Lindsay Johnson recently presented her paper, "Celebrating Amateurism: Riffing on the Early Modern Salon," at the annual meeting of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, held at Yale University. The talk, focusing on UMBC Collegium's presentation of an Early Modern Salon in May 2023, was met with enthusiasm and sparked lively discussion among attendees, offering a fresh and engaging perspective on the spirit of creativity and collaboration that defined the Early Modern Salon.