projects

New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd Edition (begun 2007)

Headed by UM musicologist Charles Garrett, the Amerigrove II will offer a revised and expanded version of the 1986 Grove Dictionary of American Music and Musicians, originally edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock. This multiyear undertaking will help to expand and deepen the field of research into the music of the United States.

Arts Enterprise Initiative (founded 2006)

The Arts Enterprise Initiative provides a forum for students of the Ross School of Business and the School of Music, Theater & Dance to work together to discover, develop and implement ideas and actions that will enhance productivity, improve profitability, and enrich lives in the public and private sectors through cultural engagement, social enterprise initiatives, and creative leadership.

Living Music (founded 2003)

An ever-growing site that surveys ideas and experiences of musicians, composers, arts administrators, industry figures, and listeners who contribute to musical life in the Americas. Developed by students at the University of Michigan School of Music in collaboration with professors Mark Clague and Charles Garrett, the project catalogs results from interviews and questionnaires submitted by informants about living a life in music.

Music of the Americas Study Group (founded 1998)

The purpose of the MASG is to foster intellectual interchange among scholars and performers from across all campus departments and programs at the University of Michigan interested in music performed in the Americas. We define "Americas" broadly to include musics of North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. "Music" includes any cultural practice that incorporates sound as an expressive element. This music need not have been created in the Americas, but might be transplanted or otherwise introduced from outside. Events sponsored by the MASG must include a balance between faculty and student involvement. For more information or to join the MASG mailing list, contact MASG coordinator Nathan Platte at nplatte@umich.edu.

Music of the United States of America (MUSA, established 1988)

A forty-volume series of scholarly editions of American music sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, published by A-R Editions, Inc., and administered by the American Musicological Society. MUSA's collaborators include the Society for American Music and the American Music Institute.