Mountain-Plains Chapter Annual Report 2020

submitted by Ellwood Colahan

Current Roster

Incoming Officers 2020-2022

  • Chair: Ellwood Colahan, University of Denver
  • Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: (vacant)
  • Past Chair: Myrna Layton, Brigham Young University
  • Member-at-Large: Avery Boddie, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
  • Newsletter Editor: Myrna Layton, Brigham Young University
  • Chapter Archivist: Ellwood Colahan, University of Denver
  • Chapter Webmaster: Ellwood Colahan, University of Denver

Outgoing Officers 2018-2020:

  • Chair: Myrna Layton, Brigham Young University
  • Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Woody Colahan, University of Denver
  • Past Chair: Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University
  • Member-at-Large: Christine Edwards, University of Central Oklahoma

Continuing Officers 2018-2022:

  • Secretary/Treasurer: Janice Bunker, Brigham Young University

Members: 59.

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • Our annual meeting was originally planned for May 15-16, 2020 at University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. It was later changed to an all-online format and took place on May 14-15, 2020. 90 people registered for our annual meeting.
  • Our Best of Chapter winners were Anita Breckbill for “Dvořák and the Birds of Spillville, Iowa” and Jenny Thompson for “Bias in the Canon: An Exploration into Whitewashing in America’s Classical Music and its Forgotten African-American Past.” videorecordings of these presentations may be found at https://sites.google.com/view/mpmla2020/program.
  • Operating account (as of 30 June 2020): $8,415. Membership was 59 as of May 15, 2020, increased from 41 at the previous annual meeting.
  • Amy Hunsaker (University of Nevada at Reno) was elected and installed as Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, but left the chapter in August when she accepted a position at University of Virginia. As stated in our bylaws, Member-at-Large Avery Boddie took up the duties of the vacant position pending a special election that will be held to fill it at our 2021 annual meeting.

List of Future Goals

  • The 2021 annual meeting will take place on May 20 21 at University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by Matt Stock (pandemic conditions allowing).