GRADUATE PROGRAM: Temple University, MM and PhD Programs in Musicology

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Temple University invites applications for the MA in Music, MM in Music History, and PhD in Musicology.

The musicology program offers courses in music history as well as the study of music with approaches from critical theory, ethnomusicology, and the social sciences. Students are also encouraged to take courses in other subfields of music studies as well as in the Klein College of Media and Communication, the dance department, gender studies, and other fields. Faculty and students have pursued a broad range of approaches and repertoires, including 17th-21st century classical music, film music, music and social movements, popular music, and music in Asia.

Graduate Faculty:
David Cannata (Ph.D., New York University), Associate Professor of Music History, Russian music, 19th century music, music and contemplation

Shana Goldin-Perschbacher (Ph.D., University of Virginia), Assistant Professor of Musicology - interdisciplinary approaches to popular music, feminist, queer, and transgender studies, critical race studies

Michael Klein (Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo), Professor of Music Theory - critical theory, narrative theory, Lacan, Chopin, 19th/20th century, film music

Noriko Manabe (Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center), Associate Professor of Music Studies - popular music analysis, Japan, hip hop, music and politics, music and war trauma

Stephen Willier (Ph.D., University of Illinois), Associate Professor of Music History - opera

Steven Zohn (Ph.D., Cornell), Laura H. Carnell Professor of Music History - Baroque music, Telemann, Bach family, performance practice

Fellowships and teaching assistantships for Ph.D. and M.M. students are available on a competitive basis from the university and the department. Research fellowships are also available for later years from the Center for Humanities at Temple. In addition, the department provides some funding for travel to present papers.

Graduate students run their own academic society, THEMUS, which organizes an annual two-day conference. Temple is located in Philadelphia, home to historically important and lively scenes in classical, jazz, and popular music. It is easily accessible to the New York and Washington, DC areas.

The deadlines for applications are January 4 for Ph.D. applicants and January 15 for M.M. applicants. For further information, please see our websites:
https://www.temple.edu/academics/degree-programs/music-phd-bc-musc-phd
https://www.temple.edu/academics/degree-programs/music-history 
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