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Popular Music Studies is not an academic discipline as such. Research and study are undertaken from a wide range of perspectives employing a variety of approaches, rooted in musicology, cultural studies, linguistics, social sciences, pedagogy or economics. Nevertheless, at a few places in the world scholars and students are well known for giving popular music special attention, or are starting to put more emphasis on it. This page is intended to introduce them.

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Australia

Department of Contemporary Music Studies
Division of Humanities
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Contact: Lisa Cuffe
Phone +612 9850-9245

School of English
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Contact: Sue Kossew
Telephone +612 9385 2296, Fax: +612 9385 1047

Centre for Contemporary Music
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
Contact: Jean Griffiths
Phone: +61 66 203856, Fax +61 66 223194

Queensland Conservatorium
Griffith University
PO Box 3428, South Brisbane BC 4101, Queensland, Australia
Contact: Peter Roennfeldt
Phone: +61 7 3875 6279; Fax: +61 7 3875 6262

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music Studies
Faculty of Arts
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW Australia 2006
+61 2 9351 2222


Austria

MA in Music Management
Center for Contemporary Music
Danube-University Krems, Austria
Contact:Andrea Kaufmann
Phone: +43 (0)2732 893-2571
Fax: +43 (0)2732 893-4570

Research Department Popular Music
(Forschungsbereich Popularmusik)
University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna
Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien
Metternichgasse 8; A-1030 Wien, Austria
Contact: Harald Huber, Institut für Musikpädagogik
Phone: +43 1 7136130/14

Institute of Musicology / Institut für Musikwissenschaft
University of Vienna / Universität Wien
Spitalgasse 2-4, A-1090 Wien, Austria
Contact: Michael Weber
Phone: +43 1 4277-41657, Fax: +43 1 4277-9416

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Brazil

Department of Anthropology
Federal University of Santa Catarina
88.090-400 Florianópolis SC, Brazil
Contact: Rafael José de Menezes Bastos
Phone/Fax: +55 48 331-9714

Escola de Música
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Rua do Passeio 98, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22240-090, Brasil
Contact: Samuel Araujo
Phone: +55 21 205-7643; Fax: +55 21 557-8865

Instituto Villa-Lobos
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio De Janeiro – UNIRIO
Av. Pasteur 436 Urca Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-240, Brasil
Contact: Silvio Merhy
Phone: +55 21 2542-3311


Canada

Faculté de Musique
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, Centre-Ville
Montréal
Québec H3C 3J7
Canada
Contact: Philip Tagg
Phone: +1 514 737-2244

Faculté de Musique/Faculty of Music
Université Laval
Québec QC G1K 7P4
Canada
Contact: Serge Lacasse
Phone: +1 418 656-2131, ext. 15113
Fax: +1 418 656-7365

Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2
Contact: Charity Marsh,
Canada Research Chair in
Interactive Media and Performance
Phone: +1 306 337-2623; Fax +1 306 585-4439

Graduate Programme in Musicology & Ethnomusicology
York University
225 Winters College, 4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3
Contact: Rob Bowman
Phone: +1 (416) 736-2100 ex. 77132; Fax:+1 (416) 736-5321

Institute for Popular Music
University of Alberta
11054-89 Avenue, second floor
Edmonton, AB, CANADA  T6G 2C9
Contact: Adam Krims
Phone: +1 403 492-8212;   Fax: +1 403 492-9246

M.A. in Popular Music and Culture
An interdisciplinary MA offered jointly by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Graduate Program Assistant
Don Wright Faculty of Music
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 3K7
Contact: Shelly Koster
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext.85354
Fax: 519-661-3531

Popular Music Studies
Department of Music History – Faculty of Music
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
Contact: Dr Robert Toft
Phone: +1 519 661-2111, ext 85358; Fax: +1 519 661-3531

Schulich School of Music
McGill University
Strathcona Music Building, 555 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3
Contact: David Brackett
Tel.: 514-398-4535 | Fax: 514-398-8061

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Denmark

Department of Musicology
University of Copenhagen
Klerkegade 2, 1308 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Contact: Morten Michelsen
Phone +45 35 32 37 91; Fax +45 35 32 37 38

Finland
Finland

Department of Musicology
University of Helsinki
Vironkatu, 1
00014 Helsinki
Contact: Prof. Dario Martinelli
Phone: +358 9191 24677
(Department coordinator, Ms. Irma Vierimaa)

Musicology
School of History, Culture Research and Art Studies
20014 University of Turku
Finland
Contact: John Richardson
Phone: +358 2 333 5691

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France

UFR de Musique et Musicologie
Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
1, rue Victor Cousin
75 230 Paris Cedex 05
France
Contact: Laurent Cugny
Fax: +140 46 25 88


Germany

Centre for Popular Music Research/Forschungszentrum Populäre Musik
Humboldt-University Berlin/ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Seminar für Musikwissenschaft, Am Kupfergraben 5
Postanschrift: Postfach, 10099 Berlin, Germany
Contact: Peter Wicke
Phone +49 (0)30 208 1537, Fax +49 (0)30 2093 2062

