Editor Appointed for "American Music"
University of Illinois Press
Brigham Young University, as Editor of American Music beginning January
2007. Hicks, a renowned author, lecturer, and composer, brings to
American Music his 25+ years experience in music studies, and is
recently notable for his research on Henry Cowell and for his original
chamber and solo compositions.
About Michael Hicks:
Born in San Jose, California, Michael Hicks received a DMA from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984 and has been
teaching at BYU since 1985. His chamber and solo works have been
performed and recorded by BYU faculty and student artists and by other
performers around the country and at events of the American Society of
University Composers, Cincinnati Composers Guild, and the Subtropics
Music Festival. His music can be heard on the Tantara CDs Ritual
Grounds (2003), Late Conversations (1996), and Found Horizon (1993).
Hicks is the author of three books: Mormonism and Music: A History
(1989), Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions
(1999), and Henry Cowell, Bohemian (2002), all published by University
of Illinois Press. He has also authored historical and analytical
articles that have appeared in many books and journals including
American Music, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Journal of the American
Musicological Society, Musical Quarterly, and Perspectives of New
Music. He has been a guest lecturer at Stanford and the University of
California at Berkeley and has read papers at various conferences
(including UCLA's multidisciplinary Conference on American Studies
Connecting with Religion, 1991) and national meetings of the Society
for American Music and the American Musicological Society. His
Mormon-related articles and poetry have appeared in several books
(including Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1995) and in the
journals Dialogue, Sunstone, BYU Studies, Journal of Mormon History,
and Utah Historical Quarterly.
His awards include the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (1994 and 2003), the
Frances and Emily Chipman Award (Mormon History Association, 1989), and
the Morris S. Rosenblatt Award (Utah Historical Society, 1991). He and
his wife Pamela are the parents of four children.
About American Music:
Now in its 25th year, American Music is devoted exclusively to American
music and to music in America. Articles cover American composers,
performers, publishers, institutions, events, and the music industry,
as well as book and recording reviews, bibliographies, and
discographies. Article topics have included the lyricism of Charles
Ives, Henry Cowell's "sliding tones," Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti,
Henry Brant's "Spatial Music," the reception and transformation of pop
icons such as Presley and Sinatra, and the history and analysis of
blues, jazz, folk music, and mixed and emerging musical styles.
American Music is issued quarterly and is published by the University
of Illinois Press. Full details about the journal, including submission
guidelines, advertising information, and subscription rates are
available at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/am.html. American
Music is available online to subscribers at http://am.press.uiuc.edu.
About the University of Illinois Press:
Since its inception, American Music has been published by the
University of Illinois Press, which was established in 1918 as a
not-for-profit scholarly publisher at the University and is one of the
founding members of the Association of American University Presses in
1937. UIP is ranked as one of the country's larger and more
distinguished university presses and publishes works of high quality
for scholars, students, and the citizens of the state and beyond.