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, Valerie Goertzen (Loyola University New Orleans) (23-27; President 19-23)
- Vice President and Treasurer, Marie Sumner Lott (Georgia State University) (21-25; Vice President 22-24, Treasurer 21-23)
- Secretary and Membership Chair, Loretta Terrigno (Eastman School of Music) (20-24; Secretary and Membership Chair 21-23)
- Styra Avins (New York) (21-25)
- Daniel Beller-McKenna (University of New Hampshire) (20-24)
- Paul Berry (Yale University) (21-25)
- George Bozarth (University of Washington) (20-24)
- Nicole Grimes (University of California, Irvine) (22-26)
- William P. Horne (Loyola University New Orleans) (20-24)
- Karen Leistra-Jones (Franklin and Marshall College) (20-24)
- Ryan McClelland (University of Toronto) (23-27)
- Laurie McManus (Shenandoah Conservatory) (23-27)
- Scott Murphy (University of Kansas) (21-25)
- Jacquelyn Sholes (University of Rochester) (20-24)
- Peter H. Smith (University of Notre Dame) (21-25)
Corresponding Directors
- Otto Biba (Vienna)
- Kurt Hofmann (Lübeck)
- Matthias Kirschnereit (ex officio; President, Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Hamburg)
- 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)
- Margaret Notley (University of North Texas)
- Heather Platt (Ball State University)
- James Webster (Cornell University)
- Christoph Wolff (Harvard University)
Officials of the Society
Karen Leistra-Jones, Chair, Geiringer Committee
Franklin & Marshall College
P. O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
karen.leistra-jones@fandm.edu
Jacquelyn Sholes, Chair, Publication Subvention Committee
Arthur Satz Department of Music
University of Rochester
1-315 Dewey Hall
P.O. Box 270052
Rochester, NY 14627
jacquelyn.sholes@rochester.edu
William Horne and Valerie Goertzen, Newsletter Editors
College of Music and Media
Campus Box 8
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA, 70118
wphorne@loyno.edu
goertzen@loyno.edu