FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
HISTORICAL KEYBOARD SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (HKSNA)
21-23 MARCH 2016
Oberlin College’s Conservatory of Music (Ohio, USA) will host the fifth annual meeting of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKSNA) from Monday, 21 March, to Wednesday, 23 March 2016. The meeting’s theme “The Compleat Keyboardist: harpsichord, fortepiano, organ, clavichord, continuo” hopes to inspire us with the variety of instruments played by our forefathers and foremothers.
Three days of morning and afternoon events (Monday to Wednesday) will include papers, lecture-recitals, mini-recitals, and an exhibition of publications, recordings, and contemporary instrument makers’ work. Proposals for individual presentations or for themed sessions with multiple participants on any subject relating to historical keyboard instruments, their use and repertories from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, are welcome.
*Of special note: Oberlin College will also host the Eighth Jurow International Harpsichord Competition during 22-24 March 2016. For more details, visit: http://historicalkeyboardsociety.org/2016-jurow-competition/.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Please submit proposals by electronic means only, via email to hksna2016@gmail.com by 30 September 2015. Individual presentations will be limited to 25 minutes. For papers and themed sessions, submit a one-page abstract attached to the e-mail as a Microsoft Word document. For mini-recitals and lecture-recitals, submit complete program information and a representative recording as an internet link or as an attached MP3 file. For performers not intending to bring their own instruments or to make arrangements to use exhibitors’ instruments, instruments will be available, based on needs for the Jurow harpsichord competition; see list below. All proposals must include short biographical statements (250 words or less) for all presenters and indicate any audio-visual/media needs.
Notification of accepted proposals will be made by 31 October 2015. Presenters must be members of HKSNA and must register for the conference. Presenters must also cover their own travel and other expenses. Further information, as it becomes available, will be posted on the website of HKSNA (www.historicalkeyboardsociety.org).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
David Breitman
Lisa Goode Crawford
Frances Conover Fitch
Joseph Gascho
Sonia Lee
Webb Wiggins, chair
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Below is a list of Oberlin Conservatory’s Historical Performance Program keyboard instruments; not all may be available for use in your proposal due to use in the Jurow harpsichord competition or hall availability.
French Harpsichords
Richard Kingston double, 1990
Keith Hill double, 1987
John G. P. Leek double, 1975
William Dowd double, 1969
Willard Martin single, 1979
Flemish Harpsichords
Zuckermann double after Moermans, 2007
Robert Myerly single, 1989
Willard Martin single, 1979
German Harpsichords
John Phillips double after Gräbner, 2014
William Dowd double after Mietke, 1986 (Wiggins)
Italian Harpsichords
David Sutherland, 1983
Anderson Dupree, 1982
William Dowd, 1965 (A=415/440/463)
Virginals
Edward Kottick muselar (mother & child), 2004 (A=440)
Willard Martin muselar, 1973 (A=415)
potential Owen Daly Italian, 2016 (A=463)
Chamber Organs
Gerrit Klop chamber organ, 1985 (8’ 4’ 2 2/3’ 2’ flutes, 8’ wooden principal treble only)
Robert Byrd chamber organ, 1990’s (8’ 4’ 2’ flutes)
D. A. Flentrop chamber organ, 1956
Concert Organs
D. A. Flentrop three-manual North European organ in Warner Concert Hall, 1974
C. B. Fisk three-manual late-Romantic organ in Finney Chapel, Op. 116
John Brombaugh two-manual early 17th century meantone organ in Fairchild Chapel, 1981
Clavichords
Joel Speerstra pedal and two-manual clavichord, c. 2006
Gough unfretted 5-octave clavichord, c.1964
Zuckermann “King of Sweden” fretted 4-octave clavichord, 2009
Early Pianos
Thomas & Barbara Wolf after Dulcken, Viennese, 5-octave + 2 notes (FF-g’’’), c. 1990’s
Paul McNulty after Walter, Viennese, 5-octave + 2 notes (FF-g’’’), c. 2005
Anton Zierer fortepiano, Viennese, 6 ½-octave (CC-g’’’’), c. 1829
Broadwood parlor grand piano #5418, 7-octave (85 notes), c. 1865
