Musicology in the World
No One’s Picking on Early Music (11/17/2025)
Thomas Forrest Kelly reflects on the past seventy-five years of the historical performance movement and early music. Read more.
Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work (11/19/2025)
A pair of organ works believed to be written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig and added to the composer’s official catalog. Read more.
This is a Failed Study on Pay Transparency for Composers (11/19/2025)
I Care If You Listen explores the compartmentalization of creative practice and the business of music and how the rift breeds a lack of transparency about pay. Read more.
Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the Suspension of Recruitment to the BA and Foundation Year in Music at Northumbria University
(11/21/2025)
Read more about the proposed suspension and the RMA’s response to it.
El Mesías: Messiah for a New World (11/24/2025)
Bach Collegium San Diego and Ruben Valenzuela Find Acclaim for their El Mesías project, a translation of Messiah into Spanish. Read more.
Pied Piper of the Southeast (12/1/2025)
As a teacher, administrator, and advocate, Jody Miller makes everything run smoothly for all sides of Mountain Collegium among other early-music initiatives. Read more.
Ai Weiwei’s Turandot (12/3/2025)
In Ai Weiwei’s production of the opera, “Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Read more.
A New Generation Embraces the Sound of the Steelpan (12/5/2025)
The instrument from Trinidad and Tobago makes a comeback as a new generation embraces its distinctive sound on stage and on the dance floor. Read more.
A Hit Show on Queer Time and Baroque Instruments (12/7/2025)
“Lutes, gambas, and disco booty shorts”: A new musical-theatre production mixes historical periods and genres. Read more.
Dolly Parton: From Rags to Riches (12/9/2025)
With Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony, the country music icon’s new work tours nationwide with American symphony orchestras. Read more.
Renee Lapp Morris discusses her new MUSA edition, Opera Parody Songs of Blackface Minstrels (1844–1860), on the New Books Network (12/10/2025)
Listen to the podcast, hosted by Kristen M. Turner, on the New Books Network.
Negotiating Better Freelance Contracts: What We Can Learn From Artist Unions (12/10/2025)
Los Angeles–based vocalist, studio musician, and arranger James Hayden explores the relationship between union and freelance work. Read more.
Amadeus Returns: Can Sky’s Miniseries Attract a New Generation to Mozart? (12/12/2025)
A reboot of Peter Shaffer’s play hopes to repeat the 1984 film’s magic and lure a fresh audience to classical music. Read more.
From “Spaghetti Western” Scores to the Opera Stage (12/12/2025)
Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t such a drawback. Read more.
Higher Ed News
The Global Transition in Academic Publishing Has Already Happened, It’s Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2) (11/17/2025)
Read more at The Scholarly Kitchen.
In Defense of Pluralism and Diversity: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Scholarly Communication (Part 2 of 2) (11/18/2025)
Read more at The Scholarly Kitchen.
Schools of Civic Thought Are on the Rise. Are Students Interested? (11/24/2025)
Over the last decade, universities across the country have opened centers that focus on civic or classical education. Read more.
“Advocacy” in Different Forms (12/2/2025)
A Message from Princeton GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow Kim Akano. Read more.
An Interview with Katina Rogers, Doctoral Futures Research Consultant (12/3/2025)
Read more about Katina Rogers’s work on the ACLS Doctoral Futures project.
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda (12/4/2025)
The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Here’s the latest.
What Would Education’s Omission as a “Professional Degree” Mean? (12/5/2025)
Without that designation, graduate or doctoral students would be limited to borrowing $100,000 for their programs. Read more.
After Rounds of Budget Cuts, Rider University President Says It Was “Nowhere Near Enough” (12/8/2025)
Justin D. Burton, who has worked as a faculty member in the music department at Rider University for the last eighteen years, is on the hunt for a career coach. Read more.
“Come North!” Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders with New Talent Drive (12/9/2025)
The government says it will fast-track immigration for US H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the US and the rest of the world. Read more.
Trump Administration Strikes Deal to End Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan (12/9/2025)
A settlement between the Trump administration and seven states could soon end the Save program that lowered payments and offered quicker loan cancellation. Read more.
The Quarter-Century Project (12/10/2025)
More than fifty people across higher education weigh in on the most consequential trend in the sector since 2000. Read more.
ACLS Fellows Share Expertise on Birthright Citizenship (12/11/2025)
Read more about the intersection of birthright citizenship in the US, public policy, and higher education.
Academic Publishing Is Not Fit for the Future (12/11/2025)
If we don’t act now, the vital role research plays in society is at risk. Read more.
AMS News
2025 AMS Award Recipients (11/17/2025)
The AMS pleased to announce the recipients of the Society’s 2025 awards and prizes. Read more.
2025 AMS Honorary Members (11/17/2025)
The AMS is delighted to announce the names of those recognized this year with honorary membership in the Society. Read more.
Charles Brewer and ACRONYM Receive the 2025 Noah Greenberg Award
(11/17/2025)
Halina Goldberg Receives the 2025 Thomas Hampson Award (11/17/2025)
2026 AMS Summer Institute to Be Held in New York (11/28/2025)
The AMS will host a two-week residential Institute for Higher Education Faculty entitled Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies at New York University, 14–26 June 2026. Read more.
AMS Studies in Music Expands Support for Authors (11/28/2025)
The AMS is pleased to announce increased financial support for authors publishing in the AMS Studies in Music series (Oxford University Press). Read more.
Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship Receives Generous Donor Support (11/28/2025)
Generous donor support will allow the Society to avoid potential funding cuts to the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship program in 2026. Read more.
A Message from the AMS Board of Directors (12/5/2025)
The AMS Board of Directors responds to communications that reflect mistrust in governance and frustration regarding recent actions of the Society. Read more.
