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Associate Professor of Music Theory Eric Drott has been awarded the Dent Medal for 2020. Struck in memory of the distinguished scholar and musician Edward J. Dent (1876-1957), the Dent Medal has been awarded by the Royal Musical Association annually since 1961 to recipients selected for their outstanding contribution to musicology.

Frank is the recipient of a $50,000 prize given every two years for achieved excellence in original music composition.

A love of historically-informed performance

We are very proud to announce the 2019 - 2020 undergraduate and graduate student recipients of the Rainwater Innovation Grants, as well as their exciting endeavors.

The Board of Directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University has chosen the Butler School's Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition Christopher Trapani as one of only fifteen composers selected to receive 2019 Fromm commissions.

Current student and alum news!

If you ask a mariachi student about misconceptions around their art form, you’ll find no shortage of adjectives that seem to place it outside of professional realms.