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SECM 2010 in Brooklyn
Fourth Biennial Conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music
Dates: 8–11 April 2010
Location: St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York
Located in historic Brooklyn Heights, St. Francis College lies a short walk from the Promenade, an esplanade offering dramatic views of the 2010 Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and the Manhattan skyline across the East River. The area is easily accessible to Midtown Manhattan and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Featured events include a concert on period instruments at the Morris-Jumel Mansion; a concert by Brooklyn College musicians; a tour of downtown Manhattan with stops at the eighteenth-century Fraunces Tavern and other sites; and a visit to the Morgan Library.
We seek to incorporate a wide variety of presentation types, including papers, lecture recitals, panels, considerations of a specific work from different points of view by several speakers, and reports on ongoing projects. Proposals for papers or other activities on any topic relating to music of the eighteenth century are welcome. The SECM Student Paper Award will be given to a student member for the outstanding paper at the conference. Student members of the society who have not received the doctorate before the date of the conference are eligible for the award.
The conference will include a special “dissertations in progress” session for students working on dissertations on eighteenth-century topics who would like to receive feedback from members of the society. Students wishing to participate in this portion of the conference should submit the following items:
a 250 word dissertation abstract that clarifies the thesis, nature of source material, format, methodology and scope of the project. The abstract must also include a specific statement of one particular aspect/problem/challenge the author is currently confronting as a focus for feedback.
a table of contents
Abstracts of 250 words for all other proposals must be submitted by 15 October 2009 to Margaret Butler, Program Committee Chair, by email at: butlermr@ufl.edu. This date supersedes others previously announced. Only one submission per author will be considered, with preference given to authors who did not present at the 2008 conference in Claremont. Please provide a cover sheet and proposal in separate documents, in MS Word format. The cover sheet should include your name, address, email address, phone number, and proposal title. The proposal should include only the title, abstract, and audio-visual needs. Membership in SECM is encouraged of all participants.
Announcing SECM's Fourth Biennial Conference
The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will hold its Fourth Biennial Conference 8–11 April 2010 at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Registration Form (pdf file)
Preliminary Program
Transportation
Lodging
Optional Activities
Pictures of St. Francis College and surroundings
After The Magic Flute
Dates: 5–7 March 2010
Location: Music Department, University of California, Berkeley
At this interdisciplinary conference, a range of panelists and
featured speakers Wye J. Allanbrook (Emerita, Music, UC Berkeley)
and Jane Brown (Germanics and Comparative Literature, University of
Washington) will discuss recent developments in the history and
historiography of Mozart's 1791 Singspiel, Die Zauberflöte. We will
also screen recent and obscure stage productions and film
adaptations of Die Zauberflöte, including Lotte Reiniger's 1935
silhouette-film Papageno and the 2006 South African adaptation,
Impempe Yomlingo, winner of the 2008 Olivier Award for Best Musical
Revival.
All conference events are free and open to the public, but advance
registration is encouraged. For a complete program and registration
information, visit the conference webpage at: http://music.berkeley.edu/about/magicflute.php
SECM at ASECS 2010
The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will again have its own session at the 2010 meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 18–21 March 2010. The session, entitled “Improvisation in the Eighteenth Century,” will focus on the art of improvisation as it was taught, learned, performed, and consumed.
The session will be chaired by Sarah Eyerly, Butler University, and include the following papers:
1. Gloria Eive, Saint Mary's College of California (retired), "Teaching 'Improvised Ornamentation': Giuseppe Tartini and his 'School.'"
2. Guido Olivieri, The University of Texas at Austin, "A new repertory for the improvisation at the cello: Francesco. P. Supriani’s twelve sonatas from the Principij da imparare a suonare il violoncello."
3. Alexander Bonus, Case Western Reserve University, "The Moving Passions: Approaches for Analyzing and Improvising Ground-Bass Variations in Eighteenth-Century French Style."
We will post more details here as plans develop.A Handel Festival in Historic Williamsburg
The music departments of historic Bruton Parish Church and the College of William and Mary will join with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for “A Handel Festival: Music in the World of George Frideric Handel” to be held in Williamsburg, VA from 12–15 November 2009 and 11–12 December 2009. More information can be found at www.williamsburgfestival.com.
