Irving Lowens Book Award
LOWENS 2010 BOOK AWARD COMPETITION
(for a book published in 2009)
DEADLINE: May 1, 2010
We invite scholars to submit books published in the year 2009 for consideration for the Irving Lowens Book Award of the Society for American Music. The Society annually awards the prize for the book judged as the best in the field of American music. Any book on American music with a year 2009 imprint is eligible.
We define the term "American music" in its broadest, most inclusive sense. We view it as composed of the music of all of North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) in its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including art and popular cultures, ethnic groups and minorities, along with its ramifications on cultures elsewhere in the world.
The Lowens Book Award represents our most prestigious honor and carries with it a monetary prize as well as a citation that will be presented at the national conference in the spring of 2011. A list of previous award winners, from 1983 to the present, may be viewed here.
We ask that scholars who wish to have their work considered for the award arrange to have a copy sent to each of the committee members. Make sure that your submission includes a note that the book is being submitted for the Lowens Award. Please do not send multiple copies to the Chair. Send books to the following addresses:
Jeffrey Taylor, ChairHitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music
Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Danielle Fosler-Lussier
101 A Hughes Hall
The Ohio State University School of Music
1899 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Paul Charosh
224 Beach 141 Street
Rockaway Park, NY 11694
Jessica Sternfeld
Please contact the Chair for current address.
Judith Tick
Music - College of Arts & Sciences
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
For further information please contact Jeffrey Taylor at jtaylor@brooklyn.cuny.edu.