[AMS-announce] CONF: Boston University Music Society, 28 Mar 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

The Boston University Music Society will be holding its 2009 Graduate Student Conference this Saturday, which will feature research in the fields of Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Music Theory. All are welcome and encouraged to attend:

DETAILS

DATE: Saturday, March 28, 2009
TIME: 9:30a – 4:00p
LOCATION: Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
                      Room B12
                      725 Commonwealth Ave
                      Boston, MA 02215

PROGRAM

Reaching for the Golden Apple: Alchemy, Theology and Music in Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens
Erika Honisch, University of Chicago 

When Hobbits Collide: Controversies of Musical Role-Play in The Lord of the Rings Online
William Cheng, Harvard University

>From Salience to Structure: Cyclic Unfolding in Ginastera's String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2.
David Sommerville, Eastman School of Music

Alfred Roller's Initial Sketches for the 1903 Vienna Tristan
Stephen Thursby, Florida State University

Playing Their Part: The Changing Role of Professional Female Musicians in India. 
Anaar Desai-Stephens, Boston University

"Good morning, my precious little Estonian on the other side of the speaker": Ethnolinguistic Nationalism and Estonian Hip-Hop
Triin Vallaste, Brown University

2:45p: Keynote Speaker

Virtual Virtuosity and Mediated Musicality: Why Guitar Hero Players Don't Just Play Real Guitars
Dr. Kiri Miller, Brown University