Celebrating Haydn: His Times And Legacy
An international conference to commemorate the bicentenary
of Joseph Haydn’s death
Dates: 6-9 August 2009
Location: York University, Toronto, Canada
This interdisciplinary conference will create an opportunity to
celebrate the music of Joseph Haydn and to reflect on his legacy,
influence, and reception over the past two hundred years. With a
prodigious output in all of the Classical era’s main genres, Haydn has
been the focus of much serious scholarship throughout his life and
continuing until the present day. While there is already a wealth of
extant research, the opportunity still exists to consider Haydn’s
music and its reception even further. This conference will provide a
forum for both internationally renowned Haydn scholars as well as
emerging scholars to share their research in a lively and dynamic
environment.
The programme for the conference will include evening concerts
featuring the Penderecki String Quartet as well as fortepianist
Malcolm Bilson. There will be four plenary speakers including Julian
Rushton (Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds), Elaine Sisman (Anne
Parsons Bender Professor of Music, Columbia University), and Sigrid
T’Hooft (dramaturg, choreographer-stage director, International Opera
Foundation Eszterháza, Belgium), as well as a Roundtable, and 96
conference papers. A banquet and off-campus events are also being
planned.
The conference organizers, Patricia Debly (Brock University) and
Dorothy de Val (York University), look forward to welcoming you to
this conference in August 2009.
For further information and conference updates, please see the
conference website: http://www.brocku.ca/haydnconferenceyork/
Celebrating Haydn: his Times and Legacy has been approved to be one
of the official sponsored events to celebrate York University’s 50th
Anniversary.
Festival Paganiniano of Carro
International Conference
Niccolò Paganini Diabolus In Musica
Società dei Concerti, La Spezia &
Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca
La Spezia, Sala Dante, 16–18 July 2009
Call for papers
The Società dei Concerti of La Spezia (Liguria, Italy)
(http://www.sdclaspezia.it) and the Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini of
Lucca (http://www.luigiboccherini.org), in association with MusicalWords.it
(http://www.musicalwords.it), on the occasion of the 8th edition of the Festival
Paganiniano of Carro, are pleased to invite submissions from scholars of proposals
for the symposium on Niccolò Paganini: Diabolus in Musica, to be held in La Spezia,
Sala Dante, from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 July 2009.
The Symposium aims to investigate different aspects of the life and works of
Niccolò Paganini. The programme committee encourages submissions within the
following areas, although other topics are welcome:
• Paganini and 18th–19th-century schools of violin technique.
• Paganini and Viotti.
• Paganini’s oeuvre in the light of the musical style of his time.
• The role of the orchestra in Paganini’s violin concertos.
• Questions of performance practice in Paganini’s music.
• Paganini and the bravura tradition.
• The reception of Paganini’s music.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Andrea Barizza, Roberto Illiano, Fulvia Morabito, Lorenzo Frassà, Luca Sala,
and Massimiliano Sala.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Prof. Clive Brown (School of Music, University of Leeds) and Prof. Robin
Stowell (School of Music, Cardiff University).
The official languages of the conference are English and Italian. Selected papers
presented at the conference will be published in a volume of proceedings.
Papers are limited to 20 minutes in length, with time following for discussion.
For proposals please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and one page of
biography. All proposals should be submitted by email no later than Saturday 31
January 2009 to Dr. Massimiliano Sala (msala@adparnassum.org). Please include
your name, contact details and (if applicable) your affiliation within your proposal.
The committee will make its final decision on the abstracts by the end of
February 2009, and contributors will be informed immediately thereafter.
Further information about the programme, registration, travel and
accommodation will be announced by the end of March 2009.
For further questions, please contact:
Dr Massimiliano Sala
Via Antonio Puccinelli, 27
I-51100 Pistoia
msala@adparnassum.org
Haydn 2009 In Boston
The Haydn Society of North America, in partnership with the Handel and Haydn Society
Dates: 28–31 May 2009
Location: Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts
In celebration of the Haydn Year 2009, The Haydn Society of North America, in partnership with the Handel and Haydn Society, will hold a conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 28–31, 2009. The conference, which is co-sponsored and hosted by the Longy School of Music, will conclude with the Handel and Haydn Society’s free, outdoor performance of The Creation on Boston’s Esplanade on Sunday afternoon, May 31st.
The program committee includes Floyd Grave (Rutgers University), Benjamin Korstvedt (Clark University), Michael Lamkin (Scripps College), Melanie Lowe (Vanderbilt University), Rebecca Marchand (Haydn Society of North America), and Jessica Waldoff (The College of the Holy Cross).
For more information about the Haydn Society of North America, its goals, and its activities, please visit our Web site: www.haydnsocietyofnorthamerica.org.
Mozart In Prague
A joint meeting of the Mozart Society of America & Society for Eighteenth-Century Music
Dates: 9–13 June 2009
Location: Prague
The Mozart Society of America and the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will present a conference in Prague, 9–13 June 2009, to explore not only Mozart and his music in the Prague setting, but also the musical culture of Bohemia and neighboring territories during the long eighteenth century.
