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Ecocriticism & Musicology

Ecocriticism & Musicology. AMS Ecocriticism Study Group Nashville, 7 November 2008. Ecocriticism "highlights the manifold roles of nature and environment in the creation and interpretation of culture.". -- Proposal to the AMS Board of Directors to recognize the

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Ecocriticism & Musicology

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  1. Ecocriticism& Musicology AMS Ecocriticism Study Group Nashville, 7 November 2008

  2. Ecocriticism "highlights the manifold roles of nature and environment in the creation and interpretation of culture." -- Proposal to the AMS Board of Directors to recognize the AMS Ecocriticism Study Group (October 2007)

  3. Panelists: Chair: Aaron S. Allen, University of North Carolina, Greensboro • Daniel Grimley, University of Nottingham • Grieg: Music, Landscape and Norwegian Identity (Woodbridge, 2006). • Alexander Rehding, Harvard University • and Suzannah Clark, eds., Music Theory and Natural Order from the Renaissance to the Early Twentieth Century (Cambridge, 2001). • “Eco-Musicology,” review article, Journal of the Royal Music Association 127 (2002): 305-20. • Brooks Toliver, University of Akron • “Eco-ing in the Canyon: Ferde Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and the Transformation of Wilderness,” JAMS 57/2 (2004): 325-367. • Denise Von Glahn, Florida State University, College of Music • The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape (Northeastern University Press, 2003).

  4. Questions • 1. What is an “ecocritical musicology”? • 2. What methodologies could an ecocritical musicology espouse? • 3. What role could ecocriticism have in affecting the discipline as a whole? • 4. What role does activism play in scholarship, & how could that impact ecocritical musicology or the discipline itself? • 5. Could an ecocritical musicology be socially relevant? definitional situational

  5. Question 1: What is an “ecocritical musicology”? • Daniel Grimley • Alexander Rehding • Brooks Toliver • Denise Von Glahn • Discussion

  6. Question 2: What methodologies could an ecocritical musicology espouse? • Daniel Grimley • Alexander Rehding • Brooks Toliver • Denise Von Glahn • Discussion

  7. Question 3: What role could ecocriticism have in affecting the discipline as a whole? • Daniel Grimley • Alexander Rehding • Brooks Toliver • Denise Von Glahn • Discussion

  8. Question 4: What role does activism play in scholarship, and how could that impact ecocritical musicology or the discipline itself? • Daniel Grimley • Alexander Rehding • Brooks Toliver • Denise Von Glahn • Discussion

  9. Question 5:Could an ecocritical musicology be socially relevant? • Daniel Grimley • Alexander Rehding • Brooks Toliver • Denise Von Glahn • Discussion

  10. ESG BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA • I. By-Laws {10 minutes} • 1. Edits/Amendments • 2. Vote • II. Elections {15 minutes} • 1. Nominations • Chair : Aaron Allen • Secretary-Treasurer: Robert Fallon • Program Committee Chair: none • Electronic Communications Chair: none • 2. Vote • III. Web Site {15 minutes} • 1. Demonstration of current draft • 2. Solicitation of further ideas • Events (Conferences) • Resources (e.g. M.A. in Music and Geography at University of Nottingham) • IV. Other Items? {5 minutes} • 1. Greening AMS

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