Twelve scholars, performers, and independent artists, representing the fields of Music (Composition, Performance), Musicology, Playwriting, and Theatre Arts were awarded Howard Fellowships for 2002-2003. The fellows and their projects were:
Azande, Playwriting, Independent, a play entitled Muro Tita (the grave of my grandmother).
Jessica Chalmers, Assistant Professor, Playwriting, University of Notre Dame, a play entitled Avanti, (the demise of the Studebaker automotive corporation and its effects on South Bend, IN).
Daniel Jones, Theatre Arts, Independent, Phoenix Fabrik, a play.
Mary Ellen Junda, Associate Professor, Performance, University of Connecticut, Singing with Treblemakers: A Recording for Children Sung by Children.
Gretchen Horlacher, Associate Professor, Musicology, Indiana University, a book project entitled Building Blocks: Repetition and Continuity in Stravinsky’s Music.
Scott Lindroth, Associate Professor, Composition, Duke University, Nasuh, a large-scale work for soprano, string quartet, and electronic sound.
Phil Markowitz, Composition, New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, Abstract Expression – Musical Portraits of American Masters, a multi-media suite for piano trio and chamber orchestra.
Roberta Marvin, Associate Professor, Musicology, University of Iowa, a book entitled Verdi and the Victorians.
Georgine Resick, Associate Professor, Performance, University of Notre Dame, The Song Cycle in Recording: A Historical Perspective.
Mary Ann Smart, Associate Professor, Musicology, University of California, Berkeley, Risorgimento Fantasies: Italian Opera as Romantic Discourse.
Martin Stokes, Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, University of Chicago, Music and the Globalization of Sentiment.
Stephen Taylor, Assistant Professor, Composition, University of Illinois, Chamber Music and a Virtual Opera.