Interest Groups

Interest Groups are formed by members to share common interests and organize special sessions at annual conferences. Presently active groups are listed below:

American Band History Research, Susan Koutsky

American Music in American Schools and Colleges, James V. Worman and Christine de Catanzaro, co-chairs

Connecting Outside the Academy, Joseph Horowitz

Dance, Renee Camus

Eighteenth Century Music, Nicholas Butler

Folk and Traditional Music, Ron Pen

Gay/Lesbian/Transgender, David Patterson

Gospel and Church Music, Roxanne Reed and Tammy Kernodle, co-chairs

Historiography, Michael Pisani

Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, Paul Laird

Music Biography

Musical Theatre, Anna Wheeler Gentry

Popular Music, Kristen Stauffer Todd and Philip A. Todd, co-chairs

Research on Gender in American Music, Liane Curtis

Research Resources, Alisa Rata

Twentieth-Century Music, David Patterson