[Historyoftheory] It's official! Announcing the AMS History of Theory Study Group

[Andrew Hicks]

Greetings all,

We are pleased to announce that our AMS History of Theory initiative is now
officially recognized as a Study Group by the American Musicological
Society! Our proposal was enthusiastically approved by the Board of
Directors at its meeting earlier this month. According to AMS President
Martha Feldman, "We are delighted with the initiative and wish you all the
best with the future work of the group."

We are excited to launch the Study Group at the upcoming meeting in
Rochester with a pre-AMS mini-conference on "Instruments of Music Theory"
at the Eastman School of Music, which will feature as keynote speakers
Alexander Rehding (Harvard University), Gabriela Currie (University of
Minnesota), and David Catalunya (University of Würzburg). We copy below the
CFP (deadline 1st May 2017). Please share this with your colleagues and
students, and feel free to circulate on any departmental or topical email
lists, social media, etc. We look forward to your proposals!

With all best wishes,
Andrew Hicks, Caleb Mutch, and Anna Zayaruznaya

CFP: Pre-AMS Mini-Conference on "Instruments of Music Theory"

Conference dates: November 8-9, 2017
Website: https://historyofmusictheory.wordpress.com/pre-ams-hot-conference/
Location: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
CFP deadline: 1st May 2017

The History of Theory AMS Study Group and SMT Interest Group will host a
pre-AMS mini-conference, November 8-9, 2017, at the Eastman School of
Music (Rochester,
NY), on the broad theme "Instruments of Music Theory."

Music-theoretical systems have relied upon various forms of instrumental
mediations, from the monochord and the Guidonian hand to the Music Encoding
Initiative and computer-based toolkits such as music21. Such tools enable
the articulation (and testing) of theoretical propositions, but they also
limit the kind and content of the epistemic claims they enable. Does a
“History of Music Theory,” then, map a “History of the Instruments of Music
Theory”? What are the instruments (musical, scientific, mechanical,
conceptual, digital, etc.) through which music-theoretical knowledge is
generated, and how do such instruments shape and condition music-theoretical
 knowledge?

We invite 250-word proposals for 20-min papers that address any aspect of
music theory and “instrumentality.” Our definition of “music-theoretical
instruments” is intentionally broad and encompasses musical
instruments (traditional
and experimental), notational systems (practical and theoretical),
diagrammatic and visual representations, recording technologies, digital
analytic toolkits, etc. We particularly welcome submissions that engage
topics in non-Western musics.

Submissions will be accepted through May 1, 2017, and speakers will be
notified of acceptance in late May or early June. Please send all
submissions (as MS Word or PDF attachment, with the subject "History of
Theory Proposal") and queries to Andrew Hicks at ajh299 at cornell.edu. Proposals
should include the presenter's name, contact information, and institutional
affiliation (if any).

The conference will feature keynote speakers Alexander Rehding (Harvard
University) and Gabriela Currie (University of Minnesota), a concert by
David Catalunya (University of Würzburg) on a newly reconstructed
clavisimbalum, and an organological workshop with Dr. Catalunya on the
sensorial perception of music-theoretical precepts featuring (inter alia)
reconstructed Pythagorean bells.

Andrew Hicks | Assistant Professor | Department of Music and Program in
Medieval Studies
Cornell University | 106 Lincoln Hall |  Ithaca NY, 14853
607-351-6297 phone | 607-254-2877 fax | ajh299 at cornell.edu
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