Joanna Demers publishes new book of musicological fiction
Joanna Demers, chair of the USC Thornton Musicology department, recently published her fourth book, entitled Anatomy of Thought-Fiction: CHS Report, April 2214. Much like her previous novel, Anatomy of Thought-Fiction explores popular music through the fictional framework of an unpublished musicological manuscript that “interrogates the music of artists ranging from David Bowie and Scott Walker […]
Alumnus Richard Brown joins Warner/Chappell Music as forensic musicologist
USC Thornton alumnus Richard Brown (MA ’07, music history & literature, PhD ’12, musicology) has recently accepted a position with Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. as manager and in-house forensic musicologist of the Infringement Compliance Unit. Warner/Chappell Music will utilize Brown’s expertise to assist the label’s legal team in fielding copyright infringement claims, playing an essential role […]
Joanna Demers quoted on the copyright lawsuit against Bruno Mars
Joanna Demers, chair of the USC Thornton Musicology program, was quoted in a Pitchfork article about a recently filed lawsuit against Bruno Mars for his song “Uptown Funk.” Demers argues that “intention really does matter” when it comes to whether or not Mars plagiarized Collage’s song, “Young Girls”. Demers, whose research and teaching interests include […]
Musicologist and critic Tim Page writes about the letters of John Cage
Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic and a member of the USC Thornton Musicology faculty, recently penned an article for The New York Review of Books about The Selected Letters of John Cage, which was published by Wesleyan University Press. Editor Laura Kuhn, a professor at Bard College and now director of the John Cage […]
Musicology graduate student Alison Maggart wins Ingolf Dahl Award
Alison Maggart, a PhD candidate in the USC Thornton Musicology program, became the first USC student in six years to win the prestigious Ingolf Dahl Award in Musicology from the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society. The award was established by the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society in 1971 in […]
Critic Tim Page talks about Glenn Gould in the “New York Times”
Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic and a member of the USC Thornton Musicology faculty, was quoted in an article about the late, influential pianist Glenn Gould in the New York Times. The article, by Anthony Tommasini, explored the interpretive aspirations of Gould’s artistic practice and the myriad ways in which his recordings have been […]
Keenan Reesor takes teaching position with Southern Virginia University
Pianist and USC Thornton Musicology PhD candidate Keenan Reesor (MM ’10, piano performance) has accepted a tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Music at Southern Virginia University, where he will begin teaching music history and piano in the fall. Reesor is a laureate of the Wideman and Virginia Waring International Piano Competitions and a […]
Musicologist Joanna Demers awarded research scholarship
USC Thornton Musicology faculty member Joanna Demers has received an Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences research grant from the University of Southern California Provost’s Office. The grant was awarded in acknowledgement of her forthcoming book, Musical Fictions: Conditions for the Possibility of Popular Music. Demers’ research covers popular and experimental music, philosophy, […]
Musicologist Andrew Cashner receives top honors from the American Musicological Society
Andrew Cashner, a member of the USC Thornton Musicology faculty, was recently presented with the Alfred Einstein Award at this year’s annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in Louisville. The award, which honors a musicological article of exceptional merit, recognizes Cashner’s Journal of Early Modern History article, entitled “Playing Cards at the Eucharistic Table: […]
Musicologist Eric Davis highlights a newly discovered Ford Lee “Buck” Washington recording
USC Thornton Musicology doctoral candidate Eric Davis presented at the national meeting of the American Musicological Society in Louisville, Kentucky. He presented his paper on a recently discovered private recording of Ford Lee “Buck” Washington, who had originated the role of Jasbo Brown in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The paper, entitled Buck Washington’s Blues: A […]