ANNUAL JOINT MEETING
of the
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST and NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTERS

May 1-2, 2004
University of San Francisco  
(includes Dahl Competition)

JOINT MEETING
May 1, 2004

University of San Francisco, Handlery Room, LM100

8:30-9:00 Coffee, pastries, and Welcome

9:00-10:30

• Susan Erickson (Demeter Recordings, Davis) and Harriet Blodgett (CSU Stanislaus): "Symbol and Subject in Rebecca West's Aubrey Trilogy"
• Adeline Mueller (Getty Museum, Los Angeles): "The Acousmachine in Mauricio Kagel's Film Antithese"
• Marcela Pan (University of Southern California): "Quien dijo que todo esta perdido? Pop Music in Argentina During the Military Government"

10:30-11:00 Coffee and Cookie Break

11:00-12:00

• Marilee Mouser (University of California, Santa Barbara): "Petrucci and His Shadow: A Case Study of Reception History"
• Ilias Chrissochoidis (Stanford University): "Quantifying genius: Justice Balance's "hit parade" of composers, 1776"

12:00-2:00 Lunch Break

2:00-3:30

Discussion of possible changes to the voting procedure for the Ingolf Dahl competition

• KEYNOTE ADDRESS: H. Colin Slim (UC Irvine, Emeritus, Former AMS President): "Sir Arthur Faulkner Hears Paganini at Mainz in 1829"
• James Vincent Maiello (University of California, Santa Barbara): "Music, Ritual, and the Asperges"
• Angeles Sancho-Velázquez (California State University, Fullerton): "Improvisation and the Romantic Aesthetics of Imperfection"

3:30-4:00 Coffee and Cookie Break

4:00-5:00

• Xiaole Li (University of Hawaii): "Chen Yi's Guessing for Piano Solo: An Analysis from Multi-Perspectives"
• Erica Scheinberg (University of California, Los Angeles): "Hearing Inaudible Music: The Theremin and the Modernist Imagination"

DAHL COMPETITION FINALISTS
May 2, 2004

Inquiries regarding local arrangements can be directed to Alexandra Amati-Comperi, camperia@usfca.edu.