Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS) has released the supplemental issue, “Touching Music, Making Musicology.” In this first of two colloquy collections published in 2026, authors reflect on objects that speak to aspects of American music, followed by more substantial considerations of American musicology.
Introduction to “Touching Music, Making Musicology”
Jake Johnson
Touching Music
Benjamin Barson, Chelsea Burns, Alex E. Chávez, Andrew J. Chung, J. Martin Daughtry, Jonathan De Souza, Joanna Demers, Ryan Dohoney, Sophia M. Enríquez, Andrew Flory, Anna Beatrice Gatdula, Paula Clare Harper, Charissa Noble, Maria Ryan, Christi Jay Wells, Maxwell Yamane
Making Musicology
Siv B. Lie, Melissa Hoag, Arved Ashby
This issue is free to read on the University of California Press website: https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/issue/79/Supplement%201
The Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship honors Margery Morgan Lowens, a founding member of the Sonneck Society for American Music,...
Learn MoreA wide variety of grants and scholarships for study/research in Germany for faculty as well as students....
Learn MoreThe Department of Music offers a variety of doctoral degrees. Degrees and concentrations are listed below. The Doctor of Musical...
Learn MoreGetty Library Research Grants support a wide range of research pursuits through an open call for applications. They provide partial,...
Learn MoreObjective This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course...
Learn MoreWe are a five-field department with a world-class faculty, offering the MA in composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, musicology, and music theory....
Learn More