黄色直播

 

Graduate Studies


MA in Musicology

Join us in investigating music's role and meaning in society.

The Fountain School of Performing Arts welcomes students interested in the study of musicology at the graduate level, leading to the Master's degree. The MA in Musicology is suitable preparation for doctoral studies in musicology and some other humanities disciplines, as well as work in the fields of journalism, music education, editing, and arts administration.

We offer a competitive level of support to full-time graduate students through聽research awards聽and teaching assistantships in undergraduate courses. Apply by聽December 1聽to be considered for Fountain Graduate Fellowships (up to $20,000).

Awards & Grants

Professional Development

Innovative thinking in a wide range of genres

Research is the focus of our program. Our faculty members pursue research in genres ranging from medieval chant to canonic orchestral repertoire, opera, film music, and diverse styles understood to be popular music. We foster a vibrant intellectual climate that encourages innovative approaches and non-traditional thinking about music as a social text.

Recent students theses and research highlights.

Find out how to apply

MA Musicology specific聽Application info and Admission Requirements聽found here.

Meet our Musicology faculty

Dr. Jacqueline Warwick

On leave 2024-2025
Professor, Musicology; Cross-Appointment, Gender and Women's Studies

Research Topics:  Musicology, Music and culture, Popular music, American music, Performance studies, Celebrity studies, Child prodigies.

My favorite thing about being a musicologist is.......

 

Dr. Steven Baur

Associate Professor, Musicology; Cross-Appointment, Gender and Women's Studies

Research Topics: Musicology,Nineteenth-century music, American music, Music and culture, Popular music, Russian music

My favorite thing about being a musicologist is........

 

Dr. Estelle Joubert

Associate Professor, Musicology; Cross-Appointment, European Studies

Research Topics: Eighteenth-century music, Opera and political theory, Handel and Mozart studies, Graph databases and network visualization, Music in the global early modern period.

My favorite thing about music a musicologist is.....

 

Dr. Jennifer Bain

Professor, Musicology; Cross-Appointment, Gender and Women's Studies

Research Topics: Music and culture, Musicology, Music theory, Hildegard of Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, Chant, Medieval music, Historiography

My favorite thing about being a musicologist is.....