Dr. James Parsons - Academic Spotlight

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Channel: Missouri State University · 2013 · Education

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Dr. James Parsons is a professor of music history at Missouri State University. He is a frequent speaker at conferences in the United States and internationally.  Dr. Parsons has written on the music of famous composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Reichardt and Schubert, among many others. Dr. Parsons is currently working on a book-length study of 20th century German song. 

His research has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship. Most recently, Dr. Parsons presented his paper on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the International Conference on 19th Century Music at the University of Edinburgh.

On the court to congratulate Dr. Parsons are interim dean of the College of Arts and Letters Dr. Gloria Galanes and Music Department Head Dr. Julie Combs. Ladies and gentlemen, please acknowledge the accomplishments of Dr. James Parsons. He is in the BancorpSouth Academic Spotlight.

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