 | The SAM (Society for American Music) was founded in 1975 and was first named in honor of Oscar G.T. Sonneck, early Chief of the Music Division in the Library of Congress and pioneer scholar of American music. |
| The SAM is a non-profit scholarly and educational organization incorporated in the District of Columbia as a 501 (c) (3) and is a constituent member of the American Council of Learned Societies. The mission of the Society for American Music is to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation and study of American music in all its diversity, and the full range of activities and institutions associated with that music. The 35th Annual SAM Conference will be held in Denver (see photo), Colorado, March 18-22, 2009, at the Marriott City Center Hotel. Concerts and other special events will be offered as part of the conference, including a Friday afternoon visit to the Denver March Pow-Wow. Mark Tucker, Vice President of the SAM at the time of his death in December, 2000, is known to most SAM members as a leading jazz scholar. But Mark was deeply interested in many aspects of American music besides jazz. He wrote papers, participated in performances, and published pieces dealing with topics as diverse as Charles Ives's love of the Adirondacks, 19th-century parlor song, the compositions of Alec Wilder, the musical plays of Braham, Harrigan, and Hart, and hip-hop. Recognizing Mark's gift for nurturing and inspiring his own students and the high value he placed on skillful and communicative scholarly writing, and wishing to honor his memory, the Board of the SAM has established the Mark Tucker Award, to be presented at the Business Meeting of the annual SAM conference to a student who has written an outstanding paper for delivery at that conference. The recipient of the award, which consists of a modest amount of cash and a more significant amount of recognition, will be decided before the conference by a committee appointed annually. Students who will be presenting papers at the Denver, Colorado and who wish to compete for the 2009 Mark Tucker Award should send their conference paper, along with any accompanying audio or visual material, to Theo Cateforis no later than January 15, 2009. Previous Mark Tucker Award Winners Charles Hiroshi Garrett, "Louis Armstrong and the Sound of Migration" (2002 Conference) Event: 35th Annual SAM Conference Date: March 18 – 22, 2009 Location: Marriott City Center Hotel Denver, Colorado USA | |
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