The IU Department of Music Theory is delighted to congratulate Ph.D. student Joey Grunkemeyer on winning the 2025 Best Student Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society. Joey’s paper, titled “Form as Topic? Reframing Formal Deformation in Haydn’s… Read more »
Christopher White to Speak on AI and Music at IU
This week, the Jacobs School of Music welcomes Dr. Christopher White (University of Massachusetts Amherst) for the second annual summit AlgoRhythms: The World of Music and AI. At the summit, he will join scholars and industry experts for a panel discussion on “Music & AI in a New Creative World”, where they will explore the… Read more »
2025 (31st Annual) Indiana University Symposium of Research in Music
On Friday and Saturday, February 21–22, 2025, the Graduate Theory Association (GTA) and Graduate Musicology Association (GMA) will host the Thirty-First Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The symposium will feature student presentations with panels on diverse topics. Prof. L. Poundie Burstein from the CUNY Graduate Center will be our keynote speaker, and we will… Read more »
Tori Vilches named 2024 SMT Student Presentation Winner
Congratulations to Tori M. Vilches, recipient of the 2024 SMT Annual Meeting Student Presentation Award! Award-Winning Paper: “’Sex Sells’: A Decolonial Analysis of Purplewashing and Sexual Narrative in the Women of Reggaetón” In her paper, Tori examines the intersection of gender, sexuality, and socio-cultural power dynamics in reggaetón. While artists like Karol G and Young… Read more »
Musical Chairs: Noriko Manabe and Roman Ivanovitch to Succeed Kyle Adams
After eight years of exemplary service, Professor Kyle Adams stepped down as chair. Under his guidance, the department navigated numerous challenges, most notably the complex shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department will not soon forget Adams’s commitment to student success and academic innovation. Taking up the mantle, Professor Noriko Manabe has… Read more »
Andrew Mead Receives 2024 Trustees Teaching Award
The Department of Theory is proud to share that Professor Andrew Mead was recently honored with the 2024 Trustees Teaching Award, recognizing his exceptional contributions to student learning and academic excellence. This prestigious award celebrates faculty who have had a significant impact on undergraduate education. Mead has been a faculty member at IU since 2013,… Read more »
Celebrating the Generosity of Marianne Kielian-Gilbert
We are thrilled to celebrate an extraordinary act of generosity from Professor Emerita Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, whose recent gift to the Music Theory Fund will have a lasting impact on our department. Her contribution supports the professional development of our students and faculty, enabling activities such as conference presentations, research dissemination, and much more. This year,… Read more »
Musicologist and Cultural Historian Nadine Hubbs to Deliver Five Friends Lectures at IU
The IU Department of Music Theory welcomes Nadine Hubbs to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Hubbs is a musicologist, historian, theorist of music and society, and professor of women’s and gender studies and music at University of Michigan. Hubbs has published on topics ranging from Bernstein… Read more »
Eric Drott to Give Five Friends Lecture
Later this month, the IU Department of Music Theory welcomes Eric Drott to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Drott is Professor of Theory at the University of Texas-Austin Butler School of Music. Drott’s research focuses on contemporary music cultures, streaming platforms, music and protest, genre theory,… Read more »