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Page 18 [Section II.C.2.b]: [Committees—cont.] Award Committees, cont. — Awards for Articles, Books, Papers, cont. —Claude V. Palisca Award—Paul A. Pisk Prize

      1. The Claude V. Palisca Award Committee

        2. By-Law definition: [n. a.]

        Charge: Consideration and evaluation of scholarly editions or translations in the field of musicology published during the previous year in any language and in any country. As stated in the AMS Directory, the award honors each year a scholarly edition or translation in the field of musicology published during the previous year in any language and in any country by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States.” 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: By “scholarly edition or translation” is meant a major translation or edition that is judged to best exemplify the highest qualities of originality, interpretation, logic and clarity of thought, and communication. Three categories of musicological works are eligible: translations into English of musicologically significant texts; editions of music; or editions or musicologically significant texts. For additional Guidelines, see the AMS Directory, and www.ams-net.org/awards/palisca.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:

        1. April: assemble lists of editions or translations for consideration (in compiling this information, the committee is urged to be in direct contact with publishers of scholarly books and editions, and to consult the lists of “Publications Received” in JAMS)
        2. May: each committee member compiles short list of 7-10 most notable items; combined short list of 6-8 items is compiled; publishers are requested to send copies of these items to committee members
        3. June: each committee member selects three finalists
        4. July-early August: compile committee short list of three items and complete deliberations on winner (and finalist(s), if applicable)
        5. August: inform AMS President of winner (and finalist(s), if applicable)

          6. 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 editor or translator, the title of the publication, 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.]

      2. The Paul A. Pisk Prize Committee

        3. By-Law definition: [n. a.]

        Charge: Consideration and evaluation of applications from student members of the Society whose abstracts, for papers to be presented at the Annual Meeting, have been accepted by the Program Committee. As stated in the AMS Directory, the Pisk Prize Committee determines the winner of the prize, evaluating the submissions as papers to be read at the Annual Meeting rather than as articles to be published. (Although such papers need not possess the formal documentary notes and bibliography customary in published articles, authors should make clear their debts to other scholars and previously published work on their topic.) The prize, consisting of a monetary award and a certificate, will be conferred at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society.

        Guidelines: For details, see the AMS Directory and www.ams-net.org/awards/pisk.php

        Constitution: rotation of members. Five members (including the past chair) serving overlapping three-year terms. Annual rotation of the chair.

        Timetable: Application materials—consisting of (1) the complete text of the paper (together with any verbal, visual, and/or audible supporting materials), and (2) a statement from the student’s academic advisor affirming the graduate student status of the applicant as of the date of the paper’s acceptance—are due in the AMS office to be received by 1 October. The committee reports its determination confidentially to the President before the Annual Meeting, and the prize is officially awarded by the committee chair at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation.

        Other Concerns: []

        Travel reimbursement: [n. a.]