Recent News
The online journal "All About Jazz" reviewed Paul Steinbeck's newly released paperback edition of "Sound Experiments"
WashU Director of Vocal Studies and Choir, John McDonald receives National ACDA Appointment
Feature on Christina Linsenmeyer (WashU '93) Yale’s Associate Curator of Musical Instruments
Todd Decker's book “Astaire by Numbers” was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Candice Ivory's new album reviews and features
Candice Ivory's forthcoming album reviewed in Americana Highways
Candice Ivory publishes article in The African American Folklorist
Candice Ivory's album When the Levee Breaks to be released on October 6
Todd Decker (Paul Tietjens Professor of Music) has just completed a three-year term as editor of the journal American Music
The Department of Music is sad to note that Roland C. Jordan, Professor Emeritus of Music, passed away (84)
Esther Kurtz awarded BECHS-Africa Fellowship
Lauren Eldridge Stewart, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, has been awarded a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
More reviews for Paul Steinbeck's book Sound Experiments
Learn more about WashU Prof of Music Todd Decker's latest book.
The Women's Song Forum invited Prof. Alex Stefaniak to write a guest post on Clara Schumann's Lieder.
WashU Prof of Music Todd Decker recently had a piece go live that he wrote with Masi Asare on Show Boat.
Paul Steinbeck's book Sound Experiments reviewed by Italian critic Claudio Sessa for La Lettura
An interview with Lauren Eldridge Stewart on her work “Recital: Classical Music and Narrative Power in Haiti”
Paul Steinbeck publishes article about Black composers in UK music magazine The Wire
"Rise of the Super Musicians" After a century of marginalization through Eurocentric and racist bias, Black composers in the US have created a new context for creative music through models such as the AACM.
WashU's Lauren Eldridge Stewart is named a host for the SLSO's live broadcasts
Paul Steinbeck's book Sound Experiments was reviewed in Booklist
PhD student, Felipe Guz Tinoco, recently participated in a virtual residency with the National Endowment for the Humanities about "Meaningful Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Classroom."
Paul Steinbeck's book Sound Experiments reviewed by UK critic Stewart Smith for The Wire
Paul Steinbeck was interviewed for the website of San Francisco bookstore and publisher City Lights
Associate professor of music Paul Steinbeck was interviewed in the latest issue of Music Journalism Insider.
Patrick Burke explores the history of St. Louis's Powell Hall
Jazz News reviews The Art Ensemble of Chicago, the French translation of Paul Steinbeck's book Message to Our Folks, published by the Presses Universitaires du Midi.
Composer Christopher Stark's piece will premiere in March as part of the St. Louis Symphony's Live at the Pulitzer concert series
WashU's Lauren Eldridge Stewart recently contributed to a BBC Radio 4 Soul Episode
Paul Steinbeck's new book, "Sound Experiments" is available for pre-order.
A groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago’s AACM, a leader in the world of jazz and experimental music.
A note of welcome from Patrick Burke, Chair of Music
Welcome to Christopher Douthitt, Lecturer in Electronic Music
Welcome to Christopher Douthitt, Lecturer in Electronic Music.
WashU flutists win first and second place in young artist competition
Through two rounds of competition, undergraduate flutists Lillie Kang and Maria Schmeer won first and second place respectively in the Flute Society of St. Louis Collegiate Young Artist Competition.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago, the French translation of Paul Steinbeck's book Message to Our Folks, was just published by the Presses Universitaires du Midi. The edition features a preface by Ludovic Florin and an afterword by Alexandre Pierrepont.
"Tear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock," the latest book by Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Patrick Burke is now available.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Musicology Paula Clare Harper has been named named the new Assistant Professor of Musicology in the Glenn Korff School of Music
Faculty member Cally Banham will host "Tango with Cally," a weekly show on Classic 107.3.
Todd Decker and Lauren Eldridge Stewart will participate in a symposium this April - a collaboration between WashU and OTSL
A note from Alexander Stefaniak, Interim Chair of Music
Musical Lunch Box Launches
WUSTL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Jennifer Gartley was named a Dean's Community Response Award Winner.
Norwegian encounters with the world’s music makers - Interview with Faculty Fellow Patrick Burke
New book release by Craig Monson, Paul Tietjens Professor Emeritus of Music
WesterParse:Species Counterpoint Online - developed by Robert Snarrenberg, Associate Prof. of Theory at WashU
Christopher Stark, composer & Nina Ferrigno, piano receive Chamber Music America Awards
Aldrich is principal author of position paper from the National Collegiate Choral Organization on virtual choirs
Musical Postcards #18 with Hannah Frey
Paula Harper launches “Music Scholarship at a Distance”
Paula Harper, a postdoctoral fellow in musicology, launched the online colloquium “Music Scholarship at a Distance” from her St. Louis apartment.
Musical Postcards launch with Todd and Kelly Decker
Christopher Stark is named recipient of the Copland House, Sylvia Goldstein Award
Christopher Stark received the Aaron Copland Bogliasco Fellowship in Music from the Bogliasco Foundation in Genoa, Italy
Works from Christopher Stark and LJ White to be featured on "Live at Pulitzer" Series from the St. Louis Symphony
What does war sound like? Todd Decker on the music of combat films
What does war sound like? Todd Decker on the music of combat films
Todd Decker featured on the BBC World Service: "It Jus' Keeps Rolling: The Story of Ol' Man River"
Clare Bokulich wins the 2018 Roland Jackson Award from the American Musicological Society
Congratulations to WashU faculty member Clare Bokulich for winning the 2018 Roland Jackson Award.
Paul Steinbeck's book Message to Our Folks earned the 2018 Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship from the Society for Music Theory's Jazz Interest Group.
Congratulations to WashU faculty member Paul Steinbeck on his latest award for his book.
Stark awarded a 2018 Barlow Commission
Christopher Stark has won a 2018 commission/prize for a new violin/electronics piece for Shawn Weil of the St. Louis Symphony that will involve research in Asia.
Keith Wehmeier, Teacher of Applied Music, wins major opera role at the Miami Music Festival
Keith Wehmeier will be in Miami in June to perform the role of Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Nicole Aldrich elected as Vice-President (College/University) of the Missouri Music Educators Association
MMEA’s state membership of over 3,000 music educators encourages everyone to join together as advocates for music education in our schools.