The ethnomusicology program consists of core courses in three areas: Regional Studies especially the Middle East, South Asia, Eastern Europe, American folk and vernacular music, China, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, and Roma ("Gypsy") traditions; Issues - such as anthropology of music, globalization, cosmopolitanism, post-structuralism, organology, tourism; and Methods - such as fieldwork, notation & transcription, tuning, pitch, and timbral analysis. Coursework for the MA is normally completed in two years, coursework for the PhD can be completed in a third year. There are also (1) a thesis requirement for the M.A., and (2) comprehensive examination and dissertation requirements for the Ph.D.

Ethno Doctoral Candidates Score!

The Ethnomusicology Program takes great pride in congratulating the following recent doctoral students who have won prestigious fellowships:

Sonja Downing - Fulbright Hays Fellowship and a Pacific Rim Fellowship for research in Bali.

Eve McPherson - Fulbright Hays Fellowship for research in Turkey.

Matt Dorman - Fulbright Fellowship for research in Finland.

Kathy Meizel - Media, Religion and Culture Fellowship for research at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Kara Attrep - Hagley Museum Dissertation Fellowship in Wilmington, Delaware.

Max Katz - American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship for research in India.