Research

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

Research initiatives

A musical ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado

Exploring the piano music by Black women composers

Student research

Engraving and Performing George Lynn’s Works for Viola and Piano

Ashley Santore created performance editions, performed, and recorded two pieces of Lynn's music: 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 framed his study around two of Lynn's choral settings of Whitman texts: I Hear America Singing, written in 1937, and When the Full-Grown Poet Came, written in 1978.

Take Two Knees – A concert by Anoushka Divekar

Recent College of Music Clarinet Performance and Music Education graduate, Anoushka Divekar, debuted Take Two Knees, 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 Alejandro Cremaschi and his students are uncovering a neglected group of composers rarely visible in the world of classical piano music through their new project,“Hidden Voices.” 

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

Brian Stone edited and arranged George Lynn's music drawing on 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 transcribed, edited, and, with the help of the CU choirs, perform; Being and Breath, written for SATB choir, and Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, from the AMRC George Lynn Collection.

Transcribing the George Lynn Collection for Classical Guitar

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