The Pacific-Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society (PSC-AMS) will hold our Spring 2025 chapter meeting at the University of San Diego on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The program committee welcomes abstracts of 350 words on any musicological topic. Completed papers should require no more than 20 minutes for full delivery, followed by 5–10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Please e-mail the title and abstract of your proposed talk in an anonymized Word or text document to Stephen Hudson (shudson@oxy.edu) by Saturday, March 15. In your email, please include your name, any A/V requirements, and either your institutional affiliation or city of residence. After a blind review by the program committee, we plan to notify authors whose proposals are accepted by March 31, to allow time to make travel plans. We encourage anyone submitting a proposal to become a member of the local chapter or update their membership.
If you are a student currently enrolled in a graduate program within the geographic boundary of our chapter area, please indicate this in your email when you submit a proposal, as you are eligible to compete for the 2025 Ingolf Dahl Award. This award recognizes the best paper read at our Spring meeting each year. If you’re unsure whether your institution lies within our jurisdiction, please see the map in Article II of our bylaws. You must also be a member of the chapter to compete for the Dahl Award.
Feel free to contact PSC-AMS Vice President Stephen Hudson or PSC-AMS Secretary Elizabeth Lindau with questions.