Allegheny Chapter of the American Musicological Society

Saturday March 1, 2025


West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Program:

11:00–12:00 AM Session 1

  • Avery Faust (University of Pittsburgh), “The Shawshank Redemption: Hope and Reintegration Through Music”
  • Richard Anatone (Prince George’s Community College), “Troping and Narrative Foreshadowing in Hitoshi Sakimoto’s Soundtrack to Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)”

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch

1:30–2:30pm Paper Session 2

  • Claire Weydt (West Virginia University), “Symbolist Continuities in Ravel’s La Valse: Hearing Post-War Symbolism in Parisian Salons”
  • Jamie Blake (Capital University), “Remaking the Wedding: Bronislava Nijinska’s Le Noces and the Politics of Revival”

2:30–3:30 PM Chapter Business Meeting

7:30pm VOCES8 Concert, Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre