The AMS New England Chapter invites you to participate in a new Music Studies Pedagogy Exchange, to be held virtually on Friday, February 19, 2027. (Joanna Chang, Fairfield University, has kindly offered to host this event on Zoom.)
Unlike our traditional chapter meetings, which focus on formal research presentations, this event is designed as a more relaxed and collaborative opportunity to discuss teaching, share ideas, and connect with colleagues interested in music studies pedagogy. We envision a mix of lightning talks, roundtable conversations, demonstrations of assignments or classroom activities, and other informal discussions focused on teaching and learning.
We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics, including:
- Teaching the undergraduate music history sequence
- General education courses (music appreciation, popular music, jazz history, global music traditions, etc.)
- Innovative assignments, projects, and classroom activities
- Introducing research methods and scholarly skills to students
- Interdisciplinary approaches to music studies
- Teaching challenges and opportunities for part-time and adjunct faculty
- Inclusive and accessible teaching practices for diverse student populations
- Professional development and career-stage perspectives in teaching
These suggestions are only starting points. If there is a teaching-related topic, question, challenge, or strategy you would like to discuss with colleagues, we encourage you to propose it.
Please submit via this Google Form by January 4.
- Your name
- Affiliation (or independent scholar)
- A brief description (c. 250 – 300 words) of a pedagogy topic, question, or teaching practice you would like to share or discuss. Please include an estimated time and potential formats (lightning talk (5 – 10 minutes), roundtable, presentation). We may ask for flexibility in format.
We encourage participation from graduate students, part-time and adjunct faculty, early-career faculty, emeritus faculty, and independent scholars, as well as anyone interested in exchanging ideas about teaching music studies.
Contributions will be reviewed anonymously.
Key Dates (we will post any significant changes, if needed, to the chapter website.)
- Submission deadline: Monday, January 4
- Participant notifications: Monday, January 18
- Program announcement: Monday, February 1
- Music Studies Pedagogy Exchange: Friday, February 19 (Zoom)
We hope this new format will create an inclusive space for conversation, professional development, and peer-to-peer exchange. Whether you have a successful classroom activity to share, a pedagogical question you would like to explore, or simply an interest in learning from colleagues, we hope you will consider participating.