The Organology Study Group of the American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the first installments of what we hope will become an annual series of Virtual Organology Discussion Groups. These Zoom sessions are envisioned as a means to link scholars who center musical instruments in their work, providing opportunities for junior scholars to interact with leading members of the field, and a way for “lone organologists” to engage with interlocutors outside their home institutions. The first two sessions will be topical panels followed by Q&A and discussion:
Careers in Organology
Tuesday, February 4th 12:00 PM MT / 1:00 PM CT / 2:00 PM ET
- Eliot Bates, Associate Professor of Music & Head of Ethnomusicology, CUNY Graduate Center
- Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Curator, Department of Musical Instruments, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Sebastian Kirsch, Director, Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Boaz Berney, Historical Flute Maker, Montréal, Canada
Pedagogy & Outreach
Wednesday, April 9th 11:00 AM MT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET
- Emily Dolan, Professor of Music, Chair of Music, Brown University
- Sarah Deters, Curator, St Cecilia’s Hall Concert Room & Music Museum, University of Edinburgh
- Lidia Chang, Assistant Professor of Music, Colorado College
Zoom links will be distributed in advance of each session on the AMIS and AMS listservs, and our own OSG newsletter (sign up below!)