Division of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology
It sponsors a lecture series that annually attracts scholars from throughout the world, regularly invites short residencies from major figures in the disciplines, and in recent years has hosted important international conferences on Strauss, Berlioz, and 500 years of printed music.
It publishes Theoria, a journal devoted to historical aspects of music theory.
Annually the division conducts study abroad opportunities in Eastern Europe, Africa, and China.