Category Archives: Musicology and Music Theory




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Dr. K. Dawn Grapes presents at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Dr. K. Dawn Grapes, associate professor of Music History in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, was invited to present a paper at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Gordon Jacob’s “William Byrd Suite.” According to windrep.org, Jacob’s William Byrd Suite is one of 400 pieces completed by the prolific […]


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Music Professor Abigail Shupe’s new book explores collective memory through the music of George Crumb

CSU music professor Dr. Abigail Shupe’s newest publication, War and Death in the Music of George Crumb: A Crisis of Collective Memory, argues that a crisis of collective memory persists among Americans, especially in terms of American war. Dr. Shuppe analyzes this in terms of two pieces by George Crumb, “Winds of Destiny” (2004) and “Black […]


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CSU Music Student, Paul Rose, Inspires Others to Retrace and Create a Diverse Canon with his TEDx Talk

On Saturday, March 5, 2022, senior music student Paul Rose delivered his TEDxCSU talk, “Music Education: Creating a Canon as Diverse as We Are” at the Colorado State University Lory Student Center. Rose was inspired to create the talk after many conversations on diversifying music in his classrooms at CSU. Rose said, “after many of […]


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2022 Milestone Years of Service

Every year, Colorado State University celebrates employees achieving a decade of service of more. Congratulations to all who have reached a Milestone year of service this academic year, and thank you for your commitment to Colorado State University. 10 years Copper Ferreira, Senior Instructor; Music Theory; Ensemble Coordinator Wesley Ferreira ,Associate Professor of Music; Clarinet […]


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Dr. K. Dawn Grapes Receives the 2022 Eva Judd O’Meara Award

Dr. K. Dawn Grapes, associate professor of Music History in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, was recently awarded the 2022 Eva Judd O’Meara Award from the Music Library Association for the best review in Notes, for her review of The Norton Guide to Teaching Music History, edited by C. Matthew Balensuela. In choosing musicologist Dr. […]


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2021 Milestone Years of Service

Every year, Colorado State University celebrates employees achieving a decade of service of more. Congratulations to all who have reached a Milestone year of service this academic year, and thank you for your commitment to Colorado State University. 10 years Dawn Grapes, Associate Professor of Music; Music History Bonnie Jacobi, Associate Professor of Music; Music […]


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K. Dawn Grapes receives Renaissance Society of America fellowship

In Dec., Dr. K. Dawn Grapes, associate professor of music history, was awarded the Claude V. Palisca Fellowship in Musicology by the 2020 Renaissance Society of America fellowships committee; the honor included a research stipend. The fellowship is specified for Dr. Grapes’ biography project “Patrons and Biography: John Dowland,” and funds will be used to […]