About
The H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College is an internationally recognized center for the study and presentation of American music. A division of the college's Conservatory of Music, the Hitchcock Institute, originally known as the Institute for Studies in American Music (ISAM), was established in 1971 by preeminent musicologist, American music scholar (and later distinguished professor) H. Wiley Hitchcock, its first director. His successor, Carol J. Oja, served as director from 1993 to 1997; Ellie M. Hisama served as director from 1997 to 2005. Jeffrey Taylor became the fourth director in 2007, ushering in a new era for the institute under the Hitchcock name in 2008. In 2019, Stephanie Jensen-Moulton became the fifth director.
The Hitchcock Institute publishes the biannual online periodical American Music Review and a series of monographs, serves as an information center, and sponsors conferences and symposia exploring music of the Americas from art music, popular music, and oral and improvised traditions. The Hitchcock Institute maintains an international presence while continuing to enrich the experience of Brooklyn College students, faculty, and members of the Brooklyn community through its commitment to anti-racist events, support of oral history pedagogy in music courses, and stimulating lectures, conferences, and artist residencies.