We are thrilled to announce the launch of American Music Review Issue LIV of the annual publication by the Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music (HISAM). Edited by Agustina Checa, Kelsey Milian, and Maurice Restrepo, this year’s issue marks an exciting milestone: we are publishing on CUNY’s own Manifold, an intuitive, collaborative, open-source platform for digital publishing.

Manifold will allow us to share the exciting scholarship we produce freely and expansively while inviting readers into active engagement through social annotation and providing more accesibility features. Serving the entire CUNY community and beyond, AMR on Manifold will be a productive space to create and share open-access journals, OERs, classroom texts, and more.

We could not have done this switch without the patience and guidance of Robin Miller at the CUNY Graduate Center.

About the Issue

The writings that make up this year’s American Music Review are as insightful as they are timely. Each article is an expanded version of a paper delivered at our Resonant Ecologies: Music, Nature, and Community Activism symposium. Spanning distinct geopolitical and historical subregions of the Americas, this robust issue explores the dynamic intersections of music, sound, nature, sustainability, and grassroots activism, examining how sonic practices can open new pathways for environmental awareness, care, and mobilization. Check out the issue and read more news about HISAM through the link below: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/american-music-review-no-liv