FMCS Conference 2013

			Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship 2013 Conference Keynote speaker: Jeremy S. Begbie Thomas A. Langford Research Professor, Duke University Thursday, February 14 - Saturday, February 16, 2013 Yale Institute of Sacred Music 409 prospect street, New haven		Keynote speaker Jeremy S. Begbie. Click here for hi-res image. Speakers Jeremy S. Begbie Chelle Stearns Awet Andemicael Jonathan Anderson Joanna Smolko Nicholas J. Chong Helen M. Greenwald Jonathan Blumhofer Norbert Burggraff Christina L. Carnes Kate Kennedy Steiner Jennifer Bloxam Melody M. Schade Samantha Arten Sarah Davies C. Jane Gosine Robert Sholl Jeff Warren Graham Hair April Vega Paul Rumrill Michael Marissen Emily Hope Kramer John M. McCluskey Joshua Kalin Busman Sharron Greaves Anna Swynford Yudha Thianto
	Registration Schedule Travel to New Haven Conference Hotel Contact		Overview The Forum on Music & Christian Scholarship will hold its annual conference and meeting at the Institute of Sacred Music from February 14 to February 16, 2013. Founded in 2003, the FMCS is a group of musicologists, musicians, and theologians who explore the intersections of music and religion from historical, music theoretical, as well as contemporary perspectives. The thirty-six papers to be offered at the conference will examine diverse subjects ranging from historical aspects of the relationship between art and religion in the Middle Ages and the Reformation, to the religious contexts of the music of Messiaen and Beethoven, to the sacred in popular music. The keynote speaker for the 2013 conference is the distinguished theologian and musician Prof. Jeremy Begbie, Thomas A. Langford Research Professor at Duke Divinity School, Duke University. Markus Rathey, associate professor of music history at the ISM and former FMCS president, chaired the program committee and serves as the main organizer. Registration Conference registration rates are as follows: Early Registration (by February 1) - $100 (general) / $40 (student) Early Registration Friday & Saturday only - $75 (general) / $25 (student) Registration (after February 1) - $125 (general) / $50 (student) Friday & Saturday Registration - $100 (general) / $40 (student) Schedule View a PDF version here. Travel to New Haven Air New Haven is accessible via the following airtports: New Haven (HVN), Hartford, CT (BDL), or the New York area airports (EWR, LGA, JFK) and via Amtrak. Ground Transportation to/from Airports Connecticut Limousine Prime Time Shuttle It is not recommended that you take a taxi to New Haven from Hartford, CT or the New York area airports as it would be very expensive. Taxi service from/to Tweed New Haven airport (HVN) should be $10-15 from downtown New Haven. Rail New Haven is accessible via Amtrak and from New York City via Metro-North Railroad One-way fare from NYC on Amtrak are from$27.00-$94.00 One-way fare from NYC on Metro-North are from $14.75-$19.50 Hotel We've arranged for a group rate at the New Haven Hotel. The daily rate is $139 per night and is available until January 15, 2013. Please reference discount code "FMCS Conference" when making your reservation. New Haven Hotel 229 George Street New Haven, CT 06510 www.newhavenhotel.com (800) NH-HOTEL or (203) 498-3100 Other area hotels: Courtyard New Haven at Yale Premiere Hotel and Suites The Study Hotel The Omni New Haven Contact If you have any questions please feel free to contact the conference coordinator, Albert Agbayani @ 203-432-3220 or via email at albert.agbayani [at] yale.edu.

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