or substantiation later subject to mutual agreement.

Salary and Fringe Benefits:

Salary will be highly competitive, commensurate with qualifications and
experience. The University offers a comprehensive fringe benefit package,
including medical care, plus a contract-end gratuity for an appointment of
two years or longer, and housing benefits for eligible appointees.

Further information about the University and the general terms of service
for appointments is available at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel. The terms
mentioned herein are for reference only and are subject to revision by the
University.

Application Procedure:

Please send full resume, copies of academic credentials, a publication list
and/or abstracts of selected published papers, three letters of
recommendation and a sample of writing, together with names, addresses and
fax numbers/e-mail addresses of three referees to whom applicants' consent
has been given for their providing references (unless otherwise specified),
to the Personnel Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong
Kong (Fax: (852) 2603 6852) by the closing date.

Please quote the reference number and mark 'Application - Confidential' on
cover. The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon
request.

5-10 July 2009.

See http://list.bowdoin.edu/pipermail/ams-announce/2008-June/000916.html for the
original announcement.

More info:

http://www.iaml.info/activities/conferences/call_for_papers

Proposals must be submitted by 1 OCTOBER 2008 in order to be considered.

The Tristan Society, an interdisciplinary organization and publisher of
Tristania, is pleased to announce two sessions for the 2009 Medieval Congress at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 7-10):

*Digital Tristans: A Forum on Electronic Editions of Tristan Manuscripts

*The Tristan Motif: National Traditions and Their Significance

Please submt proposal for these sessions by 15 September 2008 to James L.
Zychowicz (JZychowicz at aol.com). If you have not received the mailing from the
Medieval Institute, the call for papers is at
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/Sessions09.pdf.

Along with your proposal, please submit the Participant Information Form, which
is available at the conference website:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper. The latter form
is necessary for all A/V requests and, most importantly, required by the
Medieval Institute.

Again, we look forward to receiving proposal for these sessions and invite you
also to keep in mind your ideas for future meetings.

Please send your proposal and encourage your colleagues to participate!

Dear AMS-Announce Subscribers:

   The end-of-summer update of DDM-Online has now been completed and is
available for your use at http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/ddm/. The current
update of DDM-Online includes eighty-two new or revised records (received as
of 15 August 2008) and brings the total size of the database to 13,890
records.

   As part of our ongoing revision of older records, this update also
includes the addition of hundreds of new index numbers (for Dissertation
Abstracts, UMI, RILM, and British Library Document Supply) to the records
for completed dissertations in the "Twentieth Century" section of
DDM-Online. Similar numbers were added to the "Romantic" section in a
previous update, and over the coming year, we will gradually add these
numbers to the remaining sections.

   We continue to rely on each of you as individual authors to register
your dissertation topics with us as you begin work and then to register the
dissertations themselves anew as they are completed. Online registration is
available through a link on the DDM-Online home page, but we are always glad
to send our conventional registration postcard upon request.

   Please check your record in DDM-Online, and if it needs updating from a
topic to a completed dissertation (or if it is not present at all), please
do register your work with us.

   In addition, we always appreciate hearing from individuals who can
supply information on musicologically related dissertations that have not
been registered with DDM-Online for one reason or another.

   Finally, we would be very grateful if dissertation advisors and
Directors of Graduate Study would periodically review the in-progress
sections of DDM-Online and notify us of any projects they know to have been
abandoned (or completed). Quite naturally, authors sometimes neglect to
notify us if they withdraw from a program, and in the absence of specific
notice from an author or advisor, it is nearly impossible to identify an
abandoned project, especially since some dissertations are indeed "in
progress" for many years.
   With continuing appreciation for your cooperation and assistance,
                 Sincerely yours,
                     Thomas J. Mathiesen
                     Director

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The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music presents

Echoes Of Ellington: A Conference about the music and life of Duke Ellington

Conference Dates: April 15, 16, and 17, 2009

In conjunction with a rare staging of Duke Ellington’s comic opera “Queenie
Pie,” the Center for American Music and the Butler School of Music at the
University of Texas at Austin will be sponsoring a conference exploring the
music and life of the composer.  The conference will feature talks by James
Lincoln Collier and John Franceschina, and attendees will be invited to the
Butler School’s opening night performance of “Queenie Pie,” with Carmen Bradford
singing the title role.  The UT Jazz Orchestra will also present an
all-Ellington concert.

