Allison Alcorn
Professor of Musicology
School of Music
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CVA Center For The Visual Arts 211d
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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
156.002American Music as Cultural History
253.001Western Art Music History until 1825
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.