Sarah Lucas Awarded Fulbright

Sarah Lucas, a Ph.D. student in musicology, has won a U.S. Student Fulbright Award to conduct dissertation research at the Béla Bartók Archive and National Széchényi Library in Budapest, Hungary, during the 2016–2017 academic year. Through her research, which also includes study of conductor Fritz Reiner’s conducting scores and correspondence in the United States, Sarah seeks to explore the details of the connection between composer Béla Bartók and Reiner, as well as the effects of their professional association on Bartók’s compositions and their reception in the U.S.  Congratulations Sarah!

2016 Iowa Musicology Day Program

Prof. Eric Saylor  will host the annual Iowa Musicology Day conference at Drake University in Des Moines on Saturday, March 26, between 9 and 5:30 in Room 204 of the Fine Arts Center.  The conference brings together musicologists and students from Iowa schools to share their research.  All are welcome to attend.

9–10:30 Early Music

Marian Wilson Kimber (University of Iowa), chair

Alison Altstatt, (University of Northern Iowa), “Beating the Bounds: The Rogation Processions at Wilton Abbey”

Beth Zamzow (Kirkwood Community College), “Modal Mingling and Liturgical Quotation: A Fresh Look at the Fifteenth-Century English Carols

Melanie Batoff (Luther College), “Uncovering the Origins and Purpose of the German Visitatio sepulchri Liturgical Drama”

10:45–11:45 Women in Music

Melinda Boyd (University of Northern Iowa), chair

Haley Steele (University of Northern Iowa), “Estelle Liebling: A Biographical and Pedagogical Survey”

Philip Rudd (University of Iowa), “Lady Helen of Radnor: Countess, Conductor, Pioneer”

11:45–12:30 Keynote, Christopher M. Scheer (Utah State University)

Introduced by Eric Saylor (Drake University)

1:45–2:45 Interpretations

Melanie Batoff (Luther College), chair

MaKayla M. McDonald (University of Northern Iowa), “An Analysis of Errollyn Wallen’s Are you worried about the rising cost of funerals?”

Jared Hedges (University of Iowa), “Ekphrasis and Frank Martin’s Aesthetic Ethic in Der Sturm”

2:45–3:45 Music and Communities

Beth Zamzow (Kirkwood Community College), chair

Andrew Tubbs (Wartburg College), “Cripface: Disability Narratives in Sound”

Kelsey McGinnis (University of Iowa), “The Purest Pieces of Home: German POWs Making German Music in America”

4–5:30 Film Music

Alison Altstatt, (University of Northern Iowa), chair

Tim Cuffman (University of Iowa), “Musical Characterization of Evil in Three Shanes”

Elissa Kane (University of Iowa), “The Cohesive Function of John Corigliano’s Chaconne in The Red Violin”

Nathan Platte (University of Iowa), “Max Steiner’s Four Daughters? Paternity, Adoption, and the Trouble with Onscreen Orchestrators”