[AMS-announce] AWARD: AMS Music in American Culture Award

[Announcements for the AMS]

The AMS is happy to announce that the inaugural *Music in American Culture Award* will be presented at its annual meeting in Philadelphia, November 2009. 

The Music in American Culture Award will honor 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 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; hence work by a broad range of authors--including performing musicians, journalists, and music critics, as well as academic scholars--will be considered.

Full details regarding the Music in American Culture Award are available at the AMS Web site: 
www.ams-net.org/awards/MACA.php 

This award is supported through the NEH Challenge Grant that the AMS received in late 2006. Funding has been provided by generous contributions from many supporters of the Society, as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities. To learn more about the programs supported by the AMS-NEH Challenge grant, visit 

www.ams-net.org/opus/publications/AnnouncementNEH~Dec2006.pdf .

Please pass this on to those who might be interested. 

Nominations should be sent to the office of the AMS (ams at ams-net.org) by 1 May 2009.