The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music

The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music

2022 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers

The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, April 7-10, 2022 in Newark, DE, hosted by the School of Music at the University of Delaware

The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music will hold its annual conference from Thursday through Sunday, April 7th through April 10th, 2022 in Newark, DE, hosted by the School of Music at the University of Delaware. Proposals on all aspects of seventeenth-century music and its cultural contexts are welcome. Especially appreciated would be topics engaging lesser-heard voices amid the rich diversity of the long seventeenth century and including non-European music and musicking; as well as the complex history of exploration, travel, colonialism, and enslavement. Presentations may take a variety of formats, including individual papers 20 minutes in length, lecture-recitals (45 minutes), workshops involving group participation, roundtable discussions, and panel sessions.
Anyone may submit a proposal, but all presenters must be members in good standing of the Society. A presenter cannot give an individual paper at two consecutive meetings, nor make more than one presentation at a single meeting. For individual papers, abstracts not exceeding 350 words should clearly represent the title, subject, and argument, and indicate the significance of the findings. Please specify audio-visual needs. Proposals for presentations in other formats should be of similar length. They should clearly justify the intended format and should indicate the originality and significance of the material to be delivered. Proposals for lecture-recitals must also include short biographies as well as recordings (.mp3 format or links to a website) of the proposed performer(s) playing the exact or similar repertory.

All proposals, formatted as PDF files, should be sent by email attachment to the Program Committee at rose.pruiksma@unh.edu with the header “Name_SSCM Proposal.” Two versions of the proposal PDF should be attached, one with only the title and abstract, and another with the author’s name, address, telephone number, email address, and professional or institutional affiliation or city. This information should also be pasted into the body of the email in case of transmission problems. The deadline for submission of all proposals (and supporting materials, if needed) is midnight (EDT) October 15, 2021.

The Irene Alm Memorial Prize will be awarded for the best scholarly presentation given by a graduate student. Students should identify themselves as such on the non-anonymous copy of the abstract.
Program Committee: Rose Pruiksma (Chair), Eric Bianchi, Alexander Fisher, and Elizabeth Weinfield