AMS Newsletter--February 2010 - American Musicological Society

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Newsletter Editor’s Message
The AMS is pleased to announce the appointment
of Marica Tacconi as Editor
of the AMS Newsletter for a three-year
term beginning with this issue. A specialist
in the music, art, and culture of late
medieval and Renaissance Florence, she is
professor of musicology and director of the
Institute for the Arts and Humanities at
the Pennsylvania State University.
When President Jane Bernstein invited
me to take on the editorship of the
AMS Newsletter, I was particularly excited
about the prospect of giving some
fresh thought to the function, content,
and design of the Newsletter, which
have changed relatively little since the
first issue in 1971. As the AMS enters
the fourth quarter of its history, it seems
fitting to reconsider how the Newsletter
can best serve the needs of its readers
and of the Society as a whole. Now that
the AMS web site has been redesigned
and expanded, it will be particularly
important to avoid some of the duplication
in content and, instead, to think
about ways in which the Newsletter can
serve not only as a vehicle to inform,
but also as a platform to share new perspectives
in our discipline.
Toward this goal, I am looking forward
to working with the Communications
Committee and I welcome your
ideas and suggestions (mst4@psu.edu).
Be prepared to see some significant
changes in future issues!
—Marica Tacconi
Marica Tacconi
AMS Newsletter Editor
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Items for publication in the next issue of
the AMS Newsletter must be submitted
electronically by 1 May to:
Marica Tacconi, AMS Newsletter Editor
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