Musicology

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cynthia Cyrus researches an Austrian monastic community

    Cynthia Cyrus Blair Professor of Musicology Cynthia Cyrus is currently in Austria on a nine-week research trip as she continues her studies of the Thalbach convent in Bregenz. Cyrus will be visiting the Austrian National Library in Vienna and topical archives housed in Innsbruck. She began her research… Read More

    Jun. 3, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two Blair professors named research journal editors

    Blair professors Melanie Lowe and Douglas Shadle have been honored with editor roles for two leading music research journals. Lowe has been named editor-in-chief of The Journal of Music History Pedagogy and Shadle has been appointed editor-in-chief of The Journal of Musicological Research. Serving on the… Read More

    Apr. 29, 2024

  • Carrie Tipton

    Carrie Tipton studies the history of college football fight songs in new book

    In her new book, From Dixie to Rocky Top, published by Vanderbilt University Press, Carrie Tipton shares the surprisingly complex stories behind some of the iconic collegiate fight songs that we all know; a history that encompasses class, race, gender, and regional identity. In a recent interview with literary… Read More

    Oct. 22, 2023

  • Kathryn Huether

    Blair welcomes Kathryn Huether as Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology

    Kathryn Huether   Kathryn Huether will join the Blair faculty as a visiting assistant professor of musicology in fall 2023. She is a classically trained violinist who received her Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Minnesota in 2021, followed by a year as a postdoctoral fellow. She just completed… Read More

    Jul. 13, 2023

  • Moms who research moms: Spotlighting VU research on motherhood

    Moms who research moms: Spotlighting VU research on motherhood

    May. 6, 2022

  • Job alert: Musicology/Ethnomusicology Academic Pathways postdoc position

    Job alert: Musicology/Ethnomusicology Academic Pathways postdoc position

    The Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellowship at Vanderbilt is a research/mentorship program that is designed to bridge fellows between academic training and entry-level faculty positions. The program includes teaching and leadership training, grant and manuscript writing and preparation, a multi-level mentoring framework, as well as substantial “protected time” for the pursuit of each… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2019

  • Douglas Shadle celebrates book launch

    Douglas Shadle celebrates book launch

    From Left: John R. Schmidt, Shadle, Alex Ross, Riccardo Muti (Photo: Dennis Polkow)   Douglas Shadle (Associate Professor and Chair, Musicology) celebrated the publication of the book A Portrait in Four Movements: The Chicago Symphony under Barenboim, Boulez, Haitink, and Muti (U. of Chicago, 2019) at a panel… Read More

    May. 8, 2019

  • Barz and Calico Conduct Research Abroad

    Barz and Calico Conduct Research Abroad

    Gregory Melchor-Barz conducted field research in Israel during the summer on a research fellowship funded by the Jewish National Fund and Mediawatch. His current fieldwork project focuses on the politics of Israeli drag performances in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Melchor-Barz is Professor of Ethnomusiclogy, chair of the Department… Read More

    Jul. 11, 2017

  • Vanderbilt Musicologists Honored by Society for American Music

    Vanderbilt Musicologists Honored by Society for American Music

    Three musicologists affiliated with the Blair School of Music received honors at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Society for American Music held in Cambridge, MA, March 9-13. Dale Cockrell, Professor of Musicology (Emeritus), received the Lifetime Achievement Award “in recognition of his pioneering… Read More

    Mar. 30, 2016

  • Recent Department Publications

    Recent Department Publications

    2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 2017 Applegate, Celia. The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017. – Reviewed in Central European History (2017) Fry, Robert W. Performing Nashville: Music Tourism and Country… Read More

    Jan. 16, 2016