November 2008-American Musicological Society national convention, Nashville, TN
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA Past President; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerry Hoekstra.
September 2008-Bloomington, IN
Career development workshop for young professionals and touring ensembles, led by Charles Sullivan of Early Music Now in Milwaukee.
June 2008-National Performing Arts Convention, Denver, CO
EMA co-sponsored one session with Opera America: “More than Just a Harpsichord: Baroque Opera Collaborations between Opera Companies and Period Ensembles,” a panel discussion organized by Tom Cirillo, Executive Director of Portland Baroque Orchestra, and also including Christopher Mattaliano, General Director, Portland Opera; Marie-Helene Bernard, Executive Director, Handel & Haydn Society; and moderator Sara Jane Patterson-Poage, Director of Music & Education, Portland Opera.
EMA co-sponsored another session with Chorus America, “Singing Chant,” led by EMA board member Susan Hellauer, a singer with Anonymous 4 and adjunct professor at Queens College CUNY. A third session was presented by EMA on its own: “Playing Bach in Style with Modern Instruments: the Ciaccona for Solo Violin,” a lecture-demonstration by Raymond Erickson, Professor of harpsichord and historical performance practice, Queens College C.U.N.Y. and Ellie Kang, violinist, M.M. Juilliard, D.M.A. candidate at C.U.N.Y.).
November 2007-American Musicological Society national convention, Québec City, QC
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA Past President; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerry Hoekstra.
June 2007-Boston Early Music Festival, Boston, MA
Peer Forum for Early Music Presenters and Local/Regional Service Organizations: Serving the Early Music Community in your Region. An open discussion moderated by EMA board member Gene Murrow. Panel Discussion: Audience Development in the Web 2.0 Era. Panelists include Gregg Sorenson, Marketing Director of the Boston Handel & Haydn Society; Steve Bentley, Web master for the Boston Early Music Festival, and Jordan Sramek, Director of the Rose Ensemble. Discussion focused on email marketing, web sites, and other digital means to grow the audience for early music. Sibelius Demonstration, by company representative Robin Hodson. Learning how to use this increasingly popular music editing software.
November 2006-American Musicological Society national convention, Los Angeles, CA
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA Past President; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Adam Gilbert, USC, Los Angeles, CA
June 2006-EMA National Conference, Berkeley, CA
“The Early Music Entrepreneur”; 3-day professional development conference with numerous panel discussions, professional development workshops, networking forums, keynote speeches by Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4 and David Douglass of King’s Noyse; Exhibition/marketplace for 40 vendors (instrument-makers, publishers, organizations, etc.)
November 2005-American Musicological Society national convention, Washington, DC
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA Past President; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerry Hoekstra, St. Olaf College
June 2005-Boston Early Music Festival, Boston, MA
Panel discussions/presentations on “Career Development for early music ensembles,” led by Victor Gotesman and Noel Hayashi (NY-based consultants) “Recording Alternatives,” featuring panelists Laurie Szablewski, Boston Baroque; Jordan Sramek, Rose Ensemble; Gonzalo Ruiz, Baroque oboist; Joel Gordon, WGBH.
November 2004-American Musicological Society national convention, Seattle, WA
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA Past President; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Lyle Nordstrom, University of North Texas; “Heresies and Hear Says Revisited: Thoughts on Instrumental Performance of Untexted Parts and Repertories 1350-1550,” chaired by Susan Weiss, Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University
June 2004-EMA National Conference, Berkeley, CA
“The Future of Early Music in America”; Professional development preconferences (all-day workshops) on Fundraising and Audience Development; 2-day conference with numerous panel discussions, professional development workshops, networking forums, keynote speeches by Thomas Forrest Kelly of Harvard University and Mary Springfels of Newberry Consort; Exhibition/marketplace for 40 vendors (instrument-makers, publishers, organizations, etc.)
November-2003 American Musicological Society national convention, Houston, TX
“Singing from Early Notation” session led by Valerie Horst, EMA President and Executive Director, Amherst Early Music; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Jeffery Kite-Powell, Florida State University
June 2003-Boston Early Music Festival, Boston, MA
"Music and Healing" demonstration/workshop, led by Ruth Cunningham, sound healing practitioner and former member of Anonymous 4; Education Forum, moderated by Henry Chapin, EMA board member and co-director of Nottingham Fair; "Improving your Self-Promotion Skills" moderated by Angela Mariani, EMA board member and radio host of Harmonia; "Fundraising" roundtable, moderated by Mary Deissler, Executive Director of the Handel and Haydn Society; "Benefits (insurance, pensions) for musicians" roundtable, moderated by Robert Johnson, EMA board member and attorney with Ingersoll Buchanan in Pittsburgh; Peer Forum for Period-Instrument Orchestras, moderated by Paul Jacobson, EMA board member and flutist, Lyra Concert; Peer Forum for Presenting Organizations, moderated by Charlotte Newman, EMA board member and administrator of Chapel, Court and Countryside series at Case Western Reserve University.
November 2002-American Musicological Society national convention, Columbus, OH
"Singing from Early Notation" session led by Valerie Horst, EMA President and Executive Director, Amherst Early Music; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerald Hoekstra, St. Olaf College
June 2002-Berkeley Festival, Berkeley, CA
Awards ($1,000 each) made to 14 "emerging ensembles" in the early music field for the purpose of assisting in their professional development, specifically the creation of promotional materials
November 2001-American Musicological Society national convention, Atlanta, GA
"Singing from Early Notation" session led by Valerie Horst, EMA President and Executive Director, Amherst Early Music; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerald Hoekstra, St. Olaf College
June 2001-Boston Early Music Festival, Boston, MA
"Music and Healing" workshop and demonstration, moderated by Ruth Cunningham, Reiki practioner and former member of Anonymous 4; "WWW/Wood World Wide" trade topics forum, moderated by Richard Hester; "Fundraising for Early Music" roundtable, moderated by EMA board member Liane Ellison Norman; Peer Forum for Early Music Ensembles, moderated by Karen Flint, EMA board member and artistic director of Brandywine Baroque; Peer Forum for Early Music Workshop Directors, moderated by Ken Perlow of the Viola da Gamba Society
November 2000-National Association of Schools of Music national conference, San Diego CA
"New Directions: Early Music and Historical Performance;" panelists Ross Duffin, Case Western Reserve University; Thomas Forrest Kelly, Harvard University, Anne Dhu McLucas, University of Oregon
November 2000-American Musicological Society/College Music Society, national convention, Toronto, ON
"Early Music in the Curriculum" panel, moderated by Thomas Forrest Kelly, Harvard University; "Early Music in U.S. and Canadian Higher Education" panel, moderated by Jeffery Kite-Powell, Florida State University; "Teaching Early Music in the Curriculum" panel, moderated by Ross Duffin, Case Western Reserve University; Peer Forum for Collegium Directors, moderated by Gerald Hoekstra, St. Olaf College
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