2025 Regional Meeting Co-Sponsored by
Historical Keyboard Society of North America & Western Early Keyboard Association
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Reed College, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Call for Proposals
The Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKSNA) and Western Early Keyboard Association (WEKA) dedicate this 2025 regional meeting to all aspects of music making with historical keyboards throughout the centuries, including but not limited to:
- biographical studies of performers, builders, or composers;
- compositional methods, styles or genres and their evolution;
- iconography;
- instruments and their construction, restoration, action, sound, and decoration;
- modern or new music for historical keyboards is also welcome;
- musical manuscripts, printing, collections, notational practices, and editing;
- pedagogy of the past or present;
- performance practices of the past or present;
- social context of keyboard instruments, their music, composers, and performers.
The meeting is hosted by WEKA and held at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, for one day of events including paper presentations, lecture-recitals, mini-recitals, and an end-of-day harpsichord concert performed by featured artist, Yago Mahugo, professor at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid.
PROPOSALS
Please submit all proposals through the following electronic submission form: Proposal Submission Form
The proposal submission deadline is February 1, 2025.
Presentations in all three formats are limited to 25 minutes in length:
1. papers/lectures
2. lecture-recitals or lecture-demos
3. mini-recitals)
All proposals require an abstract of no more than 300 words.
All proposals must include a short biographical statement (no more than 250 words) for all presenters.
For mini-recitals, also submit complete program information and provide links for up to two representative recordings pertaining to the proposal.
Audio-visual equipment is available.
Notification of accepted proposals will be made by March 1, 2025. Presenters need not be members of WEKA or HKSNA, but must register for the conference. Presenters must also cover their own travel and other expenses.
REGISTRATION
Registration will open April 1, 2025 on the WEKA website. Registration fees:
WEKA or HKSNA Members $50
Non WEKA/HKSNA Members $75
Further information, as it becomes available, will be posted here. Contact WEKA directly with questions: weka@wekaweb.org
AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS
Harpsichords
Ken Bakeman – Franco-Flemish double harpsichord (FF-e”’) A=415 – more
Owen Daly – Italian harpsichord after Grimaldi (GG,AA-d”’) A=415/440 – more
Clavichord
Paul Irvin – Unfretted clavichord after Friederici (FF-f”’) A=415
Fortepiano – TBD
Viennese-type fortepiano (FF-f”’), A=415
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Carol lei Breckenridge
Angeline Case-Stott
Lynn M. Hanson, Chair
Paul Irvin
Sonia Lee