Departmental Newsletter: June 2012
The department issues a hearty congratulations to its 2011-2012 graduates, with best wishes for the future.
Spring 2012
- Samantha Jones, Master of Music in Musicology (Subconcentration: Ethnomusicology)
- Roxanne Roca, Master of Music in Musicology
- Andrew Shryock, Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology
Fall 2011
- Max DeCurtins, Master of Music in Musicology
Departmental Newsletter: May 2012 Supplement
Student News
The department congratulates doctoral candidate Basil Considine for his recent awards:
- Basil has been awarded a Short-Term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship (GRAF) Award by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This award will fund one month of research in France.
- Basil has been awarded two Graduate Student Awards by the BU Center for the Humanities. These prizes, the Angela J. and James J. Memorial Award, and the Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award, will be used to fund the completion of his doctoral dissertation on the music of Mauritius.
The department also congratulates doctoral candidate Ulrike Präger on her recent conference acceptance:
- Ulrike will present a paper entitled “Germany Divided within: Music for Identity Reconstruction in the ‘Sudeten-German’ Assimilated Diaspora” at the Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association. This conference will take place from October 4-7, 2012 in Milwaukee, WI.
Departmental Newsletter: May 2012
Student News
Master’s candidate Samantha Jones was awarded an Honorable Mention by the Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (NECSEM) for her paper “Timing and Groove in Irish Traditional Music and Dance,” presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of NECSEM.
Doctoral students Basil Considine, Jeannette Jones, and Ulrike Präger have had papers accepted for the 2012 Joint Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Society for Ethnomusicology, and Society for Music Theory. This meeting will take place November 1-4, 2012 in New Orleans, LA.
- Basil will present a paper entitled “The Rise and Fall of Classical Music in Colonial Mauritius, ‘The Little Paris’ of the Indian Ocean.”
- Jeannette will present a paper entitled “‘Turn it Up Louder!’: Beethoven’s Nightmare and Music in Deaf Culture.”
- Ulrike will present a paper entitled “Refugee Music Divided Within: ‘Sacred’ Anthem or Commercial Folk Pop Tune.”
Faculty News
Professor Brita Heimarck has been elected to a second term as President of the Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (NECSEM).
Other News
The Portfolio of the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology is now available online. This curated open access journal showcases selected work by graduate students in the department.
Spotlight: How much does it cost to attend Boston University? (2012-2013)
Short answer: $21,200.00 in tuition per year.
Long answer: All graduate students in the Department of Musicology & Ethnomusicology take eight credits per semester for 2 semesters per academic year. In the Boston University system, this classifies all graduate students as part-time students (although 8 credits per semester is the normal “full” load for our programs).
For answers to this and other questions, please see our detailed guide to student costs and expenses.
Departmental Newsletter: April 2012 Supplement
Conference News
An article on the conference “Jazz, Criticism, and American Politics” is featured in the April 12, 2012 issue of BU Today. This conference takes place April 12-13, 2012 at Boston University and is free and open to the public. The full conference schedule and details are available online.
