School of Music

C. MATTHEW BALENSUELA	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Cassel Grubb University Professor; Associate Professor of Music; Coordinator of the European Studies Program

 

Balensuela received a Bachelor of Music degree in saxophone from The Juilliard School, two Master of Music degrees in performance and music history from Bowling Green State University, and a Ph.D. in musicology from Indiana University. He has taught music history at the University of Oklahoma and Indiana University. Among his publications are articles on medieval music theory for the revised edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music, A Reader’s Guide to Music, Rivista internazionale di dritto comune and Acta Musicological. The University of Nebraska Press published his translation of the anonymous medieval treatise Ars Cantus Mensurabilis Mensurata per Modos Iuris as Volume 10 in its Greek and Latin Music Theory Series. He has presented papers at meetings of the American Musicological Society and the International Musicological Society and served as a music critic for the Terre Haute Tribune-Star from 1994-1998. His reviews have also appeared in 20th Century Music, Arts Indiana Magazine, and Saxophone Journal. Appointed 1991, he has been named a Distinguished Professor for 2003-2005. The award is given in recognition of of sustained excellence in teaching effectiveness and service.

 

Email : balensue@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 1105
Phone : (765) 658 - 4398