CFP: Bach and his German Contemporaries (Wisconsin)

BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BACH SOCIETY

"BACH AND HIS GERMAN CONTEMPORARIES"

MADISON, WISCONSIN

7 - 9 MAY 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS & PERFORMANCES

Proposals for papers are invited for the meeting of the American Bach Society to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 7-9, 2010. Paper proposals focusing on the conference topic, “Bach and his German contemporaries,” will be given preference, but submissions on any aspect of Bach studies will be considered. The conference will include papers and performances, including a Tafelmusik evening, as well as an optional excursion to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin.

Proposals (250 words) should be sent by 1 October 2009 to Lynn Edwards Butler, 3352 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6R1A3, Canada; e-mail: edwardsbutler at telus.net. Electronic submissions as attachments in Microsoft Word are preferred.

PERFORMANCES: 

Proposals for performances are invited for the meeting of the American Bach Society to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 7-9, 2010. Performance proposals should relate to the conference topic, “Bach and his German contemporaries.” Brief musical performances to introduce a paper session or to be included in a Tafelmusik evening are especially welcome, as are proposals for lecture-recitals.

Deadline for receipt of proposals is 1 October 2009; the committee’s decisions will be announced by the middle of November.

See the ABS Web site, http://www.americanbachsociety.org/ , for full details.