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University of Wisconsin Whitewater
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Jane Riegel Ferencz
Assistant Professor
Early Music Ensemble Director
OFFICE: CA 2017PHONE: (262) 472-5626
EMAIL: ferenczj@uww.edu
Education
B.M. DePauw University (Cello Performance); M.M. Kent State University (Cello Performance); M.A. Kent State University (Musicology); Ph.D. UW-Madison (Musicology); additional doctoral study at Indiana University-BloomingtonBiography
Jane Riegel Ferencz is Assistant Professor of Music History and adjunct faculty in the Department of Women's Studies at UW-Whitewater. An Ohio native, she holds degrees in cello performance and musicology from DePauw University, Kent State University, and the University of Wisconsin- Madison, with additional doctoral study at Indiana University (Bloomington). She has presented papers at meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Haydn Society, and other organizations. Her musicological research interests are diverse, ranging from late 18th and early 19th century orchestral and chamber music to American music of the 20th century. Her current projects include studies of the WPA Federal Music Project in Wisconsin and the works of American pianist-composer-arranger Genevi?ve Pitot.
Dr. Ferencz is a member of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, Early Music America, the American Beethoven Society, and the American String Teachers Association, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Cello Society. She has also been a member of the SAM Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award Committee (serving as Chair in 2008).Awards: UW-W Excellence Award for Instructional Academic Staff (2002), UW-W LEARN Center Teaching Scholar (2002-2003); Music Department Teaching Award (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007); nominee for UW-W Everett Long Award for the Advancement of General Education (2008)