Our Mission
The mission of the Society for American Music is to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation and study of American musics of all eras and in all their diversity, including the full range of activities and institutions associated with these musics throughout the world.
Oscar Sonneck (1873-1928)
The Society for American Music was founded in honor of and originally named for the first critical scholar and bibliographer of American Music, Oscar G. T. Sonneck.
The Sonneck Circle was established in 2003 to honor the memory of Oscar Sonneck, and offers its members additional benefits. To see a list of contributors and read more about the Sonneck Circle click here.
Announcements
Voices Across Time: American History Through Music
Voices Across Time was created to help teachers harness the power of song as primary source to supplement any secondary American Social Studies, Language Arts, and Music curriculum.
Voices Across Time is a project of the Center for American Music in partnership with the Society for American Music.
§ Proposals for Seminar Topics for the 2013 Annual Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas are now being accepted. The deadline is February 27th. Here are the guidelines.
§ Renewal notices for 2012 and electronic ballots have been emailed! (Notices for those who do NOT have email are being sent by postal mail.) Check here to read about the candidates for Board of Trustees. If you have not received an email renewal notice, contact the SAM office. Returning members can RENEW HERE.
§ 38th Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, 14-18 March 2012. Registration materials now available!
from the Queen City of Ohio to the Queen City of North Carolina…
We look forward to welcoming you to Charlotte, North Carolina, in March 2012 for the Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for American Music!
Founded at the intersection of two Native American trading paths in the mid-18 th century, Charlotte was named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a name perhaps familiar to music historians as a patron of the London Bach, Johann Christian Bach. During the American Revolution, the city of Charlotte offered so much resistance to British forces that General Cornwallis declared Charlotte “a hornet's nest of rebellion.” Read more.
§ The Society is pleased to announce a new membership category for non-academic institutions. The Non-Academic Institutional Affiliate membership provides discounts and benefits, in addition to increased interaction with our international membership. Does your non-academic institution qualify? Check here.
§ The Future of SAM: Diversity and Development.
Read the background on the current long range planning process, view the results of the recent survey, and review a summary of the forum held in Cincinnati. You can also provide feedback! Let us know what you think.
§ Support American music scholarship. Contribute to the Society!
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The Society for American Music is pleased to announce that it is now possible for you to share the in-depth and quality research presented in each issue of the Journal of the Society for American Music with family and friends. Gift subscriptions are only $50.00 per year! These are only available to current members of SAM and can be renewed annually. We'll even send the recipient a card letting them know about your gift! Simply complete the JSAM Gift Subscription Form and mail or fax it back to us.