Department of Music
Charles Youmans, Associate Professor of Music at Penn State, has recently published Mahler and Strauss: In Dialogue (Indiana University Press, 2016). The book "reconstructs the 24-year…
Jean-Paul Montagnier's new book, The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780, will be released in May 2017 by Cambridge University Press.
The Royal Society of London performed Fanny Hensel's Easter Sonata, attributed to Hensel by Angela Mace Christian, on International Women's Day 2017.
Darren Mueller has been awarded the "Best Essay in Popular Music Scholarship" from the Popular Music Study Group of the AMS for his article (based on a dissertation chapter) "The Ambassadorial…
Penka Kouneva (Ph.D., Composition, 1997) was one of three 2017 inductees into the Graduate School's Few-Glasson Alumni Society.
Claire Fontijn’s edited volume, Uncovering Music of Early European Women (1250-1750), was published by Routledge in June 2020. The book brings together nine chapters that investigate aspects of…
Paul Sommerfeld received his Ph.D. in Musicology in 2017 and completed an M.S. in Library Science from Catholic University of America in 2019. He works as a music librarian and historian for the…
Imani Mosley (Ph.D. 2019) has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Music (Musicology) at the University of Florida School of Music.
Sarah Curzi is an independent composer and business owner. She leveraged her training as an educator to create cafephd.com, a website that helps students navigate their college experience. Her…
Georgiary Bledsoe is Co-Director of SankofaSongs Summer Institute, a virtual conference for music educators and administrators, PreK-College, taking place July 22-24. With a theme of Scott Joplin…
Katharina Uhde has been awarded honorary membership in the Society of Musicology Ireland for "particularly notable contributions to furthering musicology in Ireland." She recently presented at…
Dan Ruccia's (Ph.D. composition, 2013) group Cyanotype released Birdsongs of a Necromancer, a digital-only album recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic.
George Lam has accepted an appointment as Associate Professor of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, beginning Fall 2020.
Jazz saxophonist Todd Bashore recorded a multitrack solo performance of his transcription of Take 6's "A Quiet Place" during the Covid-19 pandemic. He teaches Jazz Analysis at Queens College and…
Thandolwethu will be attending the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Fall 2020, to study voice with Kim Josephson.
A senior music specialist at the Library of Congress, David Plylar spearheaded The Boccaccio Project in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The project, a series of 10 short videos featuring new,…
Amy is currently creating a new opera with singer and producer, Kelly Balmaceda. She's also launched a radio show, Composer’s Studio, that features interviews with living composers. Previous…
Sara Womble made her debut in 2017 with Boston Lyric Opera, performing the role of Barbarina (and covering Susanna) in BLO's production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.
Candace Bailey (Ph.D. 1992) has been awarded The Kate Winkle Keller Fellowship for Research in Early American Music for 2019-2020.
Thom has been accepted a position at Sonoma State University as Assistant Professor of Music.
Dr Ken Shifrin (Class of 1974) was President of the Wind Symphony while a student at Duke. A native of Washington, DC, he earned a Ph.D. in Musicology from Oxford University and is Principal…
Atlas and Boerner operate SoundPure, a high-end guitar and music gear boutique and recording studio in Durham, NC.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2016 Wladimir and Rhoda Lakond Award in music composition was awarded to Chia-Yu Hsu.
