[AMS-announce] CFP: Haydn 2009 in Boston, May 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

Call for Proposals:  Haydn 2009 in Boston

In celebration of the Haydn Year 2009, The Haydn Society of North America, in partnership with the Handel and Haydn Society, will hold a conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 28-31, 2009.  The conference, which is co-sponsored and hosted by the Longy School of Music, will conclude with the Handel and Haydn Society’s free, outdoor performance of The Creation on Boston's Esplanade on Sunday afternoon, May 31st.

Proposals are invited for  papers on critical, analytical, and historical topics related to Haydn and his musical context.  Proposals that address The Creation,  Haydn's Vienna at the time of  The Creation or the work's extraordinary reception, as well as those that connect scholarly work with performance (e.g. Haydn-themed recitals and/or lecture-recitals) and/or teaching (e.g. teaching Haydn in the classroom, with student musicians, and/or with choruses) will be especially welcome.  We are open to considering a variety of sessions or events, and encourage you to send proposals and ideas for participation.  Papers should fit a 30-minute time slot.

Proposals (300 words maximum), indicating A/V needs, should be sent by September 30, 2008 as e-mail attachments or by post to:

Benjamin M. Korstvedt
Associate Professor of Music
Chair of the Haydn 2009 Program Committee
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
bkorstvedt at clarku.edu

The program committee includes Floyd Grave (Rutgers University), Benjamin Korstvedt (Clark University), Michael Lamkin (Scripps College), Melanie Lowe (Vanderbilt University), Rebecca Marchand (Haydn Society of North America), and Jessica Waldoff (The College of the Holy Cross).

For more information about the Haydn Society of North America, its goals, and its activities, please visit our Web site: www.haydnsocietyofnorthamerica.org.