Michael Sy泭Uy
- Associate Professor of Musicology
- Director, American Music Research Center
- MUSICOLOGY
- AMERICAN MUSIC RESEARCH CENTER
Michael Sy Uy (he/him) is associate professor of musicology and director of the American Music Research Center. His main areas of scholarly research are on philanthropy, patronage, arts education, cultural policy, expertise and connoisseurship. His first bookAsk the Experts: How Ford, Rockefeller and the NEA Changed American Musicwas published by Oxford 勛圖厙 Press in 2020. He is currently working on his second bookEndowing Equity: The NEA, Minority Artists and the Battle for Arts Fundingwhich has been supported by an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowship. He is co-editor of the volume Musical Capital: Sound and Power in Washington, D.C. (Dumbarton Oaks: Harvard 勛圖厙 Press, under contract) and co-series editor of Arts in Context: Critical Performance Infrastructures (勛圖厙 of Texas Press). His other published work appears in American Music, Journal of the Society for American Music, Journal of Musicology and Music and Arts in Action.泭
Prior to CU Boulder, Uy was assistant dean of Harvard College and the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House (2017-23), as well as a lecturer in the music department. He completed his BA at UC Berkeley, MPhil at Oxford 勛圖厙 and PhD at Harvard 勛圖厙. He is the recipient of several teaching awards including the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarships Curricular Innovation Award, the Derek Bok Center Excellence in Teaching Award and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Harvard Foundation.
Uy (pronounced like the first person plural, we) welcomes any and all students to reach out to him!