The North American British Music Studies Association

The North American British Music Studies Association

North American British Music Studies Association

The Membership Committee is delighted to announce that a new and exciting initiative has been launched!

The NABMSA Mentorship Program connects graduate students (at both Masters and PhD levels) and early career academics with established musicologists working in the field of British music. It aims to:

  • foster support for student and early career scholars active in this field of research;
  • provide an opportunity to share and discuss research in an informal and supportive environment;
  • promote and facilitate professional and career development;
  • support and develop new knowledge about British music;
  • promote comradery between NABMSA members at different career stages;
  • promote collaboration between student and early career scholars and musicologists throughout the US and internationally.

The Program runs from January to July every academic year. Please visit our website for further details and to register your interest in taking part either as a mentor or a mentee. The deadline for all applications is Wednesday 8 January 2025.

NABMSA Capital Campaign: Building Our Future

NABMSA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first conference in 2024. As part of our year-long celebration, we are looking to our future. NABMSA’s ability to support our scholarly community depends on you. Help NABMSA support the future of British music studies by giving a  multi-year, recurring, or one-time gift to NABMSA today!

In 2024, NABMSA celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first conference by looking to our future. NABMSA’s ability to support our scholarly community depends on you. Tell us what NABMSA means to you by giving a multi-year, recurring, or one-time gift to NABMSA today!

Donation Progress

About the Campaign

At the Nineteenth-Century Music in Britain Conference in Leeds in 2003, several recent American Ph.D.s congregated outside during a break. We talked about how we wished we had known about each other while writing our dissertations and wondered how we could remedy that for the next generation. By the end of the break, the foundations of NABMSA had been laid.

Since then, much to our surprise and delight, NABMSA has

With twenty successful years behind us, we are excited to see what the next twenty will hold for NABMSA. As we move into the future, we hope NABMSA will

To do this, we need your support. To that end, we’re excited to announce the NABMSA 2024: Building Our Future capital campaign. We aim to raise $27,000, with pledges counting towards our goal. $27,000 will enable:

Ways to give:

Email Ruth Thomas at treasurer@nabmsa.org with questions or for help.

With your help, NABMSA can look forward to another twenty years of growth supporting scholarship on any aspect of music in the British Isles and beyond.

Click here to donate!

 

2024 Conference Video

 

Launch Video

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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