Dr. Emily Pollock

Associate Professor

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Biography

Emily Richmond Pollock is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in Music History and Literature. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Harvard in 2006, followed by a Master of Arts in 2008 and a Ph.D. in 2012 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include conservatism, historicization of modernist musical value, and the relationship between modern musical style and convention. Pollock published her book 'Opera Zero Hour: Problem Tradition Possibility Renewal Postwar West Germany' through Oxford University Press in 2019. Her articles have appeared in various prominent journals, and she has received several fellowships, including from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Paul Sacher Stiftung. Pollock is actively involved in academic conferences and organized an international conference on 'Music Divided Germany.' In her teaching, she covers a range of topics related to Western music, opera, and symphonic repertoire. She has been recognized with awards such as the Kurt Weill Prize for distinguished scholarship in music theater.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2012-01-01 — Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Specializes in Music History and Literature, teaching courses and conducting research in the field.

Awards

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Kurt Weill Prize

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MacVicar Faculty Fellow

Courses

21M.011 Introduction to Western Music