The Jacobs School of Music Department of Music Theory and Latin American Music Center are excited to host Eileen Karmy Bolton, a socio-musicologist from Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile. She is visiting Bloomington through November 23 as a fellow through the Institute for Advanced Study. Best known for her research on music in political and… Read more »
IU Music Theory at SMT 2024
November 7–10, 2024 2024 Annual Meeting | Jacksonville, Florida Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Networking Reception 9:00–11:00 PM | City Terrace 5 (Prospective students, click here.) IU Music Theory SMT 2024 Event Schedule View the Searchable Online Program All times are EST Thursday, November 7 2.15–3.25 pm |… Read more »
Kyle Adams Appointed Director of Undergraduate Studies
After eight years of exemplary service, Professor Kyle Adams has stepped down as chair of the Department of Music Theory. Earlier this year, Adams 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… Read more »
American Criminologist Charis Kubrin to Visit Indiana University
On Monday, April 15, American Criminologist Charis Kubrin will be on campus to deliver a Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Lecture Series talk titled “Art or Confession? Rap Music as Evidence in Criminal Trials”. The talk will take place in The Grand Hall at the Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities, located in Maxwell… Read more »
MIND Lab Director Psyche Loui to Give Five Friends Lectures at IU
Next week, the IU Department of Music Theory welcomes musician and psychology and neuroscience researcher Psyche Loui to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Dr. Loui is Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory (MIND Lab)… Read more »
Music Theory PhD Student Wins New Works Commission
IU Music Theory PhD student, Hippocrates Cheng, was just announced as a winner of the 3rd New Works commission project, hosted by the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. His chamber opera, All of Us, is inspired by true stories from people of Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage. Through this work, he seeks… Read more »
IU Graduate Music Theory and Musicology 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 »
Fred Maus Presenting at IU Jacobs School of Music
The IU Department of Music Theory is excited to welcome Fred Everett Maus to Bloomington to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Wednesday, Feb. 21 4:00 pm, SM267 Music Theory Colloquium Series Guest Lecture Fred Maus (University of Virginia), “‘Teach Yourself to Fly’: Pauline Oliveros and… Read more »
Noriko Manabe and Jay Hook Receive Prestigious Awards at SMT
This past weekend, the Society for Music Theory and American Musicological Society convened in Denver, Colorado, for their joint annual meeting. In addition to the numerous presentations and panels offered, SMT announces a series of publication awards that recognize significant contributions to the discipline of music theory. We are thrilled to share that two IU… Read more »
IU Music Theory @ SMT 2023
November 9-12, 2023 2023 Joint Annual Meeting Website Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, Colorado Conference Schedule View the Searchable Online Program Thursday, November 9 2:15 – 4:15 pm | Denver Session: Perspectives on Rhythm and Meter Knar Abrahamyan (MM 2015; Columbia University), “The Racializing Logic of Kazakh “Free Meter” in Soviet Theoretical… Read more »