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.
Society for Eighteenth-Century Music
Tenth Biennial Conference
5–8 October 2023
University of North Texas in Denton, TX
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The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will hold its tenth biennial conference at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, on October 5–8, 2023.
The program has now been released and registration is available. Please consider registering as soon as you are able, so we can get an accurate count of attendees. Information on hotel booking is also available; please see the link above for information about how to get a special group rate. See you in Denton!
For questions, please contact the Program Committee Chair Kimary Fick at kimary.fick -at- oregonstate.edu or Local Arrangements Chair Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden at Rebecca.Geoffroy-Schwinden -at- unt.edu.
The organizing committee is thrilled to announce Season 3 of Encounters with Eighteenth-Century Music, a virtual forum sponsored by the American Bach Society, the American Handel Society, the Haydn Society of North America, the Mozart Society of America, and the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music.
Our first session, Celebrating Elaine Sisman: Haydn and the Classical Variation and Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony at 30, is coming up on Friday, September 8 at 3:30PM ET.
To honor the anniversaries of these groundbreaking works, Encounters will host an online discussion with panelists Mark Evan Bonds, Mary Hunter, and Roman Ivanovitch. Elaine Sisman will respond and offer her own perspective on writing the books and on their place in musicology thirty years later. As usual, the meeting will open early for informal greetings and the presentation will be followed by questions and discussion from the attendees. Registration is available here.
Please mark your calendars also for the panel Listening in the Caribbean, moderated by Marian Ryan, on October 26, 3PM ET. For additional information on these events and the remainder of the 2023–24 season, please visit the Encounters website.