The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance is hosting an International Conference on Mexican Music, 14-16 February 1997. This conference is part of the University of Kansas Fiesta de la Cultura Mexicana, taking place during Spring Semester 1997. We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers on topics related to Mexican music of all types and periods. Free papers will be no longer than twenty minutes in length.

The conference will be conducted in English, but Spanish presentations will be considered. Please submit a one-page abstract on your topic by 15 September 1996 to Paul Laird, Department of Music and Dance, 452 Murphy Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2279.

Address questions to Paul Laird at (913) 864- 3206 or plaird@falcon.cc.ukans.edu. The program for the conference will be announced by 1 November 1996.