Institute for Musical Folklore-Studies
(Institut für Musikalische Volkskunde)
Cologne University / Universität zu Köln
Gronewaldstr. 2, D-50931 Köln, Germany
Contact: Gisela Probst-Effah
Phone +49 (0)221 470-5267, Fax +49 (0)221 470-5174

Music Department – Music and Media
(Institut für Musik – Musik und Medien)
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität
Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, D 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Contact: Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer
Phone +49 (0)441 798 2311, Fax +49 (0)441 798 4016

Popakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
University of Popular Music and Music Business
Hafenstraße 33
68159 Mannheim
Tel:+49-621-53 39 72 00
E-mail: info@popakademie.de
Contact: Heiko Wandler (M.A. Popular Music)
Dr. David-Emil Wickström (B.A. Pop Music Design)

Popular Music and Media (Populäre Musik und Medien)
Faculty of Humanities and Arts
University of Paderborn, Germany
Warburger Str. 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
Contact: Christoph Jacke
Phone +49 (0)5251-602960, Fax +49 (0)5251-603745

The German "Arbeitskreis für das Studium Populärer Musik" provides a list of addresses with Universities and other academic institutes in Germany and Austria offering courses in Popular Music.

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Japan

College of Music
Ferris University
37 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8651
Japan
Contact: Akitsugu Kawamoto
Phone: +81-45-641-8396

Graduate School of Socio-Environmental Studies
or
Department of Music
Graduate School of Education
Kanazawa University
1 Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1164, Japan
Contact:  Toru Mitsui
Phone: +81 762 64 5562, Fax: +81 762 64 5619


Netherlands

Popular Music
Studies

Department of Art, Culture and Media
University of Groningen
Postbus 716
9700 AS Groningen
The Netherlands
Contact: Kristin McGee

Popular Music Studies
Institute of Art History and Musicology
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Utrecht University
Kromme Nieuwegracht 29
3529 HD Utrecht
The Netherlands
+ 31 30 2536155
Contact: Dr. L.D.M. Mutsaers


New Zealand

Department of Music
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
Contact: Shelley Brunt
Phone +643 479 4595

The Music Department
Southern Institute of Technology
(Te Whare Wananga O Murihiku)
Private Bag 90114 Invercargill, New Zealand
Contact: Dr Sally Bodkin
Phone: +64-3-2112699, Fax: +64-3-2144977

The Music Department
The University of Waikato
(Te Whare Wananga O Waikato)
Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
Contact: Ian Whalley
Phone: +64-7-838-4439, Fax: +64-7-838-4269


Norway

NISS –Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio
Popular Music Dept
Christian Krohgsgt. 2
0186 Oslo, Norway
Contact: Audun Molde
Phone: +47 97 78 55 69

Section for Musicology/ Avdeling for musikkvitenskap
Department of Music and Theatre/ Institutt for musikk og teater
University of Oslo
Postbox 1017, Blindern
N-0315 Oslo, Norway
Contact: Stan Hawkins
Phone: +47 22 85 40 63  Fax: +47 22 85 47 63


South Africa

School of Music
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban 4041
South Africa
Contact: Christopher Ballantine
Phone +27 31 2601052; Fax +27 31 2601048

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Sweden

Department of Musicology
Göteborg University
P.O.Box 200, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Contact: Alf Björnberg
Phone +46-31-7734085; Fax +46-31-7734089


United Kingdom

American Studies
University of Derby
Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 IGB, UK
Contact: Simon Philo
Phone: +44 1332 591890, Fax:: +44 1332 622736

BA (Hons) Popular Music
University of Northampton
St George’s Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD
Contact: Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
Phone: +44 01604 735500

BMus in Popular Music Studies
Department of Music
Goldsmiths College
University of London
New Cross, London
SE14 6NW
Contact: Ian Gardiner
Phone: ++44 (0)20 7919 7640

Buckinghamshire New University
Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 2JZ
Email: advice@bucks.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1494 522414
Fax: +44 1494 524392

Department of Music
University of Glasgow
14 University Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Contact: Martin Cloonan
Phone: 0141 330 4093
The Department offers 3 postgraduate programmes in Popular Music:

  • Popular Music Studies
  • Popular Music Studies (Music Industries)
  • Popular Music Studies (Creative Practice)
  • Department of Music
    University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
    Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
    Contact: Professor Richard Middleton
    Phone: +44 191 222 6736, Fax: +44 191 222 5242

    Department of Music
    University Park
    University of Nottingham
    NG8 1NF, UK
    Contact: Professor Adam Krims (Director of Post-Graduate Admissions)
    Phone: +44-115-951-4755, Fax: +44-115-951-4756

    Department of Music and Performing Arts
    Anglia Ruskin University
    East Road
    Cambridge CB1 1PT
    England
    Contact: Justin Williams (Head of Popular Music)
    Phone: +44 0845271 2458
    Department of Music and Sound Recording
    University of Surrey
    Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH
    United Kingdom
    Contact: Allan Moore

    Institute of Popular Music
    School of Music, University of Liverpool
    Roxby Building, Chatham Street
    Liverpool L69 7ZT
    England/UK
    Contact: Sara Cohen
    Phone: +44 151 7943101, Fax: +44 151 794 2566

