Ingrid Monson is Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music, supported by the Time Warner Endowment, and Professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University.[1]
Ingrid Monson | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | professor of music & African-American studies |
| Title | Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ethnomusicologist |
Sub-discipline | African-American music |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
Education
editMonson earned a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied economics. She later earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in musicology from New York University.[1]
Career
editAt Harvard
editMonson was appointed as the Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music in 2001.[2] Monson served as the chair of Harvard's Department of Music from 2005 to 2008 as well as serving as the Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities from 2010 to 2011.[2][3] She is currently a full professor of African American Studies.[3]
Awards
editFor her 1996 book, Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction, Monson won the Irving Lowens Book Award of the Society for American Music.[3]
In 2008, Monson won the Woody Guthrie Award of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.[3] for her book Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call Out to Jazz and Africa.[4] The award is given for "the most outstanding book that is an author’s first monograph."[4]
Reception
editIn February 2022, Monson was one of 38 Harvard faculty to sign a letter to the Harvard Crimson defending Professor John Comaroff, who had been found to have violated the university's sexual and professional conduct policies. The letter defended Comaroff as "an excellent colleague, advisor and committed university citizen" and expressed dismay over his being sanctioned by the university.[5] After students filed a lawsuit with detailed allegations of Comaroff's actions and the university's failure to respond, Monson was one of several signatories to say that she wished to retract her signature.[6]
Works
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Ingrid Monson". harvard.edu. Harvard University. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- 1 2 "CURRICULUM VITAE: Ingrid T. Monson" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ingrid Monson is Quincy Jones Professor of African American music at Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- 1 2 "The Woody Guthrie and Greg Tate Book Awards". International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ "38 Harvard Faculty Sign Open Letter Questioning Results of Misconduct Investigations into Prof. John Comaroff". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 9 Feb 2022.
- ↑ "3 graduate students file sexual harassment suit against prominent Harvard anthropology professor". www.bostonglobe.com. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 Feb 2022.
- ↑ Ramsey, Guthrie P. (1999). "Review of Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction; Jazz in American Culture; New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique". American Music. 17 (2): 205–215. doi:10.2307/3052715. JSTOR 3052715.
- ↑ Deveaux, Scott (1 July 1998). "Review: Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation by Paul Berliner; Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction by Ingrid Monson". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 51 (2): 392–406. doi:10.2307/831983. ISSN 0003-0139. JSTOR 831983. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Opstad, Jon (1 November 2008). "Book Review". Jazz Perspectives. 2 (2): 251–254. doi:10.1080/17494060802373424. ISSN 1749-4060.
- ↑ Sakakeeny, Matt (29 April 2009). "Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call Out to Jazz and Africa (review)". Notes. 65 (4): 770–772. doi:10.1353/not.0.0162. ISSN 1534-150X. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Fry, Andy (1 December 2010). "Review: Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call Out to Jazz and Africa by Ingrid Monson". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 63 (3): 716–724. doi:10.1525/jams.2010.63.3.716. ISSN 0003-0139. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Gunderson, Frank D. (2004-08-13). "The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective (review)". Notes. 61 (1): 109–111. doi:10.1353/not.2004.0095. ISSN 1534-150X.
- ↑ Downey, Greg (2005-03-01). "The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective". American Anthropologist. 107 (1): 156–157. doi:10.1525/aa.2005.107.1.156.2. ISSN 1548-1433.
External links
edit- Music Division: Ingrid Monson Oral History - Interview at the Library of Congress, March 6, 2017
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