Sonneck Society for American Music
Bulletin, Volume XXIV, no. 2 (Summer 1998)
Toronto 2000
The Sonneck Society for American Music will hold a national meting 1-5 November 2000 in Toronto,
Canada in conjunction with many other North American organizations devoted to the study of music.
The conference, which has previously been referred to as the mega-conference, is to be Toronto
2000: Musical Intersections. The Steering Committee (composed of a representative from each
society) intends for Toronto 2000 to be a true meeting of musical minds rather than a simultaneous
conference of various societies. For that reason, the committee has written into the schedule
numerous joint sessions between different combinations of societies; individual societies, each of
which has its own program committee, will also entertain proposals for joint sessions of various
kinds within their programs.
Deadlines for proposals for the official joint sessions have not yet been established, nor have deadlines
for proposals for the SSAM portion of the program. SSAM members, however, are strongly encouraged
to think seriously about joint session topoics they might wish to see explored at such a meeting --
such as panels, paper or poster sessions, or other formats. This meeting represents an unprecedented
opportunity to examine various musical issues and ideas from different and perhaps unfamiliar angles.
The participants will include the societies for Music Theory and Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological,
College Music, Canadian University Music, and American Musical Instrument societies; the International
Association for the Study of Popular Music; the Association for Technology in Music Instruction; the
Lyrica Society fo Word-Music Relationships; the Historic Brass Society; the Canadian Association of Music
Librarians; the Canadian Society for Traditional Music; and the Society for Music Perception and
Cognition. Please informally convey ideas and proposals to the Joint Session Committee by contacting
Katherine Preston, SSAM Liaison to the Toronto 2000 Steering Committe and Chair of the SSAM Toronto
2000 Program Committee, at kkpres@facstaff.wm.edu.
Updated 8/31/98