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The Pacific-Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society (PSC-AMS) welcomes submissions for our Fall 2025 chapter meeting at Occidental College on Saturday, October 11, 2025. This meeting will feature a keynote panel, “Producing the Singing Voice,” in which three local songwriters (Julianna Barwick, Julia Holter, and Oxy’s new assistant professor in musicology, Ramona Gonzalez) will demonstrate and discuss their singing practices and recording techniques, moderated by Catherine Provenzano (UCLA). This panel has been generously supported by funding from the new John Branca Institute for Music at Occidental College, dedicated to the study of popular music and the music industry, as well as the AMS Chapter Activities fund. The program committee welcomes abstracts of 350 words on any musicological topic, but especially on topics of voice, popular music, and the music industry. 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 document to Stephen Hudson (shudson -at- oxy.edu) by 11:59pm on Monday, September 22. 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 September 29.
We encourage anyone submitting a proposal to become a member of the local chapter or update their membership. For more details, visit our the “membership and dues” tab on our website.
Feel free to contact PSC-AMS Vice President Stephen Hudson or PSC-AMS Secretary Elizabeth Lindau with questions.
