Welcome from the Chair

As Chair of the Musicology Department, I would like to welcome you to our website and draw your attention to some of the unique features of our program. We are a vibrant and growing Musicology Department that highlights the special strengths of our faculty in the areas of contemporary Latin American music, music of the United States, music and dance research, music and gender, politics and music, national identity, film music, nineteenth-century music, early music performance, and the music of Franz Liszt. We believe in interdisciplinary studies and encourage our students to carry out research on the unique musical cultures of Miami and the surrounding region. We offer a selective program that focuses on small seminars and the opportunity for students to collaborate closely with the faculty.

The focus of our Department is a two-year M. M. degree in Musicology, through which it is also possible to pursue a focus in ethnomusicology. Additionally, we offer a special musicology track within the B. A. music degree and a cognate in musicology at the doctoral level. Each year, the Department awards assistantships to highly qualified musicology graduate students. If you would like additional information about our program, please feel free to contact me at dkates@miami.edu. I welcome the opportunity to hear from you.

Cordially,


Deborah Schwartz-Kates
Chair, Musicology Department
Frost School of Music