Archival materials found in Gregor Piatigorsky’s Brentwood home before demolition
The Los Angeles Times recently featured an article describing the demolition of famed cellist and USC Thornton faculty Gregor Piatigorsky’s Brentwood home and the discovery of various archival materials never seen before. From a December 1955 edition of The New Yorker to personal letters written between Piatigorksy and his wife Jacqueline, an archive of keepsakes… Continue reading Archival materials found in Gregor Piatigorsky’s Brentwood home before demolition
Sean Nye
Sean Nye, associate professor of practice in musicology, teaches courses on music, modernity and popular culture, including signature courses on electronic dance music and hip-hop for USC’s general education offerings. He received his doctoral degree in comparative studies in discourse and society from the University of Minnesota with research focused on techno, Kraftwerk and German electronic music… Continue reading Sean Nye
Bradley Sroka (PhD, ’14) participates in USC research on popular music
Bradley Sroka (PhD, ’14) led a team of USC Thornton graduate students in a project that analyzed the psychology of music and what makes a “hit song.” The researchers analyzed over a thousand No. 1 songs on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 list between 1958 and 2012, in addition to the 1,451 songs that never climbed above No.… Continue reading Bradley Sroka (PhD, ’14) participates in USC research on popular music
Joanna Demers’ essay appears in Headphone Commute
Musicology Chair Joanna Demers’ essay, “Tim Hecker and Revisited Tragedy,” recently appeared in Headphone Commute, a periodical devoted to electronica. In addition to electronic musician and sound artist Tim Hecker’s latest album, Virgins, the essay also addresses tragic art. Demers is the author of two books, Listening Through the Noise: the Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music (Oxford University Press, October… Continue reading Joanna Demers’ essay appears in Headphone Commute
Adam Knight Gilbert
Adam Knight Gilbert, musicology, recorder and historical double reeds, is one of the premier international players of the Renaissance shawm. He grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. The first graduate of the Early Music program at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, he has performed as a member of New York’s Ensemble… Continue reading Adam Knight Gilbert
The Los Angeles Times Runs Op-ed by Tim Page
The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed by musicology faculty Tim Page about the comic opera “Cinderella,” which is being revived by the L.A. Opera. Read the article.
Tim Page Authors Van Cliburn Obituary for The Washington Post
Musicology faculty Tim Page wrote an obituary for the legendary pianist, who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Read the article.
Joanna Demers Interviewed on LAartstream
Musicology faculty Joanna Demers dicussed her book, Listening Through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music, with host Alan Nakagawa, who runs “Ear Meal” to highlight LA’s experimental music scene. Read the article.
Tim Page Book Reviewed by The Washington Post
The Washington Post ran a book review by musicology faculty Tim Page on The Violin: A Social History of the World’s Most Versatile Instrument. Read the article.
Leah Morrison
Leah Morrison, adjunct assistant professor of musicology, holds a PhD in musicology from USC and maintains two areas of specialization: plainchant and liturgical practice prior to 1500 and 19th-century music. Her dissertation, an edition of a fifteenth-century Carthusian plainchant manual, was supported by a Huntington Library Mellon Fellowship. She received a Heckman Postdoctoral Fellowship from… Continue reading Leah Morrison