AMS New Orleans 2012
Call for Performances
Deadline: 17 January 2012
The AMS Performance Committee invites proposals for concerts, lecture-recitals, and other performances and performance-related events during the 2012 New Orleans Annual Meeting, held jointly with the annual meetings of SEM and SMT. The committee encourages proposals that demonstrate the Society's diversity of interests, range of approaches, and geographic and chronological breadth. We welcome performances that are inspired by or complement new musicological finds, that develop a point of view, or that offer a programmatic focus. Performances related to the meeting's venue are especially encouraged.
Freelance artists as well as performers and ensembles affiliated with colleges, universities, or conservatories are encouraged to submit proposals. Available times for presentations include lunch hours, afternoons, and Thursday evening, 1 November 2012.
Required application materials include: (1) an application cover sheet (available from the AMS office or via this link); (2) a proposed program, listing repertory, performer(s), and the duration of each work; (3) a list of audio-visual and performance needs; (4) a short (100-word) biography of each participant named in the proposal; (5) for concerts, a one-page explanation of the significance of the program or manner of performance; for lecture-recitals, a description (two pages maximum) explaining the significance of the program or manner of performance, and a summary of the lecture component, including information about the underlying research, its methodology, and conclusions; (6) audio or visual materials (twenty minutes maximum) that are representative of the program and performers. An individual may not present both a paper and a performance (or lecture-recital) at the meeting. If an individual submits proposals to both the Program Committee and the Performance Committee and both are selected, s/he will be given an early opportunity to decide which invitation to accept and which to decline. The AMS can sometimes offer modest financial support for performance-related expenses. Please see the Application Cover Sheet for proposal submission details. Materials must arrive at the AMS office no later than 5 p.m. EST, 17 January 2012. Due to the high volume of applications, exceptions cannot be made to this deadline, so plan accordingly. Receipts will be sent to those who have submitted proposals by the deadline, and the committee will communicate its decisions by 15 April.
—Steve Swayne
Performance Committee Chair