Joseph Haydn and the Business of Music
The British Library and the Haydn Society of Great Britain
Dates: 14–15 March 2009
Location: The British Library Conference Centre, London
The British Library and the Haydn Society of Great Britain are pleased to announce that tickets are now avilable for this public conference marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn.
Speakers include Péter Barna, Otto Biba, Rachel Cowgill, Alan Davison, Ingrid Fuchs, Caroline Grigson, Miguel Ángel Marín, Balázs Mikusi, David Rowland, Wiebke Thormählen, Tom Tolley, Chris Wiley, and David Wyn Jones.
Full programme details are available here.
Tickets: £25 (both days); £15 (one day)
Box Office: +44 (0)1937 546546 or e-mail
The conference coincides with a series of concerts given by the Classical Opera Company at Kings Place, the new venue situated close to the British Library on York Way. For information about the series and online booking, see here.
SECM at ASECS
The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Dates: 26–29 March 2009
Location: Richmond, Virginia
The SECM Session:
Corbett Bazler, “‘Nonsense Well-tun'd’: Opera, Absurdity and the Suspension of (Dis)belief”
Anthony R. DelDonna, “‘Rinfreschi e composizioni poetiche:’ The feste di ballo tradition in late eighteenth-century Naples”
R. Todd Rober, “A Narrative of the Hunt: The 1737 and 1747 Characteristic Sinfonias of Dresden Composer Gottlob Harrer (1703–1755)”
Beverly M. Wilcox, “The Hissing of Monsieur Pagin: A Violinist in the Querelle des Bouffons”
SECM's Third Biennial Conference — The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will hold its third biennial conference jointly with the Haydn Society of North America at Scripps College in Claremont, California from Friday, 29 February to Sunday, 2 March 2008. The deadline for regular conference registration (no late fee) has been extended to January 31, 2008 due to the holiday season.
Program
Registration form (pdf)
Transportation
Lodging
Understanding Bach’s B Minor Mass will be held from 2–4 November 2007 at Queen’s University Belfast. For further information visit the symposium’s web site.
The Amherst Early Music Festival will offer classes in historical dance (Renaissance, Baroque; Baroque dance notation); a fully staged opera (Cavalli’s La Calisto 1652); a special Baroque dance project; lectures; concerts; and more.
7-15 July 2007
Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson.
Location: Connecticut College at New London, Connecticut
Further information here (follow the link to the Historical Dance Program) or send e-mail to info@amherstearlymusic.org
Performance Practice: Issues and Approahces
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
4–6 March 2007
The Department of Music of Rhodes College invites proposals for papers and performances for a conference on "Performance Practice: Issues and Approaches," to be held 4–6 March, 2007. The conference will feature scholarly papers and roundtables on issues related to performance practice as well as performances and lecture recitals illustrating approaches to historically informed performance. Proposals on a wide range of topics are encouraged, including, but not limited to, issues relating to specific composers, geographic areas, and periods of music history from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, performance practice of repertoires outside the traditional canon of Western Music, and the impact of technology on performance practice. It is expected that papers for the conference will be published.
A highlight of the conference will be the keynote address by Christopher Hogwood, one of the leading figures in historically informed performance. This address will constitute the Rhodes College 2007 Springfield Lecture in Music. A performance of Mendelssohn's St. Paul by the Rhodes Singers, Rhodes MasterSingers, soloists, and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will also be featured as part of the conference.
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven, Connecticut announces its 2006 Summer Term (with SECM member Markus Rathey on the faculty). Details at www.yale.edu/sdqsummerterm/.
The Mozart Society of America announces a conference that they are jointly sponsoring with the Santa Fe Opera 29 June - 1 July 2006.
Sponsored by the Mozart Society of America
and the Santa Fe Opera
celebrating
The 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Santa Fe Opera
The 10th anniversary of the founding of the Mozart Society of America
29 June - 1 July 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico
This three-day conference will center around Die Zauberflöte, scheduled to be performed by the Santa Fe Opera on Saturday, 1 July. In addition to a keynote address, three paper sessions, and a panel presentation by music and stage directors of Mozart’s operas, registrants will be guests for a tour of the Santa Fe Opera, and will attend the dress rehearsal and opening night performance of Die Zauberflöte.
More information and a registration form can be found here.
Genre in Eighteenth-Century Music, the second biennial conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, will be held 21–23 April 2006 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The program is available here. Further information about the conference, including lodging and attractions in and around Historic Williamsburg can be found here. The registration form can be downloaded here.
