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UH Ethnomusicology Student, Lorelei Harrel, Presents in London on Taylor Swift 

In Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Student Accolades, Uncategorized by Faith Ettlich

UH Mānoa Ethnomusicology graduate student, Lorelei Harrel, traveled to London for the Fifth International Women’s Work in Music Conference. She presented her paper, “No One Likes a Mad Woman: An Examination of the Online Hate of Taylor Swift,” an experience that allowed her to network with other scholars and represent the UH Department of Music in an international setting. The …

Mieke Doezema’s Research Receives College Music Society Student Paper Award 

In Musicology, Student Accolades by General Entries

The Northwest Chapter meeting for the College Music Society met at Western Washington University on March 21 and 22, during which UH Mānoa music graduate student Mieke Doezema (Composition MA ‘25) was awarded the College Music Society Student Paper Award for her musicological presentation on rhythmic movement in martial arts. Under the mentorship of musicologist Dr. Elina G. Hamilton, Mieke …

Dr. Zen Kuriyama (’15) begins position at Bates College as Assistant Professor of Music

In Alumni Accolades, Musicology by Nicole Ikeda Cossi

Dr. Zen Kuriyama earned a PhD in Musicology this past spring at Brandeis University and began a new position at Bates College this fall as Assistant Professor of Music (tenured track). Holding graduate degrees in vocal performance, choral conducting, and musicology, his multi-disciplinary training and scholarship has given rise to choral and orchestral conducting opportunities, several invited lectures, peer-reviewed publications, …

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Music Faculty & Staff Recognized at 2024 UH-Mānoa Awards Ceremony

In Composition, Department News, Faculty News, Musicology by General Entries

The Music Department was well represented at the annual UH-Mānoa Awards Ceremony this year, with two faculty and one staff member being recognized for their achievements. Donald Reid Womack, Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research is awarded by the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in recognition of scholarly contributions that expand the boundaries of …

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Musicology professor featured on award-winning podcast

In Department News, Musicology by General Entries

UH musicology professor, Kate McQuiston PhD, was a featured guest on the March episode of the MUBI Podcast to discuss Stanley Kubrickʻs 2001: A Space Odyssey. Dr. McQuiston has studied film music for years, publishing several articles and the book, “We’ll Meet Again”: Musical Design in the Films of Stanley Kubrick (Oxford University Press, 2013). She first became interested in …

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Musicology professor published in new collection of essays

In Department News, Faculty News, Musicology by General Entries

Assistant professor of music in musicology, Dr. Elina Hamiltonʻs essay, “Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884-1962): Patroness of Music Publishing” has been published in a new collection, The Routledge Handbook of Womenʻs Work in Music. The publishing company describes the new volume, which was published in December of 2021, as “a unique collection of core research by academics and music practitioners from around …

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End of year updates from the musicology program

In Musicology by General Entries

The Musicology area shares an update on what’s been happening in that program as we end the academic year: Despite all of us tuning into class home and working on academic work from a variety of different places, the musicology area thrived in the academic year of 2020–21. Throughout the year there were many notable moments as we sat behind …

New book by Musicologist, Kate McQuiston: Music and Sound in the Worlds of Michel Gondry

In Department News, Faculty News, Musicology by General Entries

UH-Mānoa Professor of Musicology Dr. Kate McQuiston – a leader in the study of music in film and media – has had her latest book published, an examination of director Michel Gondy’s use of music and sound. Michel Gondry’s directorial work buzzes with playfulness and invention: in a body of work that includes feature films such as Eternal Sunshine of …

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The UH Mānoa Music Department welcomes Dr. Elina Hamilton

In Announcements, Faculty News, Musicology by General Entries

The Music Department is excited to welcome musicologist Dr. Elina Hamilton, whose research explores the history of music theory in fourteenth-century England, as Assistant Professor of Musicology. Before arriving in Hawaiʻi, Dr. Hamilton taught courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She is also an editorial board member of the East Asian Journal of …

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Dr. Abigail Fine presents at Stony Brook University

In Faculty News, Musicology by General Entries

Recently, UHM Musicology faculty Dr. Abigail Fine gave a presentation for the Sound and Secularity symposium at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. Here is what she has to say about the symposium and her presentation: “On April 12th, I presented at a symposium entitled Sound and Secularity at Stony Brook University. The interdisciplinary event brought together scholars from musicology, …