Todd Decker (Paul Tietjens Professor of Music) has just completed a three-year term as editor of the journal American Music, the oldest scholarly journal devoted to the topic. Two of Decker's PhD students, Dan Fister and Rachel Jones, worked as editorial assistants. To close out their time at the journal, this all-WashU team created a special issue celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the journal, with over thirty authors from across the field offering their views of the future of American music scholarship. Read more here.
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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