North American British Music Studies Association

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Call for Papers

Fifth Biennial Conference 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

July 26-28, 2012

NABMSA's fifth 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. The 2012 conference will take place from July 26-28 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The theme of the conference is Anglo-American music and musical relationships, and we are especially interested in papers that explore these connections, such as those on British brass bands in America, British-American folk traditions, and other transatlantic collaborations and influences. We also welcome papers on any topic related to British music and musical life, in all geographical regions of Britain, the Empire, and beyond Britain. Papers that draw upon interdisciplinary or broader cultural contexts are particularly welcome, as are papers on figures or works celebrating important anniversary years in 2012 (e.g., Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick Delius, Tippett’s King Priam). We also encourage graduate 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 minute individual papers, for paper sessions of up to four papers, or for lecture recitals lasting 40-50 minutes should be sent by February 1, 2012, to Kendra Leonard by e-mail to kendraprestonleonard at gmail dot com.

Temperley Prize Winner Announced

NABMSA is pleased to announce that the winner of the biennial Temperley prize for the best student paper is Danielle Ward-Griffin. Ward-Griffin, a graduate student at Yale University, presented a paper entitled “The Tower and the Lake: Interior and Exterior Spaces in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw” at the 2010 NABMSA conference in Des Moines. The prize committee (Dorothy DeVal, Peter Horton, and Amanda Winkler) was pleased to select Ward-Griffin’s work from a particularly fine slate of student papers at this year’s conference. Congratulations to Ms. Ward-Griffin!

2010 NAMBSA conference in Des Moines a success!

The 2010 NABMSA conference in Des Moines, held from 29 July to 1 August, has just concluded. Fine papers, pleasant facilities, and a collegial atmosphere made the event a pleasure to attend. The conference program and pictures are now available on the Conferences page.

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