From left to right: Michéle Duguay, Kristi Hardman, Philip Ewell, Kara Yoo Leaman

Congratulations to four GC-affiliated music theorists named among the 2025 SMT Award recipients!  Alumnae Michéle Duguay and Kristi Hardman, Professor Philip Ewell, and Visiting Research Scholar Kara Yoo Leaman received awards across four categories.

Emerging Scholar (Article) Award
Michéle Duguay – “Analyzing Vocal Placement in Recorded Virtual Space” (Music Theory Online 28, no. 4)

Award for Diversity Course Design
Kristi Hardman – Contextual Counterpoint

Wallace Berry Award
Philip Ewell – On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone (University of Michigan Press)

Outstanding Publication Award:
Kara Yoo Leaman – “George Balanchine’s Art of Choreographic Musicality in Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux” (Music Theory Spectrum 44, no. 2)

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