The Mendelssohn Network: Pre-AMS Conference

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November 13, 2024 | 3:00PM
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The Mendelssohn Network will meet for a fringe conference at the University of Chicago on November 13 (afternoon/early evening) and 14 (morning) 2024, in advance of the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society.

Wednesday November 13
15:00-16:30
Regenstein Library Meeting Room (JRL 270), 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

15:00-16:00 The Mendelssohn Network: Reflections and Projections (Brainstorming meeting for next year’s Pre-Conference and other activities)

Chairs:
Deirdre Toh (Student Representative,
University of California, Irvine)
Laura Stokes (Brown University)
Monika Hennemann (Cardiff University)
Joe Davies (Maynooth University)

16:00-16:30 Break

 

16:30-18:30
Goodspeed Hall, Room 402, 1010 E. 59th St.

16:30-17:00 Hearing a Mendelssohn-Schumann Network in the Mid-Century Piano Suite
Jonathan Kregor, University of Cincinnati

17:00-17:30 Canon Fodder: Introducing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in the United Kingdom
Robert Whitehouse Eshbach, University of New Hampshire

17:30-18:30 Book Launch
Unity in Variety: Essays in Honor of R. Larry Todd

Chairs:
Anna Celenza
Johns Hopkins University
Katharina Uhde
Ludwig Maximilian Universität
Munich/Valparaiso University, IN

19:00 Mendelssohn Dinner Gorée Cuisine (Senegalese Food)
126 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Phone: (773) 855-8120
(Please pre-register by 6 Nov 2024 by paying $55 for a 3-course fixed price dinner)