Our Mission
The Music History program at the University of Louisville School of Music offers a multi-faceted approach to the study of music across different historical and cultural contexts.
What We Do
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What's Happening Now
Presentations
- Jerry Tolson will present “It’s All About the Rhythm Section: The Key to Jazz Ensemble Success” at the KY Music Educators (KMEA) In-Service Conference, Louisville, KY, Feb 2022
- Devin Burke is an invited panelist for the Digital Pedagogy Group on a session titled “Teaching (Outside the Canon & Textbook) with Digital Tools & Projects” at the American Musicological Society National Meeting, Nov 2021
- Kirsten Carithers will present “Musical Indeterminacy as Critical and Affirmative Play” at the American Musicological Society National Meeting, Nov 2021
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Publications
- Jerry Tolson’s book African American Music: History and Heritage was just published with Great River Learning in 2021 (ISBN: 9781644965399)
- Kirsten Carithers has two articles forthcoming in 2022, “Stockhausen as CEO: The Executive Model of Interpretive Labor” (Contemporary Music Review) and “Music History as Labor History: Rethinking ‘Work’ in Musicology” (Journal of Music History Pedagogy)
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Faculty News
- Jerry Tolson named a Jazz Educators of Iowa Hall of Fame Inductee, 2021
- Alexandre Bádue joined the music history faculty as a lecturer (2021)
- Devin Burke named UofL Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Master’s Students for 2020
- Kirsten Carithers organized inaugural Women and Music Symposium at UofL (online half-day symposium with lecture-recitals and research presentations) and presented “‘Women’s Work’? New-Music Coordinators and Administrative Labor” (March 2021)
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Student News
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Music History Faculty
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Jerry Tolson
- Professor, Music Education & Jazz Studies;
Department Chair of Academic and Professional Studies;
Concentration Coordinator for Music History
- Jazz History; African American Music;
Jazz Pedagogy; Jazz Ensembles (Instrumental/Vocal);
Music Education; Student Teacher Supervision
- jerry.tolson@louisville.edu
- 502.852.6972
- Room 327
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Dr. Devin Burke
- Assistant Professor, Music History
- Opera & Theater History; Early Music;
Music & Globalization; Politics & Music;
Film Sound; Music & Visual Arts
- devin.burke@louisville.edu
- 502.852.1869
- Room: 223
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Dr. Kirsten Speyer Carithers
- Assistant Professor, Music History
- Experimental Music; Music & Labor;
Ludomusicology; Media Studies;
Contemporary Performance Practice; Interpretation/Hermeneutics
- kirsten.carithers@louisville.edu
- 502.852.4537
- Room 216
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