Call for Papers

2017 Meeting of the NYSSL Chapter of the AMS
April 22 - 23, 2017
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Deadline for Proposals: Friday 17 February 2017, by 5:00 p.m. EST

The Spring meeting of the New York State St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society will take place on Saturday 22 April through Sunday 23 April 2017 at the University of Toronto.

You are invited to submit abstracts in all areas of scholarship on music to the Program Committee Chair, Caryl Clark, at <[log in to unmask]>. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday 17 February 2017.

The conference coincides with the Canadian Opera Company's production of Harry Somers' and Mavor Moore's centennial-commissioned opera Louis Riel, which runs in Toronto from 20 April through 13 May, and with the interdisciplinary symposium "Hearing Riel," which will take place at the University of Toronto on Friday, 21 April. For further information, please visit Canadian Opera Company and the University of Toronto's Canada 150 initiative.

Review Process

Review of proposals is blind. In the body of an email, include your name, title of the paper, A/V requirements (sound, piano, projector, etc.), affiliation, and contact information. Please attach an abstract of no more than 250 words to your email (.pdf, .doc or .docx file formats only). Do not include your name in the title or in the abstract document. Presenters will be notified of the results by March 1, 2017.

Length

Papers should be 20 minutes in length.

Membership

You do not need to be a member of the AMS or the NYSSL chapter to submit a proposal. Should your paper be selected for presentation, however, you will need to join the NYSSL chapter and pay the dues fee of ten dollars (CAD/USD).

Student Paper Prize

Graduate students may request to be considered for the annual Student Paper Prize (AMS).

http://www.ams-net.org/chapters/nyssl/AMS_NYSSL_Site/Welcome.html