Kevin Mooney

Kevin Mooney, Ph.D.
SENIOR LECTURER
School of Music
College of Fine Arts and Communication
512.245.3401
km30@txstate.edu

Areas of Interest: Musicology, Music history, American music, Texas music, Women in Music, Jazz; 19^th Century Art Song, Music and Identity, Oral history

Kevin Mooney, Ph.D. (Senior Lecturer, musicology) holds both a bachelor’s degree in music performance (guitar) and a master’s degree in music education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a doctor of philosophy degree in musicology/ethnomusicology from The University of Texas at Austin. His current research focuses on jazz history with particular emphasis on the music and careers of vocalist Louise Tobin and clarinetist Peanuts Hucko. Much of his research and writings consider music and identity issues related to American nationalism and southern regionalism. In addition to articles and reviews published in Journal of the Society for American Music, AmeriGrove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Notes, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, The Journal of Texas Music History, the Bulletin of the Society for American Music, Great Plains Quarterly, The New Mexico Historical Review, and the Handbook of Texas Music, Dr. Mooney authored th e Instructor’s Manual for the past four editions of American Music: A Panorama (New York: Thomson-Wadsworth, 2004, 2006, 2010, and 2013). He also currently serves on the editorial boards of the South Central Music Bulletin (College Music Society) and The Journal of Texas Music History (Texas State University). Prior to his arrival at Texas State University (2007), Dr. Mooney has taught a wide range of courses at College of St. Mary, Omaha, Nebraska, Southwest Texas State University, and at The University of Texas at Austin, where he was Associate Chair of the Center for American Music as well as founder and director of the Texas Music Oral History Project. From 2008-2011 he served as Director of Graduate Studies in Music at Texas State University. Dr. Mooney continues to work in collaboration with the Center for Texas Music History in the History Department here at Texas State, teaching “History of the Blues,” a course that he initially co-taught at The University of T exas at Austin with blues impresario Clifford Antone (d. 2006). As a classical and jazz guitarist, Kevin Mooney has performed in concert with Dizzy Gillespie and David Amram, and has recorded several jazz tracks on Novak and Haar—Old Friends (Ware House Productions, Inc.: Omaha, Nebraska, 2005).