Research

The AMRC provides听grants, scholarships听and awards to support both institutionally-affiliated and independent scholars working on American music research. 听The听George Lynn Memorial Award for Research and听Performance and several scholarships for College of Music students听are examples how research is made possible听through the AMRC. 听Visiting scholars and the public are always welcome to听visit听by appointment. Highlighted below are examples of current research initiatives and students research from the听AMRC collections.听

Research initiatives

A musical ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado

Exploring听the piano music by Black women composers

Student research

Engraving and Performing George Lynn鈥檚 Works for Viola and Piano

Ashley Santore听created听performance editions, performed, and recorded two听pieces of Lynn's music:听Conversare fra Viola ed Piano and Pleasantry for Viola and Piano.

A Study of George Lynn's Choral Style, as Observed Through Two Settings of Walt Whitman Poetry

Dan Wessler听framed his听study around two of Lynn's听choral settings of Whitman texts:听I Hear America Singing, written in 1937, and听When the Full-Grown Poet Came, written in 1978.

Take Two Knees 鈥 A concert by Anoushka Divekar

Recent College of Music Clarinet Performance and Music Education graduate, Anoushka Divekar, debuted听, a virtual concert she and collaborators created from works by Black Female composers.

Eirini Tornesaki: Exploring Intercultural Dialogue through Greek Music

At Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Greek musicians are leading a rediscovery of intercultural dialogue through music. At the forefront of these efforts is Cretan singer Eirini Tornesaki (also known by her artist name, Erini)

'Hidden Voices' Uncovers Neglected Group of Composers

Professor of Piano Pedagogy听Alejandro Cremaschi听and his students are uncovering a neglected group of composers rarely visible in the world of classical piano music through their new project,鈥淗idden Voices.鈥澨

Editing and arranging George Lynn: Three short choral works linked through poetry

Brian Stone edited and arranged George Lynn's music drawing on听three poems, "An Ended Day," by Walt Whitman, "Look at the Stars," by Ralf Waldo Emerson, and "Moons Ending," by Sara Teasdale.

Performing from the George Lynn Collection

Emilie Bertram听transcribed, edited, and, with the help of the CU choirs, perform;听Being and Breath, written for SATB choir, and听Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, from the AMRC George Lynn Collection.

Transcribing the George Lynn Collection for Classical Guitar

Isabella Fincher transcribed听four works for classical guitar听from the George Lynn Collection that听showcased the diversity of听Lynn鈥檚 instrumental works,听from atonal to strongly melodic.