[AMS-announce] ESSAY AWARD: Mannes Institute, Schoenberg Essay Award

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SCHOENBERG ESSAY AWARD
THE MANNES INSTITUTE
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Wayne Alpern, Director

Submissions are now being accepted from January 1 to March 1, 2007 for the
prestigious MANNES INSTITUTE MUSICAL ESSAY AWARD. Each year the Institute
honors
an essay on the topic of its forthcoming summer program. The topic for 2007
is Arnold Schoenberg and His Legacy. The winner will receive a cash prize of
$250 plus automatic admission to the SCHOENBERG INSTITUTE from June 24-27,
2007
at Mannes College of Music in New York City to present the winning essay as
a speech before the members of the Institute. Further information regarding
the Musical Essay Award and the 2007 Mannes Institute on Schoenberg is
available
on the Institute's website at www.mannes.edu/mi.

The essay should be approximately fifteen minutes in duration. Please note
this award is NOT for a scholarly paper comparable to an article in an
academic journal, or even an analytic presentation at a traditional
conference. The
style is informal, reflective, and discursive in the genre of a personal
essay,
with an emphasis on imagination and wit, charm of diction, ingenuity and
erudition, insight and sincerity, creativity and sophistication, oratorical
flair, and the belletristic quality of the prose itself.

The essay may relate to the overall topic of Schoenberg in any way. It may
be
philosophical, poetic, personal, humorous, historical, metaphorical,
theoretical, or whimsical. Above all, it must engage readers and listeners
in a compelling, entertaining, thoughtful, sensitive, aesthetic, and
provoking manner.
The essay may have intellectual and musical content, references, and allusio
ns, but should contain no footnotes, bibliography, or analytic examples.
Winning
essays may be considered for publication in a forthcoming periodical
entitled
"The Musical Essayist."

Scholars from around the world are welcome to apply. Graduate students not
otherwise eligible to attend the Institute, junior and midlevel scholars
less
likely to be admitted, and established scholars other than those on this
year's
faculty are all eligible to win the award. Essays may be submitted
electronically as a pdf file or MS Word document to mannesinstitute at
aol.com,
or by mail to the address indicated below. The decision is rendered by a
committee
consisting of the Institute co-chairs and director with faculty
recommendations.

Wayne Alpern, Director
The Mannes Institute
150 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024 USA
www.mannes.edu/mi
mannesinstitute at aol.com
(212) 877-8350
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