| About
the American Brahms Society 
Purpose
Founded
in 1983 on the occasion of the sesquicentenary of the birth of Johannes
Brahms, the American Brahms Society is a non-profit, learned organization
that actively seeks to foster and disseminate research on the life, music,
and historical position of Brahms. The Society publishes a biannual Newsletter,
issues a series of Brahms Studies, awards the Karl Geiringer Scholarship
in Brahms Studies, and maintains a Brahms Archive and Research Center.
Members
of the ABS include scholars, perfoming musicians, music teachers, scientists,
doctors, lawyers, businessmen, and other lovers of the music of Brahms
in North America, Europe, and Japan. The Society is governed by a Board
of Directors which meets annually in conjunction with the national meeting
of the American Musicological Society. Corresponding Directors link the
Society with scholars, archives, Brahms societies, and research projects
overseas.
Membership
The
American Brahms Society cordially invites all who love the music of Brahms
and support the Society's goals and projects to join its ranks. To join
the American Brahms Society, please download the membership
form (pdf) and return it with your check by mail.
The
American Brahms Society is a non-profit organization. The IRS has determined
that donations in excess of dues may be considered as charitable contributions.
back
to top
Directors
The
Board of Directors
Heather Platt, President (08-09)
Peter H. Smith, Vice-President (08-09)
Kevin Karnes, Secretary (08-09)
Styra Avins (Drew University) (07-11)
Daniel Beller-McKenna (University of New Hampshire) (06-10)
George Bozarth (University of Washington) (06-10)
David Brodbeck (University of California at Irvine) (06-10)
Camilla Cai (Kenyon College) (06-10)
Richard Cohn (Yale University) (05-09)
Walter
M. Frisch (Columbia University) (08-12)
Valerie Goertzen (Loyola University, New Orleans) (08-12)
Virginia
Hancock (Reed College) (03-07)
William P. Horne (Loyola University, New Orleans) (06-10)
Kevin Karnes (Emory University) (05-09)
Margit McCorkle (Brahms Cataloguing Project, Vancouver) (03-07)
Ryan Minor (SUNY, Stony Brook) (08-12)
Heather Platt (Ball State University) (06-10)
Peter H. Smith (University of Notre Dame) (05-09)
Corresponding
Directors
Eckart
Besch (ex officio; President, Brahms-Gesellschaft, Hamburg)
Otto Biba (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
Ludwig Finscher (University of Heidelberg)
Werner Hoppe (ex officio; President, Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden)
Kurt Hofmann (Lübeck)
Friedhelm Krummacher (ex officio; Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe)
Robert Pascall (University of Wales Bangor)
Wolfgang Sandberger (ex offcio; Brahms-Institut Lübeck)
Masami Yaguchi (ex officio; Japan Brahms Society)
Honorary
Members
Bernice
Geiringer †
Renate and Kurt Hofmann
Advisory
Board
Reinhold
Brinkmann (Harvard University)
Christoph Wolff (Harvard University)
James Webster (Cornell University)
Officials
of the Society
George
Bozarth, Executive Director
School of Music, Box 353450
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3450
(206) 543-0400; 284-0111 (fax)
brahms@u.washington.edu
Walter
M. Frisch, Geiringer Scholarship Committee Chair
Department of Music
Columbia University, MC 1820
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
William
Horne, Newsletter Editor
College of Music
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA, 70118
wphorne@loyno.edu
back
to top
|
