Mozart Society of America

«The Mozart Society of America was founded on 8 November1996  by thirty-four scholars who held its organizational meeting at a conference of  the American Musicological Society in Baltimore,   MD.  Its first officers included Isabelle Emerson  (University of Nevada,  Las Vegas), President; Jane Stevens (University of California,  San Diego), Vice-President; Edmund Goehring (University of Western Ontario),  Secretary; and Daniel Leeson (Los    Altos), Treasurer.   The Society’s first Newsletter was published on Mozart’s birthday, 27  January, in 1997; its first guest columnist, Daniel Heartz, wrote, “I have  lived to see an age in which the music of Mozart is no less loved and honored  than that of Beethoven.  The founding of  a Mozart Society of America testifies to the seriousness of purpose with which  we now take our favorite composer.”

The primary object of the Mozart Society of America is to  encourage and advance studies and research into the life, works, historical  context, and reception of Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, as well as to study and enjoy  the performance of his music and that of related composers.  Major goals of the Society include:  to provide a forum for communication among  scholars and enthusiasts and to encourage new ideas and perspectives on Mozart  and his time; to share news of local, regional, and national events – symposia,  festivals, and concerts – dedicated to Mozart; to report on Mozart activities  in other parts of the world; to serve as a center for information about Mozart  resources and materials in the Americas; and to encourage interdisciplinary  scholarship through links with other organizations».