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.
May 1-11 Fado Festival - New York City and Newark, NJ
May 1-16 Auction: Tarisio Online Violin Auction
May 3–5 Dallas International Guitar Festival - Dallas, TX
May 9 Making the Jazz Gumbo, Historic Brass Society - New York, NY
May 9-18 54th International Instrumental Competition - Markneukirchen
May 10–12 La Conner Guitar Festival - La Conner, WA
May 11–12 Sound Messe, International Guitar Exhibition - Osaka, Japan
May 13–15 Il Gusto Italiano: Italian Style and Transalpine Exchanges in Early Keyboard Music Sam Houston State University School of Music, Huntsville, Texas
May 15-18 Classical Next - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
May 15-19 American Musical Instrument Society Annual Meeting Carolina Music Museum, Greenville, South Carolina
May 18-19 Amigo Chicago Guitar Show - Villa Park, IL
May 20-25 Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition Finals - Brussels, Belgium
May 24–26
Acoustics Luthier Invitational - Burnsville, NC
May 24-26 Galway Early Music Festival - Galway, Ireland
May 25–June 1 International Tuba Euphonium Conference - University of Iowa, Voxman School of Music
May 27-29 The 2nd International Conference on Performance and Creativity: Historical Keyboard Music 1700-1850 - Hong Kong