Conference Information
Fourteenth Annual Conference
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 16-17 May, 2003, 2003
General Information
It is a pleasure to invite you to this year’s meeting of Music Theory Midwest, to be held May 16-17 on the beautiful campus of Indiana University. The program includes a fascinating range of approaches to pedagogy, early music, and history of theory, as well as late Romantic and twentieth-century works and theory. John Buccheri’s keynote address, “Deep Learning in the Theory Classroom: Pacing, Bumping, and Waltzes ‘in Four’,” will close the conference proceedings.
Please send in your registration for MTMW 2003 as soon as possible. If you need additional information, please contact Robert Hatten, who is doing double duty as outgoing president and Local Arrangements coordinator. We look forward to seeing you there!
Conference Events
Bloomington Early Music Festival:
Friday, May 16th, 8pm
International Showcase: Les Flamboyants
From Belgium and Switzerland, musicians Michael Form, recorder, Rebeka Ruso, descant & bass viol, Dolores Costoyas, theorbo, and Dirk Borner, harpsichord, will delight festival audiences with a concert of French chamber music by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, and Marin Marais.
Saturday, May 17th, 8pm
Opera Opening Night: Piramo e Tisbe by Giovani Adolfo Hasse
English stage director Christopher Cowell and music director Stanley Ritchie will combine their creative forces in a production of, Giovani Adolfo Hasse's tragic intermezzo Piramo e Tisbe. Written in 1768 on a commission from a French lady for her small private theater, the drama follows the tradition of the intermezzo by including only three characters - Piramo, Tisbe and Tisbe's father - in a tragic plot drawn from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The fusion of light-hearted and tragic operatic styles was a highly unusual dramatic statement, as intermezzi were invariably comic. Tragic expression was usually reserved for opera seria. The fusion of the two styles allows for a deep psychological portrayal of the characters, and is accompanied by a musical score of surprising depth and substance.
For ticket information check the Bloomington Early Music Festival website.
The conference will be followed by our traditional Saturday evening dinner, at a cost of $17. We hope that you will be able to attend this event, which always promises good food, fellowship, and conversation.
Travel
By Air:
Bloomington is served by the Indianapolis International Airport.
You can take the Bloomington Shuttle Service or a limousine to IU.
Bloomington Shuttle provides service from the Indianapolis airport to the Indiana Memorial Union seven days a week, nine times a day. For more information, call 800-589-6004 (local 812-332-6004); e-mail: .
The following limousine services also offer round-trip transportation between the airport and Bloomington:
* Indy Connection (1-800-888-4639)
* Classic Touch Limousine (1-812-339-7269)
* Signature Limo (1-800-589-6004)
* Personal Touch Limousine (1-812-332-LIMO)
By Bus:
Greyhound Bus Lines stops in Bloomington.
Please contact your local Greyhound office for times and routes.
By car:
See this site for driving directions, parking information, and a map.
Park on the top of the two-story parking structure on Jordan (see IU map). Take a ticket to open the electronic gate; the daily parking pass (see registration form to purchase) will allow you to exit (and re-enter) without having to pay the ticket fee.
Accommodations
A block of fifty rooms has been set aside until May 1 for MTMW at the Indiana Memorial Union (a brief walk from the conference site—see map on the reverse of this page). Parking in their lot is included. The conference rate is $79 single $99 double (up to four people same rate). The 24-hour reservation toll-free number is 1-800-209-8145. Please mention MTMW. Additional lodging information is available at the following link: Bloomington Hotels
Local Information
Local Arrangements Chair: Robert Hatten (Indiana University)
Program Committee
Frank Samarotto (Indiana University), Chair
Online Program
The online program can be found here once it is available.