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Honors & Awards Musicological Research Contest Winners
Honors & Awards Musicological Research Contest Winners
Honors & Awards Musicological Research Contest Winners
The Musicological Research Contest was established by Mu Phi Epsilon to promote interest and growth among its members in music research.
The Musicological Research Contest is offered every other year. Go to Fraternity Contests and Awards for further information.
| 1968 | Mary L. VanDyke | Kappa | Division I | |
| 2nd: Mary Beth D'Spain Walker | Alpha Sigma | |||
| 3rd: Carolyn Walton Rossé | Mu Phi/San Diego | |||
| Wilma Raymond Sprague | Mu Beta/Pullman | Division II | ||
| 2nd: Linda Erickson | Epsilon Delta/St. Petersburg | |||
| 3rd: Edith Rose | Sigma/Urb-Champaign | |||
| Jacqueline Freeman | Mu Gamma | Division III | ||
| 1970 | Marie Ann Heiberg Vos | Epsilon Tau | Division I | |
| 2nd: Dorcas Teisinger Wicklung | Nu/Eugene | |||
| 3rd: Judy L. Cervetto | Epsilon Delta/Portland | |||
| Ida Williams Schenck | Epsilon Psi/Denver | Division II | ||
| 2nd: Gladys Dorothy Pinching | Rho Beta | |||
| 1972 | Sr. Mary Ellen nagle | Epsilon/Toledo | Division I | |
| 2nd: Nellie B. Clark | Phi Psi | |||
| HM: Ellen Jane Porter | Alpha Alpha/Dayton | |||
| Tie: Ruth Bashe | Alpha Theta/New York | Division II | ||
| Tie: Mary Kime | Mu Rho/Denver | |||
| 1974 | Alis Dickinson | Phi Ta/Denton | Division I | |
| Tie: Linda Puckett | Epsilon Delta | Division II | ||
| Tie: Mildred Bordwell | Mu Phi | Division III | ||
| 1976 | Elise Murray Cambon | Gamma/New Orleans | Doctoral | |
| HM: Jean Templar Smith | Xi | |||
| HM: Williamette Spencer | Mu Nu/Fullerton | |||
| Tie: Charlene Gates | Epsilon Delta | Grad | ||
| Tie: Alicia Kopfstein-Penk | Alpha Eta | |||
| HM: Linda Lamb Hirt | Mu Pi | |||
| HM: Anne Mischakoff | Phi Kappa/Stockton | |||
| Lynn Serafin | Beta | Undergrad | ||
| HM: Peggy Vaghts | Phi Zeta | |||
| HM: Debra Christofferson | Mu Tau/Mu Phi | |||
| 1978 | Carol Rogel Scott | Mu Beta/Seattle | Doctoral | |
| HM: Marcia Hilden Anderson | Tau | |||
| Nancy Metzger | Nu/Sacramento | Grad | ||
| HM: Lynn S. Krum | Beta/Mu Theta | |||
| Ruth M. Ruff | Mu Psi | Undergrad | ||
| HM: Margaret Tillery | Phi Psi | |||
| 1980 | Ellen Jane Porter | Alpha Alpha/Dayton | Doctoral | |
| Joanne M. Stringman | Beta Omicron | Grad | ||
| Susan Ewing | Beta Pi | Undergrad | ||
| 1982 | Alice Brin Renken | Epsilon Xi/Richfield | Doctoral | |
| Karen Dalton | Epsilon Xi/Urb-Champaign | Grad | ||
| Vicki Emmanuel | Beta Alpha | Undergrad | ||
| 1984 | Sr. Laurette Bellamy | Epsilon Omicron/Terre Haute | Doctoral | |
| HM: Shelley Batt Archambo | Mu Mu | |||
| Samuel Will Parnes | Phi Nu | Grad | ||
| HM: Daniel Christopher Jacobson | Beta Delta | |||
| HM: Delpha LeAnne House | Mu Mu | |||
| Paul Laprade | Gamma Omega | Undergrad | ||
| HM: Julie Gummert | Mu Psi | |||
| 1986 | Leslie Lassetter | Alpha Alpha | Division II | |
| HM: Virginia C. Montgomery | Mu Alpha | |||
| Kurt-Alexander Zeller | Mu Chi/Alpha Alpha | Divison III | ||
