Guest Post by Zoe Lang: Today’s Musicological Toolbox

Guest-poster Zoe Lang chimes in on the recent AMS-listserv paleography discussion and considers how we might revise our musicological toolbox for the betterment of interdisciplinary dialogue.

Guest Post by Frank Lehman: Scoring the Decade

Film score czar and music theorist Frank Lehman delves into the soundscape of John Williams’s 2001 score for A.I.:Artificial Intelligence and offers insight into why it stands out as one of decade’s best.

Zoe Lang’s Guest Blog: Laying Down the Ground Rules

Kate van Orden, the Journal of the American Musicological Society, and the asterisk.

Ryan and Drew Reevaluate/Reemerge

The Only Constant is Change.

Zoe Lang’s Guest Blog: Journal Woes and Whoas

Zoe Lang offers a follow-up to her previous post about the trials and tribulations of publishing.

Jake Cohen’s Guest Blog: Scaling the musicological walls

Jake Cohen, graduate student at University of Washington, responds to Susan Key’s recent call for musicologists to “scale the walls” in a post which (in good Deadhead fashion) has the title: “Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right – Thoughts on interdisciplinary conferences.”

Gina Rivera’s Guest Blog: An American in Paris

Gina Rivera goes in search of her musicological green card.

Zoë Lang’s Guest Blog: Musicological Dear John Letters

Zoë Lang, Assistant Professor of Music History at University of South Florida, discusses the challenges of getting published as a young scholar.

Sarah Gerk’s Guest Blog: Musicological Wish Lists

As promised, Sarah Gerk offers thoughts on her recent survey of musicology job postings (January 2002 – September 2006). She also generously shares the data itself, which we here at Amusicology hope will inspire others to consider musicological trends as we look to the future of our discipline. Sarah is currently Co-Chair of the Society for American Music’s (SAM) Student Forum and a PhD student in musicology at the University of Michigan.

Now is the Month of Maying

Hello Amusicologists! It is the end of the semester here and as you have probably noticed, our posts have trailed off somewhat. We’ve got all sorts of interesting musicological tidbits and questions all ready to go once summer officially begins. So, please check back with us soon. -ryan & drew-