42nd Annual AMIS Meeting
to be held jointly with the
Historical Keyboard Society of North America
Colonial Williamsburg, VA
May 30-June 1, 2013

"Roots of American Musical Life" will be the theme for the 2013 joint meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) and the Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKS-NA) as they convene in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 30 to June 1, 2013. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is host for a program of concerts, recitals, papers, meals, and museums.

photo courtesy The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 

Step into an eighteenth-century landscape including restored colonial architecture, historic trades, period costume, and many other extensively researched aspects of life and culture in colonial Virginia. See and hear period instruments in period spaces. Look behind the scenes at study collections of instruments and other historic objects, conservation laboratories, library collections, and other research facilities.

The featured exhibit, “Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America 1770-1830,” elegantly presents 27 examples from the collection, most exhibited for the first time.

Tentative programs and other information will be posted here as they become available.

• Call for papers (Deadline: 15 November 2012)
• Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site
• Combined Meeting Registration and Housing Forms (PDF)
• Meeting Registration Form and Information
  (Deadline for early registration is TBA)
• Housing Form and Information (PDF)
  (Deadline for housing reservations is TBA)

For further information, contact: Stewart Carter, AMIS Program Chair (carter@wfu.edu), or John Watson, Local Arrangements Chair (jwatson@cwf.org).