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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
(now
available on-line!)
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, you can either download the membership
form (pdf) and return it with your check by mail, or you can join
(or renew) electronically here.
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.
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Directors
The
Board of Directors
Peter H. Smith, President (12-14)
Ryan McClelland, Vice-President(12-14)
Virginia Hancock, Secretary (12-14)
Kevin
Karnes, Treasurer (2012)
Styra Avins (Drew University) (07-11)
Daniel Beller-McKenna (University of New Hampshire) (11-15)
George Bozarth (University of Washington) (11-15)
David Brodbeck (University of California at Irvine) (11-15)
Camilla Cai (Kenyon College) (11-15)
Richard Cohn (Yale University) (10-14)
Walter
M. Frisch (Columbia University) (08-12)
Valerie Goertzen (Loyola University, New Orleans) (08-12)
William P. Horne (Loyola University, New Orleans) (11-15)
Kevin Karnes (Emory University) (10-14)
Ryan
Minor (SUNY, Stony Brook) (08-12)
Heather Platt (Ball State University) (11-15)
Corresponding
Directors
Cord
Garben (ex officio; President, Brahms-Gesellschaft, Hamburg)
Otto Biba (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
Ludwig Finscher (University of Heidelberg)
Otmar Zwiebelhofer (ex officio; President, Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden)
Kurt Hofmann (Lübeck)
Siegfried Oechsle (ex officio; Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe)
Robert Pascall (University of Nottingham)
Wolfgang Sandberger (ex officio; Brahms-Institut Lübeck)
Minoru Nishihara (ex officio; Japan Brahms Society)
Honorary
Members
Bernice
Geiringer †
Renate and Kurt Hofmann
Margit McCorkle
Thomas Quigley
Advisory
Board
Margaret Notley (University of North Texas)
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
Ryan McClelland, Chair, Geiringer Committee,
Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto
Edward Johnson Building
80 Queen's Park
Toronto Ontario M5S 2C5
ryan.mcclelland@utoronto.ca
Valerie Goertzen and William Horne, Newsletter Editors
College of Music
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA, 70118
goertzen@loyno.edu
wphorne@loyno.edu
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