|
|
Margarita Mazo
Professor, School of Music
Areas of Expertise
• Ethnomusicology
• Qualitative and quantitative research in ethnomusicology
• Emotion and music
Margarita Mazo specializes in ethnomusicology and historical musicology
(Russian village music, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, post-Soviet Russia)
and publishes widely in both areas. She conducted field research in the
U.S. and Russia and initiated a joint Russian-American research project
on music in cognate communities residing in the U.S. and Russia. Based
on this research, she produced a program "Russian Roots American
Branches Music in Two Worlds" at the 1995 Smithsonian Festival of
American Folklife. In 1999, she presented twelve pre-concert lectures
for the Chicago Symphony's Schostakovich Festival led by Mstislav Rostropovich.
Prior to coming to Ohio State, Professor Mazo taught at Harvard University,
New England Conservatory, and the Leningrad Conservatory. Under her leadership,
the OSU program in ethnomusicology was awarded an Academic Enrichment
grant, and a new Ethnomusicology Lab was established. In 1999, she received
The Ohio State University's highest honor for scholars, the Distinguished
Scholar Award.
Education
• PhD, the Leningrad Conservatory
• MA, The Leningrad Conservatory
• BA, Music College Named for N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov |
|
