[78-L] ARSC Research Grants 2012: Recipients

[Bill Klinger]

The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
(ARSC) posts the following message.

--- ARSC RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM: 2012 RECIPIENTS ---

The ARSC Research Grants Program supports scholarship and publication in the
fields of sound recording research and audio preservation. (This program is
separate from the ARSC Preservation Grants Program, which encourages and
supports the preservation of historically significant sound recordings of
Western Art Music.) Project categories eligible for consideration include:
discography, bibliography, historical studies of the sound recording
industry and its products, and any other subject likely to increase the
public's understanding and appreciation of the lasting importance of
recorded sound.

The ARSC Grants Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012
Research Grants:

--- Meghan Forsyth, Memorial University of Newfoundland ---

For her project on the impact of sound recordings on Acadian music
traditions of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Meghan Forsyth receives $1000 to
fund travel and lodging to Moncton, New Brunswick and the Magdalen Islands.
There she will study important sources, including historical information and
recordings of musicians of older generations, and interview culture-bearers,
local recording artists and engineers, and arts administrators.

--- Jane K. Mathieu, University of Texas at Austin ---

Jane Mathieu receives $1000 to fund travel and lodging to New York City and
Washington, D.C. for her project "'Over There' Over Here: Performing the
American Home Front During World War I." The project will contribute to her
dissertation in Historical Musicology, on the topic of redefining Tin Pan
Alley, in relation to American collective identity from 1890 to 1920.


Applications for the next grant cycle must be received by February 28, 2013.

For more information, visit:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/researchgrants.html 

Questions about the Research Grants Program should be directed to Mr. Warren
at
richard.warren at yale.edu 


The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.