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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Allison Alcorn

Professor of Musicology
School of Music
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 211d
Office Phone
(309) 438-3389office
phone
Email
aalcorn@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Alcorn is a passionate teacher of music history, with degrees from the University of North Texas and Wheaton College. She serves on the Board of Governors for the American Musical Instrument Society and is past editor of the Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society.

Current Courses

156.001American Music as Cultural History

452.001Issues in Music Since 1950

356.001Music and Societies: Musical Instruments as Cultural Artifacts

456.001Music and Societies: Musical Instruments as Cultural Artifacts

355.001Music Genres: Chamber Music

455.001Music Genres: Chamber Music

121.001Texts & Contexts: Music

208.001Advanced Honors Seminar: Culture, Context, and Identity

156.001American Music as Cultural History

355.001Music Genres: Symphonic Music

455.001Music Genres: Symphonic Music

121.002Texts & Contexts: Music

291.002Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Music

Teaching Interests & Areas

early music, American music, online education, research and writing

Research Interests & Areas

American pipe organ, bowed strings, SoTL (music history pedagogy), American music and culture

PhD Musicology

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

MM Musicology

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

BM Music History and Literature

Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL

Book Review

Alcorn, Allison. Review of Open Access Musicology, ed. Daniel Barolsky and Louis Epstein. Lever Press (2020). https://openaccessmusicology.wordpress.com/. In Journal of Music History Pedagogy (vol. 10/2).
Alcorn, A. Review of Robert Adelson, Erard: Empire of the Harp. Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association

Journal Article

Alcorn, Allison. "Carleen Maley Hutchins: Reconsidering the Legacy of a Luthier and Acoustician," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, vol. XLVI (2020): 178–223.

Presentations

Miss America as the Ideal American Woman: Musical Instruments and Gendering. Annual Meeting. American Musical Instrument Society. (2024)
Careers in Music: Musicology. Carl Sandburg Middle School. (2023)
Interdisciplinary Collaboration toward Decolonizing the Canon. Teaching Music History. American Musicological Society. (2023)
Start ‘em Young: Musical Instruments in Children’s Literature. Annual meetings. American Musical Instrument Society. (2023)
You've Got to be Carefully Taught: A Case Study of Agency in University Music History Students. Music, Research, and Activism. University of Helsinki, Sibeleus Academy. (2023)
Carleen Maley Hutchins: A Force to be Reckoned With. A Powerful Force: Women in Music. Ball State University. (2020)
Pandemic Music History: Children's Story and Activity Time. Pandemic Music History. (2020)
Synthesis Journals as a Path Through the Forest: Preliminary Findings and Student Perceptions. Teaching and Learning Symposium. ISU. (2020)
Synthesis Journals in the Music History Classroom: Keeping Sight of the Big Picture. American Musicological Society Great Lakes Chapter. American Musicological Society. (2020)

Grants & Contracts

Faculty Travel. WKCFA. Illinois State University. (2023)
Instructional Innovation Grant. Center for Integrated Professional Development. Illinois State University. (2022)
University Teaching Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2022)
Culturally Responsive Learning. ISU CTLT. Illinois State University.
Publications Grant. American Musical Instrument Society. Other.