Historical Musicology

Students in Historical Musicology at the University at Buffalo will encounter a wide variety of course options offered by a diverse, energetic faculty.  Specialties cover several major periods of Western music history, including medieval and Renaissance music, as well as the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.  Areas of interest also encompass:  film music, Russian music, the Second Viennese School, criticism, philosophy, aesthetics, and popular music studies.  The department provides a good environment for exploring and pursuing the many avenues open within music scholarship today, and affords a strong foundation for numerous career paths in music. One of UB's greatest resources, and fundamental to all of our degree programs (including the highly successful joint M.A./M.L.S.) is the music library, conveniently located on site in the music building.  In addition to more standard holdings, the music library possesses unusually strong collections in the areas of jazz, rare editions, and contemporary music (including related graphic arts).  The strong contemporary music presence and theory faculty at UB also ensures a lively, interdisciplinary community of composers, performers, and scholars.

Degree Programs

The Department offers two graduate degrees in musicology: the Ph.D. in Music Theory and Historical Musicology (students may specialize in either area), and a Master of Arts in Musicology. There are several options for fellowships, teaching assistantships and graduate awards available to the prospective graduate student.

All application materials should arrive before January 1 to ensure full consideration for fellowship and/or assistantship awards.

Please contact Ms. Karen Sausner of the Student Programs Office if you desire further information about our program.

Faculty

Michael Long, Coordinator of Musicology
Associate Professor\
Ph.D. Princeton University
Medieval and Renaissance music
Film music
Cultural criticism

James Currie
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University
Enlightenment, Nineteenth Century music,
Modernism and Second Viennese School

Kerry S. Grant
Professor

Stephanie Van der Wel
Visiting Assistant Professor (Spring 2008)

Nancy Nuzzo, Coordinator of the M.A./M.L.S. program in Music Librarianship
Adjunct Assistant Professor
M.A. University at Buffalo
Bibliography, Early Music Performance

Dan Robinson , Music Appreciation
Lecturer

News

Stephanie Van der Wel will be joining the Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, for the Spring semester 2008. Prof. Van der Wel recently completed her dissertation at UCLA, on country western music.

During the 2007/08 academic year, the Music Department will be conducting searches for a full-time tenure-track position in Hstorical Musicology. Details of will be announced when they are available.