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Membership/Renewal for Calendar Year 2008

The 2008 AMS membership is valid from 1/1/08-12/31/08. Each membership includes two newsletters (February and August), the AMS Directory, and three issues of JAMS. Additional discounts and benefits accrue to AMS members; please see the current list here.

Those who join mid-year receive previous issues of JAMS published in 2008, as well as the year's newsletters and Directory.

AMS members receive a discount for annual meeting early registration: the non-member rate is $130 (student/retired $65); the member rate is $80 (student/retired $40).

If you would like to join or renew via internet, please follow this link. If you prefer paper, print this PDF form and return it to the address / fax indicated.

Return to the AMS home page           Application Form (PDF)          Online (credit card) payment

AMS Membership Cancellation policy: Prior to the first publication mailing of the year (February), membership cancellations will be refunded, less a $20 processing fee. After the first mailing, cancellations cannot be refunded.

The American Musicological Society's Privacy Statement
The American Musicological Society is highly sensitive to the privacy interests of consumers and believes that the protection of those interests is one of its most significant responsibilities. In acknowledgment of its obligations, the AMS has adopted the following Privacy Policy applicable to information about consumers that it acquires in the course of its business:

1. Acquisition of Information. We do not acquire any more information about consumers than is required by law or is otherwise necessary to provide a high level of service efficiently and securely.
2. Our Employees and Privacy. We train all of our employees about the importance of privacy. We give access to information about consumers only to those employees who require it to perform their jobs.
3. Security Measures. We make access to privacy-sensitive information subject to rigorous procedural and technological controls, consistent with legal requirements and the demands of customer service.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties. We will provide individually-identifiable information about consumers to third parties only if we are compelled to do so by order of a duly-empowered governmental authority, we have the express permission of the consumer, or it is necessary to process transactions and provide our services.
5. Privacy and Our Business Partners. When we make our technology or services available to business partners, we will not share with them any more consumer information than is necessary, and we will make every reasonable effort to assure, by contract or otherwise, that they use our technology and services in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Questions. If you have questions about this privacy policy, please send an e-mail to ams@ams-net.org