On Wednesday, October 25, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Departments of Music Theory and Musicology will co-host a panel discussion on the problematic history of Carl Orff and his work. The event seeks to engage our community in a discussion surrounding the upcoming performance of Orff’s “Carmina Burana“, which will be presented by… Read more »
Entries by Sarah J. Slover
PhD Student Loida Garza Receives Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship
We are thrilled to share that Loida (Lois) Garza has been awarded the Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship from the Society for American Music for her work on “Julián Carrillo and ‘El Sonido Trece’: A Revolution for the Enrichment, Purification, and Simplification of Music.” The fellowship is awarded biennially to an outstanding Ph.D. candidate… Read more »
Robert S. Hatten to Perform Lecture-Recital in Memory of Menahem Pressler
The Indiana University Department of Music Theory is thrilled to share that Prof. Emeritus Robert S. Hatten (University of Texas, Austin) will be retuning to IU to present a lecture-recital. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Hatten’s arrival at Indiana University to begin his master’s degree in piano performance with Menahem Pressler. The… Read more »
Dr. Noriko Manabe Appointed to IU Music Theory Faculty
The IU Jacobs School of Music Department of Music Theory welcomes Dr. Noriko Manabe as professor of music in music theory, effective Aug. 1. “We’re thrilled to welcome to the Music Theory Department faculty Dr. Noriko Manabe, who has been a pioneer of interdisciplinary work in music theory and ethnomusicology,” said Kyle Adams, chair of… Read more »
“Visualizing Music” by Prof. Eric Isaacson Available from IU Press
Congratulations to Prof. Eric Isaacson on the publication of his book, Visualizing Music, a resource for anyone who creates musical graphics for use in their scholarship and teaching. It was released on May 2, 2023, by Indiana University Press as part of its “Musical Meaning and Interpretation” series, edited by former Jacobs School faculty member… Read more »
A Celebration of Mathematics and Music
On Monday, April 10, the IU Department of Mathematics will host “A Celebration of Mathematics and Music.” The evening will feature a lecture titled “Music as a Mathematician’s Playground” by Prof. Julian Hook and poster presentations by three IU students — music theory PhD students David Orvek and Lizhou Wang and Walker Smith, a student… Read more »
GMA & GTA Host 29th Annual Symposium of Research in Music
On Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, the Graduate Musicology Association (GMA) and Graduate Theory Association (GTA) hosted the Twenty-Ninth Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The symposium featured twelve student presentations, organized into panels on topics such as “Music and Multimedia: New Perspectives,” “Rhythm, Meter, Harmony,” “Embodiment and Entanglement,” and “Playing with Meaning… Read more »
René Rusch Visits IU Music Theory for Five Friends Master Class Series Lectures
Wednesday through Friday, March 22-24, René Rusch (University of Michigan) will visit the Indiana University Department of Music Theory. Prof. Rusch will deliver two talks on the music of Franz Schubert as well as hold individual meetings with graduate students. She will also lead a workshop titled “From Perceptions to Representations” that explores the value… Read more »
Michèle Duguay and David Geary Featured in MTO
The December 2022 Music Theory Online (Volume 28 Number 4) features articles by two IU Music Theorists: Prof. Michèle Duguay and recent Ph.D. alum, David Geary (Wake Forest University). In “Analyzing Vocal Placement in Recorded Virtual Space,” Duguay establishes a methodology for analyzing vocal placement. Through the use of images and digital sound-processing tools, she… Read more »
IU Alumni Win SMT Awards
Congratulations to IU Music Theory alumnus Mitch Ohriner (PhD 2011), who won a 2022 Wallace Berry Award for his book Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music (OUP, 2019). Presented each year by the Society for Music Theory, the award is given for a “distinguished book by an author of any age or career stage.”… Read more »