Dr. Kevin Korsyn

Biography

Kevin Korsyn earned his Ph.D. from Yale University and is a Professor of Music Theory at the University of Michigan. He authored the book 'Decentering Music: Critique Contemporary Musical Research,' published by Oxford University Press in 2003, and has contributed to various symposiums, including one at the University of Ljubljana in 2009. His essays were published in 'Approaches to Musical Research: Practice and Epistemology' in 2012. Korsyn's research incorporates perspectives from queer studies, feminism, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy. His interests extend to a diverse range of musical repertoires including Islamic chant, Mexican-American orquesta, and the music of Chopin. His current book project, 'Imagining Fragment X: Completing Bach’s Art of Fugue,' is also under contract with Oxford University Press. This project details the process of completing Contrapunctus 14 of Bach’s unfinished fugue. He has received multiple awards for his research and teaching, including the Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Music Theory and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards. Korsyn has given keynote addresses at several major conferences and has served on many editorial boards for distinguished journals.

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