Conference Agenda

This performance presents an innovative interpretation of the Classical Turkish Music tradition through an ensemble of kanun (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seda Tüfekçioğlu, Istanbul Medeniyet University), violin (Lecturer Semih Özdemir, Istanbul Medeniyet University), and oud/guitar (Research Assistant Emir Altuğ Karakaya, Istanbul Medeniyet University). While remaining faithful to the essential principles of makam, usul, and traditional performance practice, the program explores new timbral possibilities created by the intersection of these instruments.\nRather than altering tradition, this performance seeks to reveal its expressive richness through contemporary ensemble writing and intercultural musical dialogue. By preserving the stylistic integrity of the repertoire while introducing a distinctive instrumental texture, the concert demonstrates how Classical Turkish Music can engage with new artistic contexts without compromising its historical and aesthetic foundations.

Organized by the ARLAC-IMS Working Group “The Villancico in Hispanic America.”\n\nThis presentation examines the anonymous mid-nineteenth-century musical manuscript Canciones neogranadinas, villancicos y responsorios, held at the Archivo Perdomo of the Luis Ángel Arango Library (Bogotá, Colombia). Comprising a singing manual, secular songs, and a collection of religious pieces scored for voice and guitar (or bandola), this document serves as an exceptional testament to the blurred boundaries between orality and literacy, and between the sacred and the profane in domestic music-making. Furthermore, it evidences the extrapolation of ecclesiastical repertoire into nineteenth-century salons.\n\nA comparative analysis of this manuscript with other regional sources—such as the manuscript by José María Ardila Vásquez (Venezuela) and the Manual de organistas y cantores by Manuel María Rueda (Colombia)—allows us to establish links between musical practices across the South American continent, specifically within the Northern Andean region. These concordances attest to a vibrant and uninterrupted practice of the villancico genre that extends beyond the nineteenth century, persisting within both liturgical and salon contexts in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela well into the twentieth century.\n\nBased on a critical study of these manuscripts—characterized by non-standard notation and abundant marginalia, erasures, and amendments—we offer an interpretive proposal grounded in the premise that these are \"open texts,\" where the score functions as a flexible guide for performance rather than a fixed object. Transcriptions and arrangements by Juan Francisco Sans for two voices, piano, and guitar—which incorporate the vocal methodology found in the Canciones neogranadinas manuscript—form the repertoire performed by La Lira Antioqueña. This ensemble’s name pays tribute to the eponymous string group founded in Medellín in 1903, which recorded over 75 discs of regional vocal and instrumental music with the Columbia Phonograph Co. in New York. This project seeks not only the recovery of sonic heritage but also to critically examine the reception and preservation of Latin American vocal music within the framework of contemporary musicology, performance studies, and Historically Informed Performance (HIP).\n\nThis session will include a performance by La Lira Antioqueña, featuring Mónica Herrera (mezzosoprano), Jamir Mauricio Moreno (tenor), Carlos Caballero Parra (guitar), Marianonia Palacios de Sans (piano), and Jorge Mario Valencia (recording artist).

The AMS Chapter and Study Group Fair will feature AMS Chapters and AMS Study Groups. The fair is an opportunity to meet with representatives of these groups and learn more about their activities and ways to get involved.\nATTENTION - Chapter and Study Group leaders: You must reserve a table and designate at least one representative to be represented at the fair. The reservation form will be posted soon.

A Speed Networking session is scheduled for Saturday, November 14 from 4:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time during the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting. Participants will be randomly placed into small groups and shuffled into new discussions every 8-10 minutes. Signup is required.