Society for Eighteenth-Century Music
“Above all, music must move the heart…” C. P. E. Bach
The purpose of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music is to promote the study and performance of music of the eighteenth century. The Society provides a forum where scholars and performers can further their knowledge of music, history and interrelated arts of the period and serves as a resource to facilitate and encourage collaboration.
SECM is excited to announce a new Academic Mentoring and Peer Support Program for 2024–2025!
The SECM Academic Mentoring and Peer Support Program aims to aid student/early career members of the society by providing mentoring and peer support in the areas of professional development (e.g., conference proposals, grant applications), scholarly resources (e.g., bibliography, archives), and careers in academia (e.g., job documents, interview prep). Students/early career members of SECM, as well as established scholars of 18th-century music who are interested to serve as a mentor, are invited to visit the program website for more information and to submit an interest form.
Encounters with Eighteenth-Century Music is back!
The next Encounters event "Exoticism or Chinese Cosmopolitanism?" on Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 3:30 pm EDT features Qingfan Jiang (Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University) discussing how the Chinese imperial court incorporated Western music in the 18th century. It examines Chinese cosmopolitanism, challenging the typical European view of exoticism, and explores a unique framework blending Chinese and Western music traditions. Registration is free and required at this link.
Please visit our website for more information about this and other events of the 2024–2025 season.
The American Bach Society is pleased to offer several different research grants and prizes, two of which (the Diversity Grant and the Scheide Grant) have an upcoming deadline of November 15, 2024. Details about all research grants and prizes can be found on the ABS website.
Reframing the Gaze: Maria Theresia Paradis, Blind Musicians, and Musical Culture before and after Braille
A Bicentenary Symposium
Friday and Saturday, November 22–23, 2024
Mount Holyoke College and online
This symposium commemorates Maria Theresia Paradis (1759–1824), a famed blind Viennese musician, composer, and advocate for blind education. It will feature two keynote speakers, Selina Mills and Stefan Sunandan Honisch, and include presentations by international scholars exploring Paradis' life, works, and legacy. Discussions will also involve artists who have adapted Paradis' life in film and opera.
Events include recitals of Paradis' music, a reconstructed Vienna school concert, and a modern premiere of a rediscovered Paradis cantata. An accessible exhibition will showcase archival materials related to blind musicians, including a replica of a composing board created for Paradis.
The symposium will be held in person and online, with free registration and resources shared on the website afterward. For full program and registration information, visit the website.
HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America
Volume 14 (2024): Reassessing Haydn's Sacred Music
The Haydn Society of North America and Internationale Joseph Haydn Privatstiftung Eisenstadt co-sponsored the international conference “Reassessing Haydn’s Sacred Music” in Eisenstadt in June of 2023. The current volume of HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America includes conference papers by Dexter Edge and Janet K. Page on Marian works by Haydn, along with another Marian-related article by Henry Stratmann proposing a Rosary-inspired reading of some of Haydn’s symphonies. Other conference papers, along with some additional Haydn studies will be published in the Eisenstädter Haydn-Berichte, Vol. 13: Haydn, Sacred Music, and Perspectives of the Viennese Classical Triad (EHB13; Vienna: Hollitzer), which should be available in February or March 2025.
The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music is pleased to provide two resources for the teaching of eighteenth-century music: DEIB Teaching Resources for Music and Musical Examples by 18th-century BIPOC Composers. These resources promote diversity, equity, and belonging and we hope they will expand the ways we teach and think about eighteenth-century music.