Erika Soveranes (PhD, Ethnomusicology) was awarded the Vida Chenoweth Prize for the best student paper at the Society for Ethnomusicology-Southern Plains' Regional Chapter meeting held on April 9, 2022.
Kimary Fick (PhD, Musicology, 2015) published an article, “Systems of Power, Privilege, and Oppression: Towards a Social Justice
Clare Carrasco (PhD, Musicology, 2016) published an articled entitled “Performing ‘Art for the People’: Politics, Spectatorship, and Schoenberg’s Music at the Berlin Volksbühne,” in M
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Dr. Andrew Chung published a review-essay entitled “Music Theory Splintered Up, Not Broken Down: The Oxford Handbook of Critical Concepts in Music Theory,” in Music Theory Spectrum.
Rachel Schuck (PhD, Ethnomusicology) was awarded the Vida Chenoweth Student Paper Prize for her paper, "Virtual Aaraathanai:” Assimilation Practices in Dallas Tamil Church Worship, August 2020-January 2021," which she p
Emily Roman (BA in Music; Emphasis in Music History) won a University Writing Award for her essay, “Nietzsche’s Wagner.” She will be pursuing a master's degree in musicology at Michigan State University in the fall.
Júlia Coelho (PhD, Musicology) published a co-authored chapter "The Art of Liminality," in The Liminal Loop, ed. Timothy Carson. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2022.
Dr. Benjamin Dobbs (PhD, music theory, 2015) has been appointed Assistant Professor of Music at Furman University. His research interests center broadly on the development of musical style and musical thought during the Protestant Reformation in Middle and North Germany.
Emily Hicks (PhD, Musicology) received a grant from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to conduct dissertation research in Augsburg this summer. Her dissertation is entitled, "Music of Augsburg: The Cultural Impact of Civic Musicians in Early Modern Germany."
Dr. James ("Chip") Parsons (PhD, musicology, 1992) was appointed Distinguished Professor by Missouri State University, where he has taught since 1995.
Elizabeth Durrant (MA, Musicology, 2021) published a review of Rae Linda Brown's The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price in Notes 78/3 (2022). Click here for more information.
Nathanial Ash-Morgan received a Graduate Research Experiences Abroad Travel Grant (GREAT) Grant from the University of North Texas's Division of International Affairs.
Meng Ren (PhD, Ethnomusicology) won the Presser Graduate Music Award in support of her doctoral dissertation, "Forbidden Sound: The Art, Culture, and Politics of Chinese Hip-Hop."
Dr. Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinen published her book, From Servant to Savant: Musical Privilege, Property, and the French Revolution with Oxford University Press.