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IU Jacobs School of Music professor publishes book about Igor Stravinsky

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Gretchen Horlacher, chair of the Music Theory Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took time on a recent sabbatical to write an innovative analytical model for Igor Stravinsky's compositions. The result of her work is the recently released monograph Building Blocks: Repetition and Continuity in the Music of Stravinsky (Oxford University Press).

Jacobs School of Music Professor Julian Hook receives $30,000 fellowship

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Julian Hook, associate professor of music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has been awarded a Sabbatical Fellowship for 2010-11 from the American Philosophical Society (APS). The value of the fellowship is $30,000. Hook will use his sabbatical to work on a book, Musical Spaces and Transformations.

Annual Symposium of Research in Music Theory

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The Graduate Theory Association at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Symposium of Research in Music Theory on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27.

IU Jacobs School of Music to host Musical Ear conference

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The Music Theory Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will host a one-day conference titled "The Musical Ear" on Sept. 26. The unique conference is open to all and will be devoted exclusively to issues of ear training and aural skills.

Carballo wins IU-wide Kinsley award for Ph.D. dissertation

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Jacobs School of Music graduate Erick Carballo has received the 2006-2007 Esther L. Kinsley Ph.D. Dissertation Award, the highest honor for a research document that Indiana University bestows upon a student each year.

Dean Wennerstrom Receives National Prize for Lifetime Achievement

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The IU Jacobs School of Music congratulates Associate Dean for Instruction Mary Wennerstrom, who has received the internationally significant Gail Boyd de Stowolinski Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Music Theory Teaching and Scholarship. The award was announced at the Society for Music Theory's annual conference in Los Angeles on Friday, November 3, 2006.

Two Faculty Members and Music Theory Student Recognized at IU Founders Day

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Two IU School of Music faculty members - Miriam Fried and Violette Verdy - and one doctoral student - Victoria L. Malawey - are recognized for their outstanding teaching and research at the annual Indiana University Founders Day celebration on March 6 at 1 p.m. in Bloomington's Assembly Hall.

Victoria Malawey

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Certain words tend to recur in Victoria Malawey's end-of-semester evaluations. Enthusiastic. Dedicated. Organized. Inspirational. Or, as one student put it, "She works magic." Malawey is a recipient of IU's 2005 Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award.