AMSGNY Meetings

Happy 250th birthday to the USA, and we will take this opportunity to celebrate the many types of music that have been written, performed, and listened to over the years.   

It will take place at the CUNY Graduate Center on Saturday, September 26th.  It will start at 1 PM.  The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 and is easily accessible to public transportation.  Please check in with the security guard at the entrance.  

The program has been assembled by John Graziano and Music at Gotham.  Each of the specialists will speak about their period expertise, and then we will throw open the floor to discussion.  The program is below.

For security reasons, all attendees must register in advance.  Please fill out the attached form by Wednesday evening, September 23rd.  Here's the link:

There is no cost to attend, so please invite students, teachers, independent scholars, concert goers, and all others.  Feel free to share this e mail with others.

Thank you to the Chapter Activities Fund of the AMS for helping to sponsor this meeting.

200+ Years of American Music: a Panel Discussion of What’s Been Written, By Whom, and the American Composers’ Fate in 2026 (and Beyond)

 

Moderator: John Graziano

            Professor Emeritus of Music, The City College and Graduate Center, CUNY

            Director, Music in Gotham

 

Panelists:

 

Katherine K. Preston (1830-1875)

David N. & Margaret C. Bottoms Professor of Music, Emerita

College of Arts & Sciences, William & Mary

 

E Douglas Bomberger (1870-1925)

            Professor Emeritus of Music, Elizabethtown College

           

Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett (1920-1965)

            Independent Scholar, Ithaca, New York

 

Joel Lester (1960-1995)

            Professor Emeritus of Music, The City College and Graduate Center, CUNY

            Dean, Mannes College of Music (The New School) (1995 -2011)

           

Kevin Scott (1990-present)

            Conductor, Composer, Independent Scholar