1. AMS Ecocriticism Study Group Nashville, 7 November 2008

2. -- Proposal to the AMS Board of Directors to recognize the AMS Ecocriticism Study Group (October 2007)

3. Panelists: Daniel Grimley, University of Nottingham Grieg: Music, Landscape and Norwegian Identity (Woodbridge, 2006). Alexander Rehding, Harvard University and Suzannah Clark, eds., Music Theory and Natural Order from the Renaissance to the Early Twentieth Century (Cambridge, 2001). “Eco-Musicology,” review article, Journal of the Royal Music Association 127 (2002): 305-20. Brooks Toliver, University of Akron “Eco-ing in the Canyon: Ferde Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and the Transformation of Wilderness,” JAMS 57/2 (2004): 325-367. Denise Von Glahn, Florida State University, College of Music The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape (Northeastern University Press, 2003). Chair: Aaron S. Allen, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

4. Questions 1. What is an “ecocritical musicology”? 2. What methodologies could an ecocritical musicology espouse? 3. What role could ecocriticism have in affecting the discipline as a whole? 4. What role does activism play in scholarship, & how could that impact ecocritical musicology or the discipline itself? 5. Could an ecocritical musicology be socially relevant? definitional situational

5. Question 1: What is an “ecocritical musicology”? Daniel Grimley Alexander Rehding Brooks Toliver Denise Von Glahn Discussion

6. Question 2: What methodologies could an ecocritical musicology espouse? Daniel Grimley Alexander Rehding Brooks Toliver Denise Von Glahn Discussion

7. Question 3: What role could ecocriticism have in affecting the discipline as a whole? Daniel Grimley Alexander Rehding Brooks Toliver Denise Von Glahn Discussion

8. Question 4: What role does activism play in scholarship, and how could that impact ecocritical musicology or the discipline itself? Daniel Grimley Alexander Rehding Brooks Toliver Denise Von Glahn Discussion

9. Question 5: Could an ecocritical musicology be socially relevant? Daniel Grimley Alexander Rehding Brooks Toliver Denise Von Glahn Discussion

10. ESG BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA I. By-Laws {10 minutes} 1. Edits/Amendments 2. Vote II. Elections {15 minutes} 1. Nominations Chair : Aaron Allen Secretary-Treasurer: Robert Fallon Program Committee Chair: none Electronic Communications Chair: none 2. Vote III. Web Site {15 minutes} 1. Demonstration of current draft 2. Solicitation of further ideas Events (Conferences) Resources (e.g. M.A. in Music and Geography at University of Nottingham) IV. Other Items? {5 minutes} 1. Greening AMS