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Dr. Deanna Bush

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

Email: Deanna.Bush@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 1982
    Major: Dissertation
  • MM, Eastman School of Music, 1966
    Major: Voice Performance
  • BM, Eastman School of Music, 1965
    Major: Voice Performance

Professional Positions

  • Associate, UNT. UNT. (1988 - Present).
  • Assistant, UNT. UNT. (1982 - 1988).
  • Instructor, UNT. UNT. (1980 - 1982).

Professional Memberships

  • American Musicological Society. (Present).
  • College Music Society. (Present).
  • Eighteenth-Century Music Society. (Present).
  • Handel Society. (Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • MUAG 6900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • MUGC 5950 - Master's Thesis, 3 courses.
  • MUGC 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 1600 - Music in Human Imagination, 9 courses.
  • MUMH 1610 - Music as Communication, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 3510 - Music History and Literature Since 1750, 6 courses.
  • MUMH 4050 - Symphonic Literature, 7 courses.
  • MUMH 4070 - Operatic Literature, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 4760 - Chamber Music Literature, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • MUMH 4910 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 4920 - Senior Thesis in Music History, 5 courses.
  • MUMH 5010 - Introduction to Research in Music, 16 courses.
  • MUMH 5110 - History of Opera, 3 courses.
  • MUMH 5333 - Western Music History, 1600 1700, 1 course.
  • MUMH 5341 - Western Music History, 1700 1800, 6 courses.
  • MUMH 5342 - Western Music History 1800 1900, 1 course.
  • MUMH 5640 - Performance Practice: Classic / Romantic, 3 courses.
  • MUMH 5711 - Seminar in Musicology, 1 course.
  • MUMH 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 5910 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • MUMH 6160 - Major Composers, 1 course.
  • MUMH 6540 - Performance Practice: Classic / Romantic, 17 courses.
  • MUMH 6750 - Classical Music, 5 courses.
  • MUMH 6900 - Special Problems, 5 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Other, "Ph.d Dissertation," (2009 - 2009).
  • Other, "Ph.d Dissertation," (2008 - 2008).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, "Ph.d Dissertation," (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, "Ph.D Dissertation," (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," (2002 - 2002).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," (1994 - 1994).

Awards and Honors

  • Provost's Award for Extraordinary Professional Service to the University of North Texas, University of North Texas. (2008).
  • Alton Thibodeax Leadership Award, University of North Texas Student Government Association. (2004).

Research

Presentations Given

  • Bush, D. (Other), "Magical Mendelssohn", (2010 - 2010).
  • Bush, D. (Other), "Music Fit for Kings: Thai Court Musicians at the Court of the Sun King", (2006 - 2006).
  • Bush, D. (Other), "Expressive Rhetoric in Frescobaldi's Toccatas: Making Instruments Speak:, (2005 - 2005).