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:
Alumna Christina Fuhrmann's ('01) co-edited book just received a national award at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society
Alumnus James Doering ('98) installed as the Shelton H. Short III Professor in the Liberal Arts, Randolph Macon College
Seniors Darden, Seiler were Rhodes Scholars finalists
Antonio Vergara's album The Fury, which features WashU faculty member Candice Ivory, is nominated for a GRAMMY award
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