    London College of Music
    Thames Valley University
    St Mary’s Road
    London W5 5RF
    Contact: Mujtaba Naseem
    Tel: +44(0)20 8231-2190
    B.Mus in Popular Music
    M.Mus in Popular Music
    Also BA and MA degrees in Music Technology, Audio Technology and Record Production

    MA in Music (Popular Music Research)
    Department of Music
    Goldsmiths
    University of London
    New Cross
    London SE14 6NW
    Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7917 7607/ 7640 (fax; 7644)
    Contact: Keith Negus

    Music
    Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford Brookes University
    Headington Hill Campus
    Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
    Contact: Dr Dai Griffiths
    Tel: +44 (0)1865 484959
    Fax: +44 (0)1865 484952
    We offer undergraduate modules on Popular Music, MA pathways in Music and Popular Culture and Music on Stage and Screen, and have a dedicated Popular Music Research Unit.

    Popular Music Research Unit
    Faculty of Media, Music and Performance
    School of Popular Music and Recording
    Adelphi Campus
    Peru St., Salford, Greater Manchester, M3 6EQ, England/UK
    Contact: Professor Sheila Whiteley
    Phone: +44 161 295 5000, Fax: +44 161 834 3327

    Update:
    Bretton Hall College no longer exists – it has merged (from Aug 2001) with the University of Leeds, UK, and this is where courses now operate.

    School of Music
    University of Leeds
    Leeds LS2 9JT
    United Kingdom
    Contact: Vic Gammon, BA Popular and World Musics
    Tel +44 (0)113 343 2418

    University of Huddersfield
    Music Department
    Contact: Rupert Till R.Till@hud.ac.uk
    +441484422288


    United States

    California

    Music Industry Studies/Recording Arts
    California State University, Chico
    Chico, Ca 95929-0805, USA
    Contact: Paul Friedlander
    Phone: +1-530-898-5243; Fax: +1-530-898-4082  

    Musicology Department
    University of California, Los Angeles
    UCLA Box 951623
    Los Angeles, CA  90095, USA
    Contact:  Robert Walser
    Phone:  +1-310-206-1087; Fax +1-310-206-9203

    Music Department
    University of California, Riverside
    900 University Ave.
    Riverside, CA 92521, USA
    Contact: René T.A. Lysloff
    Phone: +1 909 787-3606; Fax: +1 909-787-4651

    Florida

    College of Music
    Florida State University
    Tallahassee, FL 32306-1180
    Phone (850) 644-3424 . Fax (850) 644-2033
    Contact: Frank Gunderson

    Indiana

    Archives of African American Music and Culture
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Director: Portia Maultsby
    Smith Research Center
    Suites 180-1812, 805 E. Tenth Street
    Bloomington, IN  47408-2601, USA
    Contact: afamarch@indiana.edu
    Phone: +1 812 855-8547; Fax: +1 812 855-8545

    Department of Afro-American Studies
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Memorial Hall East
    Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Contact: Portia Maultsby
    Phone:+1 812 855-2708; Fax: +1 812 855-4869

    School of Music
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Contact: Glen Gass
    Phone: +1 812 855-9460; Fax: +1 812 855-4936

    New Jersey

    Master’s Program in Jazz History and Research
    Rutgers University, Dept. of Arts, Culture, and Media
    110 Warren St., Bradley Hall, Room 213
    Newark, NJ 07102, USA
    Contact: Lewis Porter
    Phone: +1-973-353-5600, ext. 30; Fax: 973-353-1392

    New York

    CCNY Popular Music Studies
    Department of Music
    The City College of New York
    Convent Avenue at 138th Street
    New York, NY 10031 USA
    Contact: Jonathan Pieslak
    Phone: +1 212 650-7665; Fax: +1 212 650-769

    Department of Music
    Columbia University
    621 Dodge Hall, MC 1813
    New York, NY10027 USA
    Contact: Professor Ellie Hisama
    Phone: +1 212 854-3825; Fax: +1 212 854-8191

    Institute for Studies in American Music
    Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
    2900 Bedford Avenue
    Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
    Contact: ISAM
    Phone: +1 718 951-5655; Fax: +1 718  951-4858

    Ohio

    School of Interdisciplinary Arts
    Ohio University
    Athens, OH 45701 USA
    Contact: Dora Wilson

    Tennessee

    Center for Popular Music
    Middle Tennessee State University
    Bragg Mass Communications Bldg.
    Box 41, Murfreesboro TN 37132, USA
    Contact: Paul F. Wells
    Phone: +1 615 898 2449; Fax: +1 615 898 5829

    Department of Recording Industry
    College of Mass Communication
    Middle Tennessee State University
    Box 21, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
    Contact: Paul D. Fischer
    Phone: +1 615 898 2578, Fax: +1 615 898 5682

    Texas

    Latin Music Studies – M.M. Mariachi and Salsa tracks
    Texas State University
    601 University Drive
    San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
    Contact: John Lopez
    Phone: +1-512-245-7401

    Musicology/Ethnomusicology Division
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Contact: Veit Erlmann
    Phone: +1 512 232-2092



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