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Faculty, graduate students and alumni from the �ǿմ�ý Department of Music will participate and present at the American Musicological Society (AMS) conference in Boston Oct 31-Nov 3. The AMS venue, the , is located in the Seaport District.

Sessions presented/chaired by faculty, students or alumni of the Department of Music

Thursday afternoon sessions (2:15-3:45 p.m.)

Controlling Women (Harbor I)

Kelli Minelli (�ǿմ�ý) | “‘Women Like Her Cannot Be Contained’: Viewership and Musical Rupture in Beyoncé’s Lemonade (2016)”
Abstracts Pg. 54

Drama and Education on the Radio (Commonwealth C)

Peter Graff (Denison University) | “Themes, Backgrounds, and Bridges: A New Musical Language for Radio Drama”
Abstracts Pg. 57

Lyric Theatre in Paris before 1900 (Commonwealth C)

John Romey (Purdue University Fort Wayne) | “‘The Pieces that are in the hands of everyone belong to the public’: Philippe-Emmanuel de Coulanges, Song Networks, and Operatic Artifacts in Early Modern Paris”
Abstracts Pg. 75

Friday morning sessions (9:00-10:30 a.m.)

Masses Ordinary and Unexpected (Grand Ballroom E)

Alanna Ropchock Tierno (Shenandoah Conservatory) | “Anything but Ordinary: Polytextuality in Early Lutheran Masses”
Abstracts Pg. 124

Friday afternoon sessions (4:00-5:30 p.m.)

Gender in Jazz and Hip Hop (harbor II)

James Aldridge (�ǿմ�ý) | “Risk Rhetoric in Jazz Discourse: Gendering Improvisational Unknowns”
Abstracts Pg. 196

Traveling the Continent (Stone)

Devin Burke (University of Louisville), Chair
Abstracts Pg. 207

Friday evening session (8:00-9:00 p.m.)

Musicology and Expansion (Grand Ballroom C)

Sponsored by the Graduate Education Committee
James Q. Davies (University of California, Berkeley), Francesca Brittan (�ǿմ�ý), Co-chairs
Abstracts Pg. 212

Friday evening reception (10:00 p.m.-midnight)

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Saturday morning sessions (10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)

Brahmsian Echoes (Harbor II)

Daniel Boomhower | “Encoding Ideology: Contextualizing Walter Blume’s ‘Brahms in der Meininger Tradition’”
Abstracts Pg. 256

Saturday afternoon sessions (2:15-3:45 p.m.)

Music and Urban Planning in London and Paris (Harbor III)

Francesca Brittan (�ǿմ�ý), Chair
Abstracts Pg. 285

Saturday evening performances (8:00 p.m.)

Thomas Morley and Songs for the Shakespearean Stage (Otis)

Ross W. Duffin (�ǿմ�ý), Charles Weaver, lute Jason McStoots, tenor, Shannon Canavin, soprano, Teresa Wakim, soprano
Abstracts Pg. 339

Sunday morning sessions (9:00-10:30 a.m.)

Gender and Voice in Early Music (Stone)

David Rothenberg (�ǿմ�ý), Chair
Abstracts Pg. 348

Guitar Cultures (Commonwealth C)

Brian Wright (University of North Texas) | “Play Guitar with the Ventures!: How Amateurs Reshaped Rock ’n’ Roll”
Abstracts Pg. 353

Sunday morning sessions (10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)

Staging Race (Harbor I)

Paul Abdullah | “Rossini’s Otello in Restoration Paris: Shakespeare, Cosmopolitanism, and Race”
Abstracts Pg. 378

The AMS Boston Program Committee has compiled an exciting slate of activities:

• Ninety-five sessions of three papers
• Eight Formal Sessions of three papers
• AMS President’s Plenary: Carolyn Abbate (Harvard University)
• AMS Committee on Women and Gender Endowed Lecture: Tammy Kernodle (Miami University of Ohio)
• Special guest speakers
• Two seminars
• Six evening panels
• Six alternative-format sessions
• Fifteen Study Groups
• Committee/professional development sessions

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The American Musicological Society’s purpose is to advance scholarship in the various fields of music through research, learning, and teaching. To do this, it publishes a Journal and a blog, holds an Annual Meeting, supports books in musicology, and offers a broad array of grants, fellowships, and awards throughout the year. For more information, visit: .