AMIS Loves Musical Instruments! The following select events represent some of the scholarly meetings, concerts, demonstrations, lectures, trade shows, auctions, and more that are occurring this month. If you would like to list your event please email: blogs.amis@gmail.com. We reserve the right to include or not include any event for any reason.
March 1 Wu Man and Fellow Silk Road Musicians – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
A special performance celebrating the reopening of The Met's newly renovated André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments
March 2
Family Performances: Wu Man and Friends explore Chinese musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum
March 1–2 Society for Ethnomusicology Southwest Chapter Conference, El Paso, TX
March 2–3 Guitar Show - Waxahachie, TX
March 2–3 Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawaii Chapter Conference,
Santa Barbara, CA
March 4–10 Fiesta del Tambor – Havana, Cuba A competitive drum festival that includes workshops, concerts, dances, and competitive drum performances held throughout Havana.
March 5–18 Auction: Fine Instruments and Bows – Tarisio
March 8–11 WOMAdelaide World Music Festival - Adelaide, Australia An open-air festival set in Adelaide’s stunning Botanic Park. An award-winning celebration of the very best of the World of Music, Arts & Dance.
March 9
Niagara Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Buffalo, NY
March 10 North East Guitar Show - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
March 12 Lecture: Stearns Collection, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
March 16–17 Spring Carolina Guitar Show - Fletcher / Asheville, NC
March 16–20
Music Teachers National Association National Conference - Spokane, WA
March 21 Early Music Day March 23 Arkansas Guitar Show - Jacksonville, AR
March 24 Guitar Show - Cincinnati, OH
March 29–31 Syracuse Legacies Organ Conference - Syracuse, New York Celebrating the Contributions of Arthur Poister, Calvin Hampton, and Walter Holtkamp Sr.
March 30–31 Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Chapter Conference - Austin, TX
March 31 Quicksilver Baroque: Violini a due - Yale Collection of Musical Instruments Concert, New Haven, CT