| HM: Dorothy Spafaard Hall | Phi Nu/Los Angeles | |||
| Julie Ann Young Hibbard | Mu Psi | Division IV | ||
| HM: Nadeen Hess | Phi Pi | |||
| 1988 | Tie: Linda Apple Monson | Phi Gamma | Division II | |
| Tie: M. Leslie Petteys | ||||
| Leslie Lassetter | Alpha Alpha | Division III | ||
| Celia Stewart | Beta Tau | Division IV | ||
| 1990 | Susan Forscher Weiss | Phi Gamma | Division I | |
| Kurt-Alexander Zeller | Mu Chi/Alpha Alpha/Portland | Division II | ||
| Patricia Connors Robertson | Beta Omega | Division III | ||
| Myra E. Kelly | Alpha Upsilon | Division IV | ||
| 1992 | Jeanne Swack | Mu Nu | Division I | |
| Joan Metelli | Alpha Xi/Muncie | Division II | ||
| Trudy Fraase | Beta Nu | Division III | ||
| Susanna Marie Behr | Mu Chi | Division IV | ||
| 1994 | Delpha Leann House | Mu Mu/Allied | Division I | |
| Janet Sue Becker | Phi Omicron/Cleveland Hts. | Division II | ||
| Jeffrey Howard | Epsilon Omicron | Division III | ||
| 1996 | Jonathan Sturm | Gamma Omega/Des Moines | Division II | |
| Melissa Cryer | Mu Kappa/Oklahoma City | Division III | ||
| Galen T. Caldwell | Gamma Nu | Division IV | ||
| 1998 | Maria Anna Harley | Mu Nu/Los Angeles | Division I | |
| Luis Sanchez | Beta Omega/Muncie | Division III | ||
| 2000 | Jane Florine, Gamma Nu | Musical Change from Within: A Case Study of cuarteto music from Cordoba Argentina | Division I | |
| Luis Sanchez, Beta Omega/Muncie | Johannes Brahm's Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120 - the traditional-innovative use of sonata form | Division III | ||
| Melissa Emily Korte, Omega | The First Movement of Bartok's Piano Sonata: an essay in "cluttered" octatonicism | Division IV | ||
| 2002 | Anne Marie Reynolds, Delta Upsilon | The Songs of Carl Nielsen | Division I | |
| Laura Moore Pruett, Delta Nu/Allied | Bombastic Bamboulas & Bostonian Brahmins: L.M.Gottchalk, J.S. Dwight & their viewpoints on American Music | Division II | ||
| Maureen Goeldjar, Gamma Epsilon | Survey of the Music of Suriname | Division IV | ||
| 2004 | Lincoln Ballard, Tau | Parallels bet. Music of Ives & Scriabin | Division III | |
| Jose Uriarte, Alpha Tau, Minneapolis-St. Paul | Piano Works of Lucrecia Roces Kasilag | Division II | ||
| 2006 | Keith Leroy Ford, Alpha Kappa, Allied | Division II | ||
| Aaron Alon, Phi Omicron, Houston | Division III | |||
| Christopher Wang, Mu Beta | Division IV | |||
| 2008 | Matthew Ryan Hoch, Lambda | Structural & Dramatic Role of the Piano in Richard Strauss’ Krämerspiegel Op. 66 | Division II | |
| Aaron Alon, Houston | Tant Que Vivray: A Comparative Analysis of Three Mid-16th Century Tabulations of a Popular Chanson | Division III | ||
| Matthew Ryan Hoch, Lambda | An Analytical Comparison: Faure’s and Debussy’s Settings of Verlaine’s En Sourdine | Division III | ||
| Lana Bode, Epsilon Omicron | Expressive Traits Within Francis Couperin;s Pieces de Clavecin | Division IV | ||
| 2010 | Deborah H. How, Omega Omega, Los Angeles | Division I | ||
| Kristin Jonina Taylor, Alpha Kappa, Minneapolis Almuni | Division II | |||
| Sophia Nicolle Tegart, Mu Beta, Alpha Kappa | Division III | |||