Call for Papers: The conference organizers welcome submissions that address
Ellington’s music, life and times from any perspective, including historical,
sociological, analytical, theoretical, and performance. Papers concerning
Ellington’s music for the theater and for film are especially welcomed.
Proposals for round tables, lecture recitals or novel formats will also be
considered. Presentations for individual papers should be approximately 30
minutes.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: submit a one-page abstract to Prof. James
Buhler at jbuhler at mail.utexas.edu or fax 512/471-7836. Abstracts must be
received by Monday, November 3, 2008. Decision notification will be no later
than Monday, December 1, 2008. The final version of selected papers must be
submitted by March 15, 2009.

Further information about the conference may be found by visiting
www.music.utexas.edu/campsconferences.

  Further information is also available by contacting Prof. Jeff Hellmer,
Director of Jazz Studies, jhellmer at mail.utexas.edu

Dalhousie University

Musicology

Applications are invited for a tenure-track appointment in Musicology at the
Lecturer/Assistant Professor level, effective July 1, 2009.  Candidates will
have completed a Ph.D. in Musicology by the time of appointment and will have
demonstrated excellence in teaching and in research.  The successful candidate
will teach undergraduate courses in the core curriculum for music majors,
courses in the new graduate program in Musicology (scheduled to commence in the
Fall of 2009, pending approval), and general enrollment courses.  Research and
teaching should emphasize interdisciplinarity and music in the context of
cultural studies.  Area(s) of research specialization should complement those of
the current Musicology faculty.  Expertise and ability to teach specialized
courses in one or more of the following areas is required: 17th- and
18th-century music, jazz, music in Canada, film music, or music theory and
analysis.

Applications should include a letter of application including a statement of
research and teaching interests and philosophies, a curriculum vitae, and three
confidential letters of reference forwarded under separate cover by the
referees, sent to Chair, Music Department Search Committee, Arts Centre,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2.  Applications must be postmarked by
Oct. 15, 2008.  This position is subject to budgetary approval.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority.  Dalhousie University is an
Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer.  The University encourages
applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability,
racially visibly persons and women.

Music in Purcell's London: "Only Purcell e're shall equal Blow"
The British Library, London
Saturday 4 October 2008, 10am-5pm

The Purcell Society and British Library are pleased to announce that
booking is now open for this study day on the music of Henry Purcell and
his contemporaries John Blow and Giovanni Battista Draghi. The study day
marks the 300th anniversary of Blow and Draghi's deaths in 1708, and the
start of a year-long celebration in the UK of the 350th anniversary of
Purcell's birth (which occurred in 1658 or 1659).

Keynote speaker: Professor Sir Curtis Price, KBE

Other speakers include Rebecca Herissone, Christopher Hogwood, Peter
Holman, Andrew Pinnock, Robert Thompson, Bryan White and Bruce Wood.

Booking information and programme details:
http://www.henrypurcell.org.uk/study_day.html

Study day hosted by the Purcell Society and the British Library.

Further information:

Dr Sandra Tuppen
Music Collections
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7500
email: sandra.tuppen at bl.uk

CFP: Fall Meeting, AMS Capital Chapter (Oct 11)


Abstracts are being accepted for the Fall Meeting of the AMS Capital Chapter,
which will be held on Saturday, October 11 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland,
Virginia.  Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words to Andrew H.
Weaver, chair of the chapter, via email at weavera at cua.edu, preferably as an
attachment in Microsoft Word.  The deadline for abstracts is Monday, September
22.

Following AMS guidelines, papers should not exceed 30 minutes.  The abstract
should summarize the argument and line of reasoning to be presented in the paper
and explain how the research findings contribute to or change current scholarly
thinking.

The AMS Capital Chapter encompasses the District of Columbia, Maryland, and
parts of Virginia and West Virginia.  However, members of the American
Musicological Society who live outside the geographical boundaries of the
Chapter can submit papers for our meetings provided that they also submit an
application for Chapter membership and pay dues before they present at the
meeting.

More information about membership is available on the Chapter website:
www.ams-net.org/chapters/capital/