The Pacific-Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society (PSC-AMS) will hold our Spring 2026 chapter meeting at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo on Saturday, May 2, 2026. The program committee welcomes abstracts of 350 words on any musicological […]
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Our Spring 2026 meeting will be held on May 2-3 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Thanks to Alicia Doyle and Alyson McLamore for graciously offering to host us! It’s beautiful up there. Start thinking about your abstracts and planning […]
Continue reading2025 Dahl Award
Our May meeting at the University of San Diego included a lively Dahl competition, with seven presentations by students from six different institutions. We learned about Janis Joplin, the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, classical music samples in K-Pop, Shakespeare’s musical […]
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The Chapter’s Paypal account has been retired. Members are now invited to pay dues through the national AMS site. Please follow this link to join or update. Any AMS member who lives in the Pacific-Southwest Chapter area may join the […]
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