Institute for Studies in American Music

Institute for Studies in American Music http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/ 415 Whitehead Hall, 951-5655

The Institute for Studies in American Music, part of the Conservatory of Music, is a research center dedicated to the study, preservation, and presentation of a wide spectrum of American folk, popular, and art music.

ISAM sponsors conferences, symposia, and concerts. In recent years, the institute has focused on contemporary composers in the greater New York area and on musical traditions of immigrant communities surrounding the college. Its series of concerts and workshops, Sounds of Brooklyn, unites research, education, and community outreach.

The institute has published more than thirty monographs on various topics in American music as well as bibliographies, discographies, and a semiannual newsletter. Its growing research collections, including books, periodicals, scores, and recordings, are open to students and scholars by appointment.