By-Law definition: [n. a.]
Charge: Consideration and evaluation of musicological books published during the previous year, in any language and in any country. As stated in the AMS Directory and Web site, the award “will honor each year a musicological book of exceptional merit published during the previous year in any language and in any country by a scholar who is past the early stages of his or her career and who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada or who is a member of the AMS.” The winner will receive a monetary prize and a certificate. These are conferred at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society by the chair of the committee.
Guidelines: “Early stages” of the career is normally considered to mean no more than ten years beyond the receipt of a terminal degree, or academic appointment at a non-tenured level, or position of the book among the initial items of the author’s bibliography. For additional Guidelines, see the AMS Directory, and www.ams-net.org/awards/kinkeldey.php
Constitution: rotation of members. Five senior members serving three-year overlapping terms. Annual rotation of chair.
Timetable: A call for nominations appears in the February Newsletter (copy deadline 1 December). Thereafter, the following timetable is suggested:
The award is officially made by the committee chair at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation.
Other Concerns: Nominations, including self-nominations, may be submitted by May 1 to the office of the AMS, and should include the name of the author, the title of the book, and the publisher and year of publication. The award committee may solicit the curriculum vitae of each nominee.
The AMS office maintains a detailed "Book Award Protocols" document for committee chairs.
Travel reimbursement: [n.a.]
By-Law definition: [n. a.]
Charge: Consideration and evaluation of musicological books published during the previous year, in any language and in any country. As stated in the AMS Directory, the award “honors each year a musicological book of exceptional merit published during the previous year in any language and in any country by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada or who is a member of the AMS.” The winner will receive a monetary prize and a certificate. These are conferred at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society by the chair of the committee.
Guidelines: “Early stages” of the career is normally considered to mean no more than ten years beyond the receipt of a terminal degree, or academic appointment at a non-tenured level, or position of the book among the initial items of the author’s bibliography. For additional Guidelines, see the AMS Directory, and www.ams-net.org/awards/lockwood.php
Constitution: rotation of members. Five senior members serving three-year overlapping terms. Annual rotation of chair.
Timetable: A call for nominations appears in the February Newsletter (copy deadline 1 December). Thereafter, the following timetable is suggested:
The award is officially made by the committee chair at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation.
Other Concerns: Nominations, including self-nominations, may be submitted by May 1 to the office of the AMS, and should include the name of the author, the title of the book, and the publisher and year of publication. The award committee may solicit the curriculum vitae of each nominee.
The AMS office maintains a detailed "Book Award Protocols" document for committee chairs.
Travel reimbursement: [n. a.]
By-Law definition: [n. a.]
Charge: Consideration and evaluation of books on music in American culture published during the previous year, in any language and in any country. As stated in the AMS Directory, the award “honors each year a book of exceptional merit that both illuminates some important aspect of the music of the United States and places that music in a rich cultural context.” The author must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada. The winner will receive a monetary prize and a certificate, which will be conferred at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society by the chair of the committee.
Guidelines: The goal of this award is to recognize the best writing on music in American culture, regardless of the source or intended audience of that writing, and in so doing, to reinforce the relationship between academic musicology and the broader culture of musical reading and writing of which it forms a part. Hence, work by a broad range of authors— including performing musicians, journalists, and music critics, as well as academic scholars—will be considered. For additional Guidelines, see the AMS Directory, and www.ams-net.org/awards/MACA.php
Constitution: rotation of members. Three members serving three-year overlapping terms. Annual rotation of chair.
Timetable: A call for nominations appears in the February Newsletter (copy deadline 1 December). Thereafter, the following timetable is suggested:
The award is officially made by the committee chair at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation.
Other Concerns: Nominations, including self-nominations, may be submitted by any individual within or outside of the AMS. They should be submitted by 1 May to the office of the AMS, and should include the name of the author, the title of the book, and the publisher and year of publication. The award committee may solicit the curriculum vitae of each nominee.
Travel reimbursement: [n. a.]