Conference Agenda

Session

AMS Jazz & Improvisation Study Group Business Meeting

Time:

Friday, 20/Nov/2026:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Session Topics:

Jazz

Presentations

AMS Jazz & Improvisation Study Group Business Meeting

Chair(s): Kelsey Klotz (University of Maryland); AJ Kluth (Case Western Reserve University)

Organized by the AMS Jazz and Improvisation Study Group.

This meeting will begin with a brief update on study group activities. Mark Mahoney, the winner of the annual Research Paper in Jazz and Improvised Music Award, will present his research, “'Europe’s Answer to Woodstock': Genre, Politics, and Genre Politics at the 1969 Actuel Festival.” Then, members and attendees will have the opportunity to meet, network with each other, and discuss their ideas for future group events and activities. All are welcome, regardless of their membership in the study group.