The annual SECM Meeting at the American Musiclogical Society's convention in Washington will take place on Friday 28 October beginning at 7:00. Julian Rushton will be the keynote speaker presenting "What does this remind me of? Plagiarism or shareware in eighteenth century music."
An abstract is given below. The program will also include live performances of string quartets by Pleyel and Rosetti.
Julian Rushton to give SECM keynote in Washington, DC
Julian Rushton
Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Leeds
Chairman, Musica Britannica
Date and Time: Friday 28 October, 7:00 pm
Title: What does this remind me of? Plagiarism or shareware in eighteenth century music.
Abstract: The use of material of earlier origin has been remarked upon in the work of many 18th-century composers. This paper will revisit a couple of
instances, considering in detail whether they really are minor instances of
plagiarism, or merely coincidental; if the figures that appear in different
works are highly characterized, one may feel there is less chance of
coincidence, but still we may be dealing here with shareware rather then
theft. I shall refer to pieces by the Bachs, Gluck, Philidor, and
Mozart.
Conference on Music in 19th-Century Britain
Following the success of the 2001 conference at the Royal College of Music and the 2003 conference at the University of Leeds, we are pleased to announce that the Fifth Biennial International Conference on Music in 19th-Century Britain will be held at the University of Nottingham from Thursday 7 July until Sunday 10 July 2005, under the auspices of the School of Education and the Department of Music.
The conference, which covers all aspects of music in Britain during the 'long' nineteenth century, will include over 70 paper sessions, a keynote address, and a concert of vocal music.
The keynote address is 'On Constructions of Mendelssohn and Britishness,' by R. Larry Todd
For full details of the program click:
here
2005 American Handel Society conference in Santa Fe, 17-20 March 2005
American Classical Orchestra
Mozart Masterworks Symposium, Open Rehearsal, and Period-Violin Masterclass
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Christ Church
520 Park Avenue at 60th Street
New York, NY
As part of the first New York Early Music Celebration, the American Classical Orchestra, the tri-state area’s only period-instrument orchestra, will present a symposium on Mozart in conjunction with the Orchestra’s concert on October 7th. The scholarly panel includes:
Bruce MacIntyre (CUNY): “Spirituality in Mozart”—Implications in the Coronation Mass and Regina Coeli, K. 276.
Kathryn Libin (Vassar): “Touring from Vienna to Prague”—1786, composing the famous “Prague Symphony.”
Michael Ruhling (RIT): “Mozart’s Orchestra”—A period-instrument orchestra as a medium for genius.
An open rehearsal by the American Classical Orchestra will follow these talks.
Continue the morning’s discussion with the panelists over a brown-bag lunch.
In the afternoon, Stephanie Chase, the soloist in the concert, and Linda Quan, ACO concertmaster, will co-teach a master class in Classic violin performance practice. Those interested in performing in the master class should contact Tom Crawford, ACO Artistic Director and Founder (Crawford@amerclassorch.org)
The symposium and master class are a wonderful opportunity for scholars, students, and music-lovers alike to explore Mozart’s music and life. Audience participation is highly encouraged.
Mozart Masterworks: Thursday, October 7, 2004
Featuring Stephanie Chase, violin and the Trinity New Haven Choir of Men and Boys
Regina Coeli, K. 276
Coronation Mass
Violin Concerto, No. 3
Symphony, No. 38 “Prague”
TICKETS
Symposium: $25 (FREE with Mozart Masterworks Concert Ticket purchase)
Master Class: $25
Concert: $50–$30
To purchase tickets or for more information contact the American Classical Orchestra, PO Box 441, Greenwich, CT 06836. Ph: 203-396-0199; Fax: 203-396-0306. Online: www.amerclassorch.org
International Rosetti Society
5th Rosetti Festival in Ries
5-13 June 2004
The Amherst Early Music Festival
will offer classes in historical dance (Renaissance, Baroque; Contredanses from Germany); a fully staged opera workshop (G.F. Händel's Almira 1705); lectures; concerts; and more.
10-18 July 2004
Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson.
Location: Bennington College at Bennington, Vermont
Further information here (follow the link to the Historical Dance Program) or send e-mail to info@amherstearlymusic.org
Society for Eighteenth-Century Music -- 1st Independent Conference:
"Music in 18th-Century Life: Cities, Courts, Churches"
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 30
April-2 May 2004 Program
28th Classical Music Festival, 31 July-16 August 2003
Haydn Society of California Conference, 29-30 March 2003
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