[AMS-announce] CONF: Poets, Mothers, and Performers: Considering Women's Impact on the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, Oct 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

Poets, Mothers, and Performers –
Considering Women’s Impact on the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Yale Institute of Sacred Music, October 16–18, 2009

Music historiography has typically focused on male composers and their work, resulting in a historical narrative with little female presence. This international conference will recognize the significant impact women had in Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical community, as performers, recipients, producers, and subjects. Featuring renowned scholars in the areas of music history, source studies, gender studies, and theology, the conference will rethink women’s roles in Bach scholarship. The keynote address will be given by Prof. Wendy Heller (Princeton). Invited speakers include Mark Peters, Yo Tomita, and Tanya Kevorkian.

The conference is chaired by Prof. Markus Rathey (Yale) and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in collaboration with the Music Department and the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Yale. For detailed information see:  

http://www.yale.edu/ism/events/Women_and_Bach.html

For questions please contact albert.agbayani at yale.edu (conference coordinator).