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Musicological Research Contest Winners

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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.

YEAR

NAME

CHAPTER/TITLE OF PAPER

CATEGORY

1968

Mary L. VanDyke

Kappa/Unaffiliated

I. Grad Thesis

 

2nd: Mary Beth D'Spain Walker

Alpha Sigma/Unaffiliated

 

 

3rd: Carolyn Walton Rossé

Mu Phi/San Diego

 

 

Wilma Raymond Sprague

Mu Beta/Pullman

II. Grad Resrch

 

2nd: Linda Erickson

Epsilon Delta/St. Petersburg

 

 

3rd: Edith Rose

Sigma/Urb-Champaign

 

 

Jacqueline Freeman

Mu Gamma

III. Undergrad

 

 

 

 

1970

Marie Ann Heiberg Vos

Epsilon Tau/Unaffiliated

I. Grad Thesis

 

2nd: Dorcas Teisinger Wicklung

Nu/Eugene

 

 

3rd: Judy L. Cervetto

Epsilon Delta/Portland

 

 

Ida Williams Schenck

Epsilon Psi/Denver

II. Grad Resrch

 

2nd: Gladys Dorothy Pinching

Rho Beta/Unaffiliated

 

 

No Winner

 

III. Undergrad

 

 

 

 

1972

Sr. Mary Ellen nagle

Epsilon/Toledo

I. Grad Thesis

 

2nd: Nellie B. Clark

Phi Psi

 

 

HM: Ellen Jane Porter

Alpha Alpha/Dayton

 

 

Tie: Ruth Bashe

Alpha Theta/New York

II. Grad Resrch

 

Tie: Mary Kime

Mu Rho/Denver

 

 

No Winner

 

III. Undergrad

 

 

 

 

1974

Alis Dickinson

Phi Ta/Denton

I. Grad Thesis

 

Tie: Linda Puckett

Epsilon Delta

II. Grad Resrch

 

Tie: Mildred Bordwell

Mu Phi

III. Undergrad

 

 

 

 

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

No Entries

 

1

 

Leslie Lassetter

Alpha Alpha

2

 

HM: Virginia C. Montgomery

Mu Alpha

 

 

Kurt-Alexander Zeller

Mu Chi/Alpha Alpha

3

 

HM: Dorothy Spafaard Hall

Phi Nu/Los Angeles

 

 

Julie Ann Young Hibbard

Mu Psi

4

 

HM: Nadeen Hess

Phi Pi

 

 

 

 

 

1988

 

 

1

 

Tie: Linda Apple Monson

Phi Gamma

2

 

Tie: M. Leslie Petteys

 

 

 

Leslie Lassetter

Alpha Alpha

3

 

Celia Stewart

Beta Tau

4

 

 

 

 

1990

Susan Forscher Weiss

Phi Gamma

1

 

Kurt-Alexander Zeller

Mu Chi/Alpha Alpha/Portland

2

 

Patricia Connors Robertson

Beta Omega

3

 

Myra E. Kelly

Alpha Upsilon

4

 

 

 

 

1992

Jeanne Swack

Mu Nu/Unaffiliated

1

 

Joan Metelli

Alpha Xi/Muncie

2

 

Trudy Fraase

Beta Nu/Unaffiliated

3

 

Susanna Marie Behr

Mu Chi

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1994

Delpha Leann House

Mu Mu/Allied

1

 

Janet Sue Becker

Phi Omicron/Cleveland Hts.

2

 

Jeffrey Howard

Epsilon Omicron

3

 

Felicia Miakawa

Epsilon Theta

4

 

 

 

 

1996

No Entries

 

1

 

Jonathan Sturm

Gamma Omega/Des Moines

2

 

Melissa Cryer

Mu Kappa/Oklahoma City

3

 

Galen T. Caldwell

Gamma Nu

4

 

 

 

 

1998

Maria Anna Harley

Mu Nu/Los Angeles

1

 

No Entries

 

2

 

Luis Sanchez

Beta Omega/Muncie

3

 

Alexandra Katacic

Gamma Sigma

4

 

 

 

 

2000

Jane Florine, Gamma Nu

Musical Change from Within: A Case Study of

Division 1

 

 

cuarteto music from Cordoba Argentina

 

 

No Winner

 

Division II

 

Luis Sanchez, Beta Omega/Muncie

Johannes Brahm's Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120 -

Division III

 

 

the traditional-innovative use of sonata form

 

 

Melissa Emily Korte, Omega

The First Movement of Bartok's Piano Sonata:

Division IV

 

 

an essay in "cluttered" octatonicism

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Division II

.

 

Gottchalk, J.S. Dwight & their

 

 

 

viewpoints on American Music

 

 

No Award Recommended

 

Division III

 

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

No Submissions

 

Division I

 

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