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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.

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Submissions are now closed for the 2012 NABMSA conference.

The program committee plans to let everyone know the results by mid-March.

Fifth Biennial Conference 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

July 26-28, 2012

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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