Mission Statement
Founded in 1983 on the occasion of the sesquicentenary of the birth of Johannes Brahms, the American Brahms Society is a non-profit, learned organization that actively seeks to foster and disseminate research on the life, music, and historical position of Brahms. To this end, the Society publishes a semi-annual newsletter, awards a scholarship for graduate students, and supports occasional conferences and publications organized by its members.
People
The Board of Directors
- President, Marie Sumner Lott (Georgia State University) (21-25; President 23-25)
- Vice President, Laurie McManus (Shenandoah Conservatory) (23-27; Vice President 23-25)
- Treasurer, Karen Leistra-Jones (Franklin and Marshall College) (25-29; Treasurer 23-25)
- Secretary and Membership Chair, Loretta Terrigno (Eastman School of Music) (25-29; Secretary and Membership Chair 21-25)
- Styra Avins (New York) (21-25)
- Paul Berry (Yale University) (21-25)
- George Bozarth (University of Washington, emeritus) (24-29)
- Diego Cubero (University of North Texas) (25-29)
- Valerie Goertzen (Loyola University New Orleans) (23-27)
- David Keep (Hope College) (25-29)
- Lucy Liu (Texas Tech University) (25-29)
- Ryan McClelland (University of Toronto) (23-27)
- Scott Murphy (University of Kansas) (21-25)
- Jacquelyn Sholes (Indiana University) (25-29)
- Peter H. Smith (University of Notre Dame) (21-25)
Corresponding Directors
- Otto Biba (Vienna)
- Nicole Grimes (Trinity College Dublin)
- Matthias Kirschnereit (ex officio; President, Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Hamburg)
- Natasha Loges (Hochschule für Musik Freiburg)
- Christof Maisch (ex officio; President, Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden)
- Minoru Nishihara (ex officio; Japan Brahms Society)
- Siegfried Oechsle (ex officio; Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe)
- Johannes Prominczel (ex officio; Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
- Wolfgang Sandberger (ex officio; Brahms-Institut an der Musikhochschule Lübeck)
Honorary Members
- Bernice Geiringer†
- Renate and Kurt† Hofmann
- Margit L. McCorkle
- Thomas Quigley
Advisory Board
- David Brodbeck (University of California, Irvine)
- Camilla Cai (Kenyon College)
- Richard Cohn (Yale University)
- Walter Frisch (Columbia University)
- Virginia Hancock (Reed College)
- William P. Horne (Loyola University New Orleans)
- Margaret Notley (University of North Texas)
- Heather Platt (Ball State University)
- James Webster (Cornell University)
- Christoph Wolff (Harvard University)
Officials of the Society
Marie Sumner Lott, Chair
Geiringer Committee
Georgia State University
School of Music
P. O. Box 3993
Atlanta, GA 30302-4038
msumnerlott@gsu.edu
Jacquelyn Sholes, Chair
Publication Subvention Committee
Department of Musicology
Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music
200 S. Eagleson Ave., Room C039
Bloomington, IN 47405
jsholes@iu.edu
Valerie Goertzen and Laurie McManus, Newsletter Editors
College of Music and Media
Campus Box 8
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA, 70118
goertzen@loyno.edu
lmcmanus@su.edu