Our Purpose
The North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA) aims to promote the study of British Music from all time periods on the North American Continent; to provide a collegial and supportive forum for discussion through electronic and other means; to provide a clearinghouse of information on the study of such music; and to foster regular meetings to discuss the same.
North American British Music Studies Association
Welcome to NABMSA Online
Welcome to NABMSA Online the world wide web portal for members of the North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA).
In the News
John Lowerson
NABMSA has just learned of the death of historian John Lowerson. A historian, Lowerson was the author of Amateur Operatics, Sport and the English middle classes, 1870-1914, Time to spare in Victorian England, and several other books and articles, focused primarily on the Victorian period. Lowerson was a great supporter of British music studies and will be sorely missed.
NABMSA President Byron Adams writes, "I learned this morning of the passing of John Lowerson, who was both a great scholar and a great friend of the North American British Music Studies Association. Many of us who knew John will miss sorely his erudition, gentle humor, and essential courtesy. The influence of his scholarship on British music studies is deep and will be lasting. Ave atque vale!"
NABMSA 2010 Conference
NABMSA's fourth conference will once again bring together scholars and lovers of British music from various academic fields and locales for three days of papers, discussions, and musical performances. We welcome papers examining all time periods of British music and musical life, all geographical regions of Britain, and all uses of British music outside of Britain. Papers that draw upon interdisciplinary or broader cultural contexts are particularly welcome, as are papers on figures celebrating important anniversary years in 2010 (including Thomas Arne, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, and Rutland Boughton). We also encourage students to submit papers; the best student paper presented at the NABMSA conference will be awarded the Temperley Prize.
Abstracts of up to 500 words for 20-25 minute individual papers, for paper sessions, or for lecture recitals should be sent by February 1, 2010, to:
Spring 2009 Newsletter
The Spring 2009 Newsletter of the North American British Music Studies Association is now available here. As always, send your member news, short articles, calls for papers, and other materials to Newsletter editor Kendra Leonard.
Minutes
The minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting are now available here.
Elections
The results of the 2008 elections are:
Treasurer: Christina Fuhrmann
Board Members: Linda Phyllis Austern and Christopher Scheer
NABMSA on Facebook
NABMSA now has a Facebook page here. Come visit!
