AUK Professor Lisa Urkevich Appointed General Editor of the College Music Society Symposium

Dr. Lisa Urkevich, Chair of the Department of Music and Drama at the American University of Kuwait (AUK), has been appointed General Editor of the College Music Society Symposium, the scholarly unit of the College Music Society which is the largest worldwide university music organization. She succeeds David Woods, Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, who held the post for over two decades. As General Editor, Urkevich oversees ten components, each with its own editor and editorial board. These include Scholarship and Research, Music Business-Industry, Instructional Technologies and Methodologies, Audio Performance Archive, Reviews, CMS Forums, Events in Music, CMS Reports, CMS Conference Archive, Video Lectures, Performances, and Lecture-Recitals. 

Dr. Lisa Urkevich is a Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology whose research concentrates on the cultures of the Arabian Peninsula. For seven years she was the film/video review editor of the Yearbook for Traditional Music (UNESCO). In 2015-16 she was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and she is the recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award at the University of Maryland. Urkevich is looking forward to working with CMS editors and board members in order to effectively advance the Symposium into the future.