About the American Brahms Society

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