Musicology in the World
Get Noticed: Publicizing Your Early-Music Ensemble and Events (8/3/2026)
How do I get my early-music ensemble and concerts previewed, reviewed, mentioned in the press? Read more for practical tips from Early Music America.
AI Went to the Opera, for the “Ring Cycle” at Bayreuth (8/5/2026)
The new production, called “10010110,” uses generative AI to explore the evolution of Wagner’s four-part opera. Read more.
Musical Sounds in Tanzanian Swahili Letters: Expanding Horizons of Musicology (8/10/2026)
Imani Sanga considers how music and sounds encountered in Tanzanian Swahili literary texts might expand our musicological horizons. Read more.
John Cage Organ Performance Changes Chord for the First Time in Two and a Half Years (8/10/2026)
The performance of Cage’s 639-year-long piece As Slow as Possible began in 2001. Read more.
Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why. (8/11/2026)
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony. Read more.
The Power of Abstracts in Music Research (8/14/2026)
As sources musicological research accumulate at an accelerated pace, it becomes paramount to quickly identify and select what is pertinent to research. Read more.
Opening Statements Begin in Long-Awaited Trial in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Killing (8/17/2026)
Read more about the historic and highly anticipated trial.
Making Arrangements: Introducing the Gil Evans Music Manuscripts (8/19/2026)
The Music Division at the Library of Congress announces the processing of the Gil Evans Music Manuscripts. Read more.
Classical Music Lovers Can Be as Fanatical as Swifties. Just Read Their Letters. (8/21/2026)
Pop stars are not the only musicians to receive fan mail. Classical artists enjoy comparable fandom. Read more.
Playing with Fire: The Counterpoint of Hazel Scott’s Virtuosity, Erasure, and Emergence (8/24/2026)
Read more about the the American classical and jazz pianist and vocalist, with sources from the Library of Congress.
AI Recognizes Musical Stylings of Jazz Pianists (8/25/2026)
A new study mapped the distinct “musical fingerprints” of twenty renowned jazz pianists. Read more.
The Brandenburg Concertos: Why Bach’s Masterpiece Was So Nearly Lost Forever (8/25/2026)
Without a series of calamitous events, J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos might never have come to be. Read more.
How Dolly Parton Wrote the Story of a Changing America (8/26/2026)
Until her recent passing, Dolly Parton may have been the only living person truly worthy of that old-fashioned designation, “America’s Sweetheart.” Read more.
Here’s Why Lullabies Are So Good at Sending Your Baby to Sleep (8/27/2026)
Why are lullabies so effective at encouraging babies to sleep? Read more.
New Books in Music Podcast (8/31/2026)
Listen to the latest from the New Books in Music podcast, featuring books about Yiddish folksongs, mixtape culture, music and militarism, and more.
Higher Ed News
Arts Institutions Team Up to Offer Joint Degrees (7/28/2026)
Historic agreement will see Royal College of Art support Norwich University of the Arts with its undergraduate provisions. Read more.
Arts Institutions Hit Hard as OfS Details Teaching Grant Cuts (7/30/2026)
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero. Read more.
Do We Need (R)evolution in Peer Review? (8/7/2026)
Peer review faces several well-documented problems. Read more.
The Academic Year’s Main Stories, Told Through Data (8/10/2026)
As a new academic year kicks off, The Chronicle looks back at some of the biggest stories of 2025-26—and shares numbers to illustrate them. Read more.
The Groups Pushing Back on McMahon’s “Call to Action” (8/12/2026)
As university leaders announce plans to consult faculty on how to respond to the education secretary’s questions, two groups call for unity and resistance. Read more.
Not Only Elite Universities Should Define “the Humanities” (8/18/2026)
The humanities are practiced within different systems of funding, governance, language, employment, and accreditation. Why do universities define them? Read more.
Why the Future of Higher Education Depends on the K–12 Pipeline (8/20/2026)
Amid global competition and deepening scrutiny of higher ed, colleges and universities can no loger view student preparation as someone else’s responsibility. Read more.
Curious, Confident, Afraid: A Roomful of Academics Greets the Future of AI (8/21/2026)
A few dozen academics logged into a Zoom room to discuss the future of higher ed in the not-so-distant-future of artificial superintelligence. What unfolded? Read more.
Agencies Move to Implement OMB’s Proposed Takeover of Grant Making (8/24/2026)
The ED and NSF have suggested regulations that would adopt core aspects of the White House Office of Management and Budget’s proposal. Read more.
Three Things to Know About the ED’s Accreditation Proposal (8/26/2026)
The administration accused accreditors of neglecting their “positions of public trust.” Read more.
The 2026 NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit (8/27/2026)
Networking, leadership training, and music education advocacy were on the agenda for this past June’s NAfME Collegiate Leadership Advocacy Summit. Read more.
