Calendar of Musicology Events in New England

New England Musicology Calendar

Upcoming Conferences and Symposia in New England

  • CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MAUD CUNEY-HARE (Cambridge/Boston/Hybrid) OCTOBER 4 – 5, 2024. A two-day celebration of the 150th birthday of trailblazing music historian, pianist, and community organizer Maud Cuney-Hare (1874-1936, a graduate of the New England Conservatory who lived in Boston for much of her adult life. Cuney-Hare was the first Black woman to publish a book-length history of Black Music in the Americas. See website for further information.
  • REFRAMING THE GAZE: MARIA THERESIA PARADIS, BLIND MUSICIANS, AND MUSICAL CULTURE IN THE DECADES BEFORE BRAILLE (Hybrid — Mount Holyoke College – South Hadley, MA) NOVEMBER 22 – 24 2024 (CFP DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2024) – Contact: paradissymposium -at- gmail.com
  • Biennial Conference of the AMERICAN HANDEL SOCIETY (Boston, MA FEBRUARY 6- 9, 2024) — Howard Serwer Memorial Lecture by Dr. Ayana Smith (Indiana University) and performances by Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society and the Boston Early Music Festival. CFP DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 Abstracts of 500 words sent to Wendy Heller (wbheller -at- princeton.edu)
  • DRAWING THE LINE: RACE, GENDER, ETHICS, AND THE ARTS – An Interdisciplinary conference. Saint Anselm College – New Hampshire Institute of Politics, MARCH 28 – 29, 2025 (CFP DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2024) – Contact drawingtheline2025 -at- gmail.com www.drawingtheline2025.com 
  • WHY BACH? NAVIGATING 21st-CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP, PERFORMANCE, AND PEDAGOGY – U Mass Amherst, APRIL 25-26, 2025 (CFP DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2024) Contact eknyt-at-umass dot edu

PAST EVENTS

FILM MUSIC SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF MARTIN MARKS (SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 – MIT). Register in advance. Questions may be directed to Emily Richmond Pollock pollock -at- mit.edu

Music Research Collections in New England (a growing database)

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Music Research Grants

List maintained by the national office of the AMS

Musicology Graduate Programs located in New England Chapter

  • Boston University [link]
  • Brandeis University, Graduate Programs in Music [link]
  • Brown University [link]
  • Dalhousie University, MA in Musicology [link]
  • Harvard University, Music Department [link]
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Music [link]
  • New England Conservatory, Music History & Musicology [link]
  • Tufts University, Department of Music [link]
  • Université Laval, Faculté de Musique [link]
  • University of Connecticut, Department of Music [link]
  • University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music, Dance, and Theatre [link]
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Music & Dance [link]
  • University of New Hampshire, Music Department [link]
  • Wesleyan University, Department of Music [link]
  • Yale University, Department of Music [link]