PhD in Music - Musicology in Tempe United States | Arizona State University

The Musicology PhD program emphasizes academic research into sound and music across historical periods, examining musical traditions as cultural expressions and social practices. This exploration encompasses genres, styles, forms, performance methods, listening habits, instruments, venues, philosophies, musical systems, and regional influences.

The faculty features prominent researchers like Sabine Feisst, Dave Fossum, Kay Norton, Catherine Saucier, Peter Schmelz, Ted Solis, Christi Jay Wells, and Bliss Little. Their expertise spans Western and global music traditions, with specializations in American and Eastern European (Russian, Ukrainian, Soviet) music, Middle Eastern, Central Asian, Latin American, and Indonesian music, along with Medieval music, 19th-century repertoire, jazz, popular music, modernism, experimental music, copyright law, cultural policy, improvisation, sound studies, ecomusicology, dance, embodiment, and music's therapeutic applications.