[AMS-announce] CFP: American Musical Instrument Society, Calgary, May-June, 2008

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Call for Papers

37th Annual Meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society

Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, Canada

May 29 to June 1, 2008

      The American Musical Instrument Society invites proposals for
presentations at its thirty-seventh annual meeting, to be held at the
Cantos Music Foundation in Calgary, Canada. The Program Committee
welcomes proposals for papers, lecture-demonstrations, performances,
and panels on a broad range of topics relating to the history, design,
and use of musical instruments in all cultures and times periods.
Presenters are especially encouraged to submit proposals that relate
to Canadian instruments or manufacturers, and also to the collection
at the Cantos Music Foundations, which is made up primarily of
keyboard and vintage electronic instruments (for more information go
to www.cantos.ca).

      Individual presentations are typically limited to 20 minutes
(followed by time for questions and discussion), but requests for
longer presentations will be considered. Please send three copies of a
typed abstract (up to 250 words), accompanied by a brief biography (up
to 75 words), and a list of required audio-visual equipment, by
November 30, 2007, to Darcy Kuronen, Department of Musical
Instruments, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
02115, or by e-mail to dkuronen at mfa.org.

      The specified language of the abstracts and presentations is
English, and papers should be delivered in person at the meeting by
the author. All submissions will be considered by the Program
Committee, which includes Darcy Kuronen (chair), Carol Lynn
Ward-Bamford, and John Watson. Applicants whose submissions are
accepted will be notified by January 15, 2008, and accepted abstracts
will be placed on the Society's website (www.amis.org), where
information about all aspects of the conference will be made
available.