Viola Professor Claudine Bigelow Receives Grants for Interdisciplinary Folk Music Research
Viola professor Claudine Bigelow’s new research will take her back to her roots as she seeks to connect generations through music.
Bigelow recently received a Women’s Research Initiative grant from the BYU Office for Research and Graduate Studies to study Scandinavian pioneer women and folk music traditions, with an additional grant from the Kennedy Center to do interdisciplinary creative work.
After completing her previous research transposing and recording the 44 Duos of Béla Bartók for viola, Bigelow found inspiration for her next subject of focus in conversations with BYU art professor Joe Ostraff. READ MORE