The North American British Music Studies Association

The North American British Music Studies Association

North American British Music Studies Association

Welcome to NABMSA Online

Welcome to NABMSA Online, the world wide web portal for the North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA).

The North American British Music Studies Association is pleased to announce that the conference website for the Eleventh Biennial NABMSA Conference, 25-28 July 2024 is now available. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our first conference with a return to Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio, which hosted us in 2004.

The conference website can be found at https://www.nabmsaconferences.org/

Call For Nominations: Linda Shaver-Gleason Award 2024

The North American British Music Studies Association is pleased to announce a call for
nominations for the third round of Shaver-Gleason Awards. These awards honor the life and
work of Linda Shaver-Gleason by supporting the continued contribution of junior and/or
contingent scholars to the field of British Music Studies. The award may be used for whatever
recipients believe will help them to continue to be a contributing member of the scholarly
community. For example, previous recipients have used the award to fund essential healthcare
coverage, childcare, and research travel.

This year, thanks to the generosity of donors to our endowment, a significant matching gift of
an anonymous donor, and contributions from the NABMSA Board and Executive, the
committee is able to dispense up to $1500 for the 2024 calendar year. This means we will likely
be making two awards of $750 although we will entertain any nomination up to the $1000
maximum stipulated in the governing documents for the award.

Award Recipients should:

Applicants can be nominated to the committee in two ways:

Nominators should send a letter of nomination to the chair of the awards committee at the
address below. This should briefly describe how the award will contribute to the recipient’s
continued activity in the field of British Music Studies by detailing the potential and promise of
the recipient (including the significance of their research and scholarly achievements), the need
the recipient faces, and a suggested dollar amount that would help to alleviate this need. In the
case of a self-nomination, the letter of reference may contribute to addressing these
considerations.

Supporting materials may be included with the nomination letter to provide additional support
for the application. These may take various forms, e.g. dissertation chapters, a CV, links to blog posts, videos of talks or teaching or performances, material published in conventional print formats, etc.

The deadline for submissions is 5 April and the committee will endeavor to announce its
decisions by 15 April.

Please send all nomination materials to: lsgaward -at- gmail.com.

Our Purpose

The North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA) aims to promote the study of British Music from all time periods on the North American Continent; to provide a collegial and supportive forum for discussion through electronic and other means; to provide a clearinghouse of information on the study of such music; and to foster regular meetings to discuss the same.

 


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