CALL FOR PAPERS

   The 2001 Maryland Handel Festival & Conference, which will feature
   performances of Theodora (Friday, May 4) and Jephtha (Sunday, May
   6), marks the conclusion of the Festival's twenty-year project of
   performing all Handel's English oratorios in order of composition.
   To celebrate this achievement, we are planning a conference that we
   hope will prove to be one of the largest gatherings of Handelians in
   recent years.

   The conference will have no "theme" per se.  Instead, we hope that
   scholars will share what they feel is their most interesting and/or
   promising recent research.  The conference will hopefully thus serve
   as a guide to the future of Handel studies.

   The Festival & Conference will take place May 3-6, 2001 in the new,
   state-of-the-art Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University
   of Maryland and will feature approximately four conference sessions.

   Scholars are invited to send abstracts of no more than 300 words to the
   following address:

   Richard King
   MHF Program Committee
   School of Music
   University of Maryland
   College Park, MD 20742
   E-mail: [log in to unmask]

   Abstracts should arrive no later than January 31, 2001 for full
   consideration.

Brad Leissa
Secretary/Treasurer, American Handel Society
http://www.intr.net/bleissa/ahs