Nico Schuler

Nico Schüler, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor of Music
School of Art and Design
College of Fine Arts and Communication
512.245.3395
nico.schuler@txstate.edu  

Areas of Interest: Music Analysis, Interdisciplinary Aspects of Modern Music, Methods and Methodology of Music Research, Computer-Applications In Music, Pedagogy of Music Theory And History, Creativity, And Music Historiography

Dr. Nico Schüler grew up in Germany and studied at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald and at Michigan State University. Dr. Schüler was an invited speaker at national and international conferences and workshops in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, England, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Serbia, Greece, Peru, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, and throughout the United States and Canada. In 2006-2007, he was honored as “Distinguished International Scholar” by the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. At Texas State, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities (2003). Dr. Schüler is the editor of the research book series Methodology of Music Research (New York: Peter Lang), the editor of the peer-reviewed journal South Central Music Bulletin, the author and/or editor of 21 books, and the author of more than 110 articles. He is the current President of the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter and the President of the College Music Society South Central Chapter.