[AMS-announce] CFP (reminder): "Haydn: Forms of Expression, " New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, May 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

To commemorate the bicentenary of Haydn's death, The New Zealand School of Music will hold an international conference in Wellington, New Zealand on May 22-24, 2009.  The conference is part of a year-long series of events devoted to Haydn at the New Zealand School of Music. Keynote addresses will be delivered by W. Dean Sutcliffe (University of Auckland) and Richard Will (University of Virginia), and the conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion that will, in addition to the keynote speakers, also include Peter Walls (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra) and, as moderator, Elizabeth Hudson (New Zealand School of Music).

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers on topics related to the diverse forms of expression cultivated by Haydn and his contemporaneous and subsequent interpreters. Approaches may be historical, analytical, or critical. Possible topics include but are not limited to issues of genre and style, meaning and significance, performance practice, and reception. We will in addition consider proposals for scholarly presentations involving musical performances, which could also be given extra time. The conference will conclude with a round table discussion.

Proposals (250 words maximum), indicating A/V needs, should be sent by September 30, 2008 as e-mail attachments or by post to:

Dr. Keith Chapin
New Zealand School of Music
P.O. Box 600
Wellington 6140 New Zealand
keith.chapin at nzsm.ac.nz