The PhD in Music at the University of Wisconsin–Madison offers advanced research training in musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, and composition. Students develop innovative scholarship and creative work grounded in analytical depth, cultural inquiry, and interdisciplinary perspectives, preparing them for leadership in academic and artistic fields.
Analyzing Polyphonic Techniques in Renaissance Sacred Music
The Role of Music in Civil Rights Movements
Machine Learning Approaches to Music Style Classification
Gender and Identity in Contemporary Opera
Timbre Analysis in 20th-Century Orchestral Works
Transcultural Exchange in Jazz Performance Practices
Music and Ritual in Indigenous North American Communities
Algorithmic Composition Using Probabilistic Models
Digital Archiving of Oral Musical Traditions
Historical Development of Harmonic Practices in Western Music
Soundscapes of Urban Environments: A Sonic Ethnography
Compositional Techniques in Electroacoustic Music
Exploring Cross-Rhythms in West African Drumming Traditions
Music Semiotics and the Interpretation of Film Scores
Analyzing Emotional Response to Dissonance in Contemporary Music
Music Pedagogy in Online Learning Environments
The Role of Music in Shaping National Identity
Performance Practice in Baroque Keyboard Repertoires
Cognitive Processing of Musical Syntax in Tonal Music
Cultural Memory and Protest Songs in Latin America
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