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. This annual award recognizes the best publication in the field of jazz theory and analysis. Steinbeck is the only two-time winner of this award. (His previous award was conferred in 2012 for the article “Intermusicality, Humor, and Cultural Critique in the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s ‘A Jackson in Your House.’”)
in the news:
Lauren Eldridge Stewart, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, interviewed in the Chicago Tribune
(Re)Discovering Julia Perry Symposium and performance highlighting pioneering Black composer Sept. 27-28
Dr. Patrick Burke, Professor of Music, won the Outstanding Faculty Mentor award from WashU's Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
