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12th October 2006, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA

Journal of the Society for American Music, published by Cambridge
University Press, in association with the Society for American Music

Cambridge University Press is delighted to announce that from 2007 we will
publish the official journal of the Society for American Music. Cambridge
already has a strong track record in music journals publishing, offering
nine academic journals ranging from the Cambridge Opera Journal, Early
Music History and Popular Music.  Formerly called American Music, the
Society's new official scholarly journal will be called the Journal of the
Society for American Music. Members of the Society will receive the new
journal as part of their annual subscription, beginning in 2007 with
Volume One. Each volume will comprise four issues.

The mission of the Society for American Music is to stimulate the
appreciation, performance, creation and study of American music in all its
diversity, and the full range of activities and institutions associated
with that music. "America" is understood to embrace North America,
including Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures
everywhere in the world. The Journal of the Society for American Music
will deal with all aspects of music in the Americas and also American
music across all appropriate genres, history and styles. The journal will
examine important areas surrounding music such as race, ethnicity, gender,
media, sexuality and cultural hierarchy.

Michael Broyles, President of the Society said, "With a new publisher, we
anticipate increased flexibility in the size and design of the journal, a
higher international profile, and enhanced use of digital technology.  In
essence we believe this move will allow us to produce a journal that will
even better serve the scholarly community and the field of American
music."

Geoff Nuttall, Editorial Director of Cambridge Journals said, "The Press?s
commitment to music publishing and the community more widely, as well as
our strengths as a journals publisher with a state-of-the-art online
platform should lead to a flourishing relationship with the Society and an
exciting new journal for the field."

For further information regarding the Journal of the Society for American
Music  please go to:
www.journals.cambridge.org/SAM

Or contact jsam@columbia.edu

About Cambridge University Press Journals
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About Cambridge University Press
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About the Society for American Music
The Society for American Music was founded in 1975 to stimulate the
performance, appreciation, creation and study of American music in all its
diversity, and the full range of activities and institutions associated
with that music. "America" is understood to embrace North America,
including Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures
everywhere in the world.

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http://www.american-music.org

Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas
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