The American Institute for Verdi Studies (AIVS) announces the creation of the Martin Chusid Award for Verdi Studies to recognize an outstanding publication by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career.  

From Jim Cassaro, IAML representative to the Grove Music Online Advisory Group:

I wanted to share some information about updates and changes to the online site. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Anna-Lise Santella, Editor, Grove Music/Oxford Music at anna-lise.santella@oup.com.

Noted scholar-musician Charles Rosen died recently, an obituary can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/charles-rosen-pianist-polym...

Possibly one of his last lecture-performances was captured on video at the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation in New York City on 18 April 2012 - you can view it below.

The Library of Congress has begun advertising for this program - see http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/about.html for more details.

The Music Division usually gets an intern or two through this program; please let your students know about this excellent opportunity!

A bit late, but there's still a week left!

The Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound (NIRS) follows up on the great feedback we got over the last few years for our musical Advent Calendar with more old, old… ooold recordings! After all, it has now become a tradition!