About

ACMR serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas and for those interested in the scholarly study of Chinese music.

History

At the Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) in Rochester, N.Y., October 16-19, 1986, a group of participants with research interests in China held an impromptu meeting to acquaint themselves with one another and their work. It was unanimously felt that similar meetings should be held in the future and that a group should be formed whose membership is to comprise scholars interested in Chinese music, and whose purpose is to establish channels for communication and a forum for exchange of ideas. At least initially, the group catered mainly to scholars living in the U.S. and Canada. Group members met once or twice a year taking advantage of the annual Association for Asian Studies (AAS) meeting (when Chinoperl is held in conjunction) in March-April and the annual SEM meeting in October-November. The possibility of publishing and distributing a periodic newsletter was discussed. An initial list of about sixty names was compiled to whom a letter was sent in November announcing the formation of the “Chinese Music Study Group” (later changed to “Association for Chinese Music Research”). About forty responded in active support of the group. In conjunction with the 1987 annual meeting of the AAS, a group of eighteen people representing about a dozen institutions gathered at Harvard University on April 12 for the first meeting of ACMR.

Discussion List

The Association’s electronic mail discussion list was established in 1992 for the purpose of enhancing communication among scholars and researchers of Chinese music. You do not need to be a member of ACMR to subscribe, but you must be a current subscriber to send messages to the list. List email is automatically delivered to all subscribers. The list address is [email protected].

Note: All current acmr-l subscribers can use the web interface as well as the traditional commands sent through email to change their subscription options (digest mode, updating email address, etc.). If you have never used the web interface on any UH discussion list, you will need to register with the email address you use to subscribe to acmr-l and create your own password.

Action	Web Interface	Email
Subscribe	listserv	Email to [email protected]. Leave the subject line blank. In the body type: `subscribe acmr-l your_first_name your_last_name`
Unsubscribe	listserv	Email [email protected]. Leave the subject line blank. In the body type: `signoff acmr-l`
Search the discussion list	listserv

ACMR Board

President

Shelley Zhang
Rutgers University
shelley.zhang (at) rutgers.edu

Past Presidents

Adam Kielman, 2021-2023
Meredith Schweig, 2018-2020
Chuen-Fung Wong, 2015-2017
Lei Ouyang Bryant, 2012-2014
Fred Lau, 2004-2011
Joseph Lam, 1998-2003
Bell Yung, 1986-1997

Secretary

Matthew Haywood
Macau University of Science and Technology
mahaywood (at) must.edu.mo

Treasurer

Alec McLane
Wesleyan University
amclane (at) wesleyan.edu

Bernice Hoi Ching Cheung
University of Toronto
bernicehc.cheung (at) mail.utoronto.ca

Ye Zhang Stanton
University of Hawaii Manoa
yezhang (at) hawaii.edu

Bibliography Editors

Alec McLane
Wesleyan University
amclane (at) wesleyan.edu

Chen Chen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
chencherrie_ (at) hotmail.com

Eva (Yi) Yang
Wesleyan University
evayiyang (at) yahoo.com

Online Editor

Bernice Hoi Ching Cheung
University of Toronto
bernicehc.cheung (at) mail.utoronto.ca

Members at Large

Adam Kielman
Chinese University of Hong Kong
kielman (at) cuhk.edu.hk

Sue Tuohy
Indiana University
tuohys (at) indiana.edu

Student Representatives

Fanyi Faye Ma
Duke University
ma.fanyi.faye (at) gmail.com