Best of Chapters Competition
The Best of Chapter Competition was created to honor presenters at chapter conferences for their excellent research and to allow a broader sharing of that valuable work. All chapters are strongly encouraged to participate in the competition. Many of our MLA members have done outstanding presentations at chapter meetings, and the association benefits strongly by the opportunity to hear the presentations again with a wider audience.
Guidelines for Chapter Submissions (PDF)
Winners of the Best of Chapters Competition:
2005
(Presented at the 2006 Meeting)
|
- The Beginning of the Hindemith Trumpet Sonata: Two Tempos, Two Hindemiths? - Stephen Luttmann (University of Northern Colorado), Mountain-Plains Chapter
- The Odyssey of Homer Norris (1860-1920), an American Francophile - Brian Doherty ( Arizona State University), Mountain-Plains Chapter
|
2004
(Presented at the 2005 Meeting)
|
- Online Pathfinders for World Music: New Directions in Bibliographic Instruction and Collection Development - Gary Boye (Appalachian State University), Southeast Chapter
- A Taxonomy of Musical Humor in P.D.Q. Bach: Moving Towards Peter Schickele's Style of Musical Comedy - Tammy Ravas ( University of Houston), Texas Chapter
|
2003
(Presented at the 2004 Meeting)
|
- Ernst Bacon at Syracuse University: An Exploration of his Life and Archive - G. Dale Vargason ( Eastman School of Music), New York State-Ontario Chapter
- An Introduction to the John Addison Collection: A Neglected Gem in the BYU Film Music Archives' Crown Jewels - Janet Bradford ( Brigham Young University), Mountain-Plains Chapter
|
2002
(Presented at the 2003 Meeting)
|
- What is Hip' and Other Inquiries in Jazz Slang Lexicography - Rick McRae (SUNY Buffalo), New York State-Ontario Chapter
- Portland Music Remembered: 1900-1923 - Beverly Stafford ( Multnomah County Library), Pacific Northwest Chapter
|
2001
(Presented at the 2002 Meeting)
|
- The Bill Russell Jazz Collection: A Private Collection Opens to the Public - Alfred Lemmon and Nancy Ruck (Historic New Orleans Collection), Southeast Chapter
- Deeds of Gift in the Music Library - Deborah Gillaspie ( Chicago Jazz Archives, University of Chicago), Midwest Chapter
|
2000
(Presented at the 2001 Meeting)
|
- Ruth Etting: Chicago’s Sweetheart and L.A.’s Little Lady - Anita Breckbill and Laura Damuth (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Mountain-Plains Chapter
- Andrew W. Johnson’s The Eclectic Harmon (2 nd ed., 1847): A Middle Tunebook in Middle Tennessee - Harry Eskew (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary), Southeast Chapter
|
1999
(Presented at the 2000 Meeting)
|
- The Sharps: An Insight Into English Musical Life in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century - Lenore Coral ( Cornell University), New York State-Ontario Chapter
- Gal With a Horn’: Clora Brant and Los Angeles Jazz - Vic Cardell ( University of Kansas), Mountain-Plains Chapter
- Jazz in Opera: It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Swings - Jennifer Ottervik ( University of South Carolina), Southeast Chapter
|
