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Folk Music in the American Century:
A Tribute to Alan Lomax
Spring 2003 Conference
The review essay
"Honoring Alan Lomax, Folk-Music Crusader"
by Jon Pareles appeared in The New York Times,
Monday, 14 April 2003
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Music in Polycultural America
Spring 2003 Speakers Series
Click here for directions to ISAM at Brooklyn College.
The Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, is
an internationally recognized center for the study and presentation of American music. A division
of the College's Conservatory of Music,
ISAM was established in 1971 by H. Wiley Hitchcock, its first director. His successor, Carol J. Oja, served as director from 1993 to 1997; Ellie M. Hisama is the current director. The
Institute contributes to American music studies in several ways. It publishes a biannual
newsletter
and a series of monographs, serves as an information center, and sponsors conferences and
symposia dealing with all areas of American music including art music, popular music, and music
of the oral tradition. Since its founding, the Institute has encouraged research by offering
fellowships to scholars and composers. ISAM enriches the educational experience of Brooklyn College
students, faculty, and members of the Brooklyn community through its regular programming of
annual conferences, lectures, conferences, and artist residencies.
Institute for Studies in American Music
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
Tele: (718) 951-5655
Fax: (718) 951-4858
email: isam@brooklyn.cuny.edu