Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship

2013 Conference

Keynote speaker: Jeremy S. Begbie

Thomas A. Langford Research Professor, Duke University
Music, Theology, and the “Natural”: Learning from Rameau and Rousseau

Thursday, February 14 - Saturday, February 16, 2013

Yale Institute of Sacred Music
409 prospect street, New haven

Keynote speaker Jeremy S. Begbie.

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Participants

Jeremy 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

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

Please note: Registration is FREE for all Yale Students, Staff, and Faculty. Email the conference coordinator to RSVP.

Conference registration rates for individuals are as follows:

Early Registration (by February 1)

For the entire conference (Thursday to Saturday) - $100 (general) / $40 (student)
Friday & Saturday only - $75 (general) / $25 (student)

Late Registration (after February 1)

For the entire conference (Thursday to Saturday) - $125 (general) / $50 (student)
Friday & Saturday only - $100 (general) / $40 (student)

Schedule

The full conference schedule is available via Web or PDF.

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

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:

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.