Two Jacobs School of Music students, Jack Szczuka and Olivia Woodrow, have been named recipients of the 2024 Austin B. Caswell Awards. The awards were given to Szczuka’s paper, “Soviet Musical Orientalism: The Role of the Symphonic Works of Reinhold Glière,” and Woodrow’s paper, “An Argument On the Female Musicianship and Sexual Morality of Barbara Strozzi.”… Read more »
J. Peter Burkholder Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for American Music
Peter Burkholder, Distinguished Professor of Musicology Emeritus, has received the Society for American Music’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented on March 23rd, at the Society’s 50th Annual Conference. This honor is given by the SAM Board of Trustees “in recognition of the recipient’s significant and substantial lifetime achievement in scholarship, performance, teaching, and/or… Read more »
Music, Connection, and Being Human, with Professors Phil Ford, Daniel R. Melamed, and Javier F. León
IU Musicology Profs. Phil Ford, Daniel R. Melamed, and affiliate faculty member Javier F. León were interviewed recently for the Engage IUB Newsletter, produced by the IU Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President. In the Q&A, they discuss the origins of each of their projects — the Weird Studies podcast, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project,… Read more »
CFP: 2024 Caswell Award for Undergraduate Projects in Music History
ELIGIBILITY Students may nominate their own projects. Alternatively, students’ projects may be nominated or encouraged by faculty members, associate instructors, and classmates. To be eligible for this year’s award, a project must have been submitted in fulfillment of course requirements for a music history class during the 2023 calendar year. You may revise the project… Read more »
IU Graduate Musicology and Music Theory Associations Host 30th Annual Symposium of Research in Music
On Friday and Saturday, February 23-24, the Graduate Theory Association (GTA) and Graduate Musicology Association (GMA) will host the Thirtieth Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The symposium will featured twelve student presentations with panels on topics ranging from “Applying Analytical and Pedagogical Models” to “From Country to K-Pop: Perspectives on Popular Music.” In addition… Read more »
IU Musicology at AMS-SMT 2023
November 9-12, 2023 2023 Joint Annual Meeting Website Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, Colorado Conference Schedule View the Searchable Online Program Wednesday, November 8 5:00 PM | University of Denver Lamont School of Music, Room 229 Session: The Mendelssohns and Politics Laura K. T. Stokes (PhD 2016; Brown University), “Fanny Hensel’s… Read more »
Birgit Lodes to Give Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Lecture
The Jacobs School of Music is thrilled to host Dr. Birgit Lodes in September. Prof. Lodes will deliver a talk as part of the IU Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Lecture Series and the Musicology Colloquium. She will also visit the Renaissance Studies Program while in Bloomington. Birgit Lodes (University of Vienna) Thursday, September 14… Read more »
Inaugural Dissertation and Research Fellows Announced
The IU Department of Musicology is pleased to share the inaugural recipients of two new and impactful fellowships. The Peter Burkholder and Doug McKinney Fund for Musicology legacy gift was announced earlier this year. In order to witness the positive impacts their gifts will have during their lifetimes, Peter and Doug also committed additional support…. Read more »
Suisman and Schenker to Present at IU
Sergio Ospina Romero, Assistant Professor in Musicology, is one of eight IU Faculty members to receive an inaugural IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship, a program that “aims to accelerate and amplify the work of outstanding IU faculty poised to become national and international leaders in their fields.” Thanks to this support, Prof. Ospina Romero… Read more »
CFP: 2023 Caswell Award for Undergraduate Projects in Music History
ELIGIBILITY Students may nominate their own projects. Alternatively, students’ projects may be nominated or encouraged by faculty members, associate instructors, and classmates. To be eligible for this year’s award, a project must have been submitted in fulfillment of course requirements for a music history class during the 2022 calendar year. You may revise the project… Read more »