Marian Wilson Kimber and Nathan Platte have both published articles in the most recent issues of Music & Politics. The journal is open access, so you can read and share their articles freely with others.

Ross Clowser (Musicology) recently completed his MA with a thesis titled, “A Past, Present, and Future of Des Moines Jazz: An Ethnography of the Des Moines Community Jazz Center’s Student Jam Session.”

Rebekah Erdman (PhD pre-candidate, musicology) has a new article in Opera Journal (55:1) titled “The Immortal Hour of the English Choral Drama."

Cody Norling (PhD candidate, Musicology) has a new article out in American Music (40:1) titled “Making an American Opera Career: Conductor May Valentine (1890-1974) and a Woman’s Role(s) in the Business of Opera.”

On Sunday, October 24, Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber gave a recital in the Stark Opera Studio titled In a Woman’s Voice: Musical Readings by Women Composers. I was able to talk with Dr. Wilson Kimber a bit about her recital; here’s what she had to say.

The duo Red Vespa, consisting of musicology professor Marian Wilson Kimber and pianist Natalie Landowski of Western Illinois University will return to the concert stage this week to present a recital of musical readings by American women composers. Red Vespa will also premiere a new work created for them by Portland composer and University of Iowa alumna Lisa Neher, Upon a Broken World. 

Sarah Suhadolnik’s work with colleague Monica Hershberger is featured in the new, open-access collection Sounding Together: Collaborative Perspectives on U.S. Music in the 21st Century (eds. Charles Hiroshi Garrett and Carol Oja).