School of Music

C. MATTHEW BALENSUELA	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Professor of Music

 

Matthew Balensuela is a music historian who teaches a variety of classes for both music majors and non-majors. He earned a BM from the Juilliard School in saxophone performance, MMs in both music history and woodwind performance from Bowling Green State University, and a PhD in musicology from Indiana University were he studied with Dr. Thomas J. Mathiesen. He has also taught at the University of Oklahoma and at Indiana University.

His research has focused on the history of music theory and he is the co-author with David Russell Williams of Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino: A Bibliography and Guide (Pendragon Press, 2007), which won the Duckles Award from the Music Library Association (2009). Among his publications are articles and reviews on early music history and theory for The New Grove Dictionary of Music, A Reader’s Guide to Music, Rivista internazionale di dritto comune, Acta Musicologica, and The Journal of Musicological Research. The University of Nebraska Press published his translation of the Ars cantus mensurabilis mensurata per modos iuris in its Greek and Latin Music Theory Series (1994). He has presented papers on his research at meetings of the American Musicological Society, Medieval Academy of America, the International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, and the International Musicological Society. He served as a music critic for the Terre Haute Tribune-Star from 1994-1998 and his reviews have also appeared in 20th Century Music, Arts Indiana Magazine, and Saxophone Journal.

His interests in the teaching and pedagogy of music history and music theory have resulted in presentations to the College Music Society, Teaching Music History Day, and the International Medieval Studies Conference (Kalamazoo), as well as an article in the forthcoming volume Vitalizing Music History Teaching (College Music Society Monographs and Bibliographies in American Music). He is currently involved in the development of new publication, The Journal of Music History Pedagogy, which will begin publication in Fall 2010.

Appointed 1991, was named a Distinguished Professor for 2003-2005 in recognition of sustained excellence in teaching effectiveness and service.

Information: Call for Papers on Music History Pedagogy

 

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