American Musicological Society Rocky Mountain Chapter
Welcome to the website of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society. The Rocky Mountain Chapter brings together professors, students, and scholars from the Rocky Mountain region, which covers the American states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Our chapter collects no dues and has no application process. If you live in the region and are a member of the AMS, you are a member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter.
Meetings
2026 Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Music Scholars
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2026 Annual Meeting, this year hosted at the University of Arizona. Current plans are for a fully in-person event. The Chapter will meet jointly with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Music Theory.
Dates: Friday-Saturday, March 27–28, 2026
Location: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND INFO
2025 Conference
The 2025 conference was a wonderful success! We are proud to announce the winner of the best student paper: Laura Berghout McTavish (Kansas University),"Irony in Scoring Maestro: The Re-Dramatization of Bernstein’s Dramatic Works" Congratulations, Laura!
Past Meetings
Chapter Officials
President: Christopher Sheer, Utah State University
Secretary/Treasurer:
Past President: Robert S. Shay, University of Colorado
Chapter Representative to the AMS Council: Dawn Grapes, Colorado State University
Student Representatives to the AMS Council:
2021–2023 Term: LeeLee Halbert Hunter, University of Arizona
2022–2024 Term: Misti Webster, University of Utah
