Ozarks Today: A Preview of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 The Ozarks are filled with rich musical traditions and the artists that keep them alive. At the same time, newer musical expressions are thriving as areas like Northwest Arkansas grow and expand. This concert is [...]
HipHop Literacies Conference Register Now The 2023 HipHop Literacies Conference is co-sponsored by the American Musicological Society's Many Musics of America project. Held at The Ohio State University, the HipHop Literacies Conference is an academic-community event designed to explore issues relevant to the lives [...]
The Evolution of Fife and Drum Music The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band, led by Sharde Thomas of Cold Water, Mississippi, presents a mixture folk, blues, and pop in the traditional style of fife and drum music that has been [...]
Dayton Funk & Line Dancing In conjunction with the AMS Midwest chapter meeting on March 18, 2023, this event will explore Dayton Funk and line dancing. Participants will learn classic styles of line dancing from the 1960s to the 1990s and [...]
Sea Shanties - From Ship to Shore Organized in partnership with the AMS New England Chapter and the world-renowned Peabody Essex Museum, this event will explores the history of sea shanties and new England's maritime history with live music-making interspersed with short [...]
Making the K-12 Orchestra Ethically Inclusive Classrooms have seen a rise in Black and Latino populations, and they are projected to account for 54% of US public-school enrollment in 2023. Nevertheless, primary and secondary school orchestral programs struggle to maintain consistent enrollment and funding cuts [...]
“I’m Workin' on my Buildin'”: Sonic Foundation-building in Florence Price’s Violin Fantasy in F-sharp Minor (1949) Performers: Katharina Uhde and R. Larry Todd Lecture: 0:00 - 52:59 Recital: 53:00 - 1:04:59 Q&A: 1:05:00 - 1:16:46 Florence Price (1887-1953) was instrumental in establishing a “black musical [...]
Musical Minneapolis: An Online Tour "Musical Minneapolis: An Online Tour" is a virtual musical tour of the City of Minneapolis, featuring diverse voices from the community. It was originally written and recorded for the 2020 annual meetings of the Society for American Music (SAM) and [...]
Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Concert: Hog-Eyed Man & The Griddle Lickers Close out a day of Old Time Music at the Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Festival by joining us for a concert with Hog-Eyed Man and friends. Fiddler Jason Cade and multi-instrumentalist Rob […]
Teaching Vernacular Music Traditions of the Southeastern United States Vernacular music traditions are increasingly embraced by music departments, not only as objects of academic inquiry but as musical practices in which to immerse and train our students. While jazz has become nearly ubiquitous in higher [...]
