Sonneck Society for American Music
Bulletin, Volume XXV, no. 2 (Summer 1999)
Conferences
30 September-2 October 1999: Don't Stop Till You Get Enough: Consuming Popular Music: The
1999 National Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, United States Branch
(IASPM/US), Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The 1999 IASPM/US
conference will feature papers on the cultural roles of music and musicians, the means by which music
gets to its audience, and the ways in which music is interpreted and used by listeners in a
variety of contexts. Within this broad frame, the conference will focus especially on consumption
practices. For information contact Thomas Swiss, Chair, Program Committee, 1514 Buresh Ave., Iowa
City, IA 52245, thomas.swiss@drake.edu. For more
info. contact Paul Fischer, Dept. of Recording Industry, Box 21, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN 37132, (615) 898-5470, pfischer@frank.mtsu.edu.
7-9 October 1999: Towards and African Pianism: Keyboard Music from Africa and the Diaspora,
University of Pittsburgh.
9 October 1999: Fourth Annual American Music Masters Conference. Case Western Reserve University.
This conference will be devoted to an exploration of the musical legacy of Louis Jordan (1908-1975).
Papers will highlight Jordan's musical contributions both from a musical-historical perspective and
within the broader context of American cultural history. For more information, contact Emily
Davidson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1 Key Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44114,
edavidso@rockhall.org, (216) 515-1234.
14-17 October 1999: Forty-Second Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, Hyatt
Regency Hotel, Denver, Colorado. Held in conjunction with the 1999 National Conference of
the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI). For more information see
www.music.org.
4-7 November 1999: American Musicological Society. Kansas City, Missouri, The Hyatt
Regency Crown Center.
18-21 November 1999: Society for Ethnomusicology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Local Arrangements contact: Stephen Slawek; Local Arrangements Chair, School of Music, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; (512) 471-0671 slawek@mail.utexas.edu.
Program contact: Tom Turino, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1114
West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois (217) 244-2681, t-turino@uiuc.edu.
5 December 1999: Conference on the Music of Amy Bech, Mannes College of Music. The conference
will coordinate the efforts of musicologists, music theorists, and performers in exploring specific
works by Beach. Each session will consist of papers devoted to analytic, stylistic, and contextual
explorations of a single composition of Beach's, along with a performance of the composition discussed.
Those interested should submit a preliminary proposal by 15 March 1998. For further information, please
contact Adrienne Block and Poundie Burstein at AMYBEACH@aol.com.
19-23 July 2000: Dancing in the Millenium, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. The
program committee for Dancing in the Millennium welcomes submissions on topics and in formats
reflecting the broad interests of those engaged in dance, dance studies, and other dance-related
activities. Submission deadline: 15 September 1999. For more information or to submit, contact
Carol G. Marsh, Dancing in the Millennium, School of Music, UNCG, POB 26167, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6167,
c_marsh@uncg.edu, 336/334-5789.
1-5 November 2000: Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections. Queries about joint session proposals
can be directed to Katherine Preston, Program Chair of the SAM portion of the Toronto 2000 conference
and SAM representative on the Steering Committee. Email Preston at kkpres@facstaff.wm.edu.
Other contact information is in the Society directory.
Updated 8/20/99