Music History And Musicology at TCU
Music history and musicology permeate the
music program at Texas Christian University
and reach students from every other department
in the University as well. Non-majors have
the opportunity to take a general Survey
of Music course or the alternative From
Rock to Bach, as well as a Survey of Jazz
and Popular Music and a class in World Music.
For music majors, there is a three-semester
of History of Music sequence, in addition
to upper division courses covering the entire
range of genres and eras. For those who
wish to major in music history and musicology,
there is a graduate program leading to the
MM degree.
The Music Library
Located on the second floor of the Mary
Couts Burnett Library, the Music Library
houses over 22,000 scores, as well as a
large collection of audio and visual materials
in open stacks collections. Most materials
are available for TCU students and staff
to borrow. Other researchers may use the
collection in-house.
The Music Library was developed to support
graduate-level study and contains a remarkable
collection of complete works, music reference
works and monographs. Computers and printers
are available for searching the general
library catalog, the web, and to access
numerous general and specialized online
databases such as Music Index, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, International
Index of Music Periodicals and RILM Abstracts
of Music Literature. Document delivery and
Interlibrary Loan augment research materials.
The Audio/Media rooms are currently being
renovated to add MIDI, expanded listening
and viewing stations for all formats and
seminar/teaching space. The School of Music
archival recordings of recitals by students
and faculty are available in the Music Library.
The Special Collection Department of the
library houses the Van Cliburn Archives.
Collegium Musicum
The Collegium is an organization for the
performance of music from the Middle Ages
and Renaissance. The School possesses three
sets of recorders, a quartet of krummhorns,
two shawms, a cornetto, a baroque bassoon,
six violas da gamba, one vielle, and a lute.
The School also owns a clavichord, a single-manual
French-style harpsichord, and a two-manual
Flemish-style harpsichord, the latter two
built by Richard Kingston. The Collegium
Musicum is open to music majors and non-majors
who share an affinity for early music.
Graduate Assistantships and Other Financial
Support
Assistantships are available to qualified,
full-time graduate students in the School
of Music. Applicants must be admitted to
the program, have an outstanding academic
record, and present favorable recommendations.
Assistantships provide tuition grants only
and require approximately ten hours of work
weekly. Musicology students are also eligible
for the Michael M. Winesanker Scholarship,
named for the late distinguished scholar
who served the TCU School of Music for over
40 years, 25 of these as Chairman.
For further information
about TCU Music History/Musicology,
contact:
Dr.
Michael Meckna
Division Chair, Music History and Musicology
Texas Christian University
School of Music
TCU Box 297500 - Fort Worth, Texas 76129
1.800.TCU.FROG
817.257.7602 Fax: 817.257.7344
music@tcu.edu
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