Russell E. Murray, Jr.

Associate Professor of Music and Associate Chair
Director, University of Delaware Collegium Musicum
Core Faculty, Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program

Room 209
Amy E. du Pont Music Building
302-831-6287
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Russell Murray is Associate Professor of Music History and Literature and director of the Collegium Musicum. His regular course assignment includes Baroque and Classical Music (MUSC 312), Medieval and Renaissance Music (MUSC 311), and Women in Music (MUSC/WOMS302). He has been at the University of Delaware since 1991.

Dr. Murray's research has focused primarily on North Italian sacred music of the Renaissance. His work includes biographical, historical and theoretical studies of music and musicians in the city of Parma, and questions of musical pedagogy in the sixteenth century. He received a Fulbright Award for Dissertation Research in 1986-87, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Delaware.

New technology is an important component in Dr. Murray's teaching, and he has developed multimedia and interactive course materials utilizing CD and Laser Disc media in conjunction with the hyper-text and interactive formats available with the computer. These materials range from simple guides for individual pieces to more involved lessons that are integrated into the structure of the individual courses. He is author of the Interactive Presentation and Listening Guides for the Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, and co-author (with Kristine Forney) of  The Enjoyment of Music Online Tutor, now in its second edition. Both are published by W.W. Norton & Co..