Research
Garrett Schumann’s interdisciplinary music research involves topics that range from Heavy Metal Music, to artificial intelligence, and to structural racism in classical music. This work combines aspects of musicology, music theory, critical theory and sociology by drawing on precedents from bell hooks, Robin James, Rinaldo Walcott, Samuel Floyd, and Robert Walser, among many other academics and journalists.
A proud public scholar, Garrett has released his research in the journals Grove Music and Music Theory Spectrum as well as more accessible outlets like The New York Times, Chamber Music, Early Music America Magazine, and VAN Magazine. He also regularly appears on podcasts and presents his work at conferences, guest residencies, and public libraries across the United States and in Europe.
Garrett holds faculty positions in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science & the Arts as well as the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He has also served on the Editorial Board for Groundworks, a digital journal showcasing innovative achievements in arts-integrative research, since 2020.
Conference, Residencies, and Media Appearances
2022
The Ann Arbor District Library
“The Life and Music of Vicente Lusitano”, with Joseph McHardy; October 2022
Music in African and its Diffusion in the Early Modern World, University of Tours (France)
“Understanding Vicente Lusitano’s Life and Music”, with Joseph McHardy; June 2022
The BBC
Quoted in, “The Great 16th Century Black Composer Erased From History”, by Holly Williams; June 2022
“The Music of Julia Perry”, Ann Arbor District Library
Performance video exhibition and interview with mezzo-soprano Olivia Johnson; May 2022
2021
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Understanding Vicente Lusitano’s Life and Music”, with Joseph McHardy; December 2021
Information Overload? Music Studies in the Age of Abundance, September, University of Birmingham (UK)
“Vicente Lusitano: A Case Study in Digital Music Scholarship”, with Joseph McHardy; September 9, 2021
New Music Gathering, August, Minneapolis, MN
“Local Government and Money”; August 16, 2021
Lexical Tones podcast,
“Philip Ewell”, interview with music theorist Philip Ewell of Hunter College; March 9, 2021
Racism and Classical Music, January, graduate course at Bowling Green State University
“Vicente Lusitano a composers of African descent”, with Joseph McHardy
2020
Trilloquy, podcast
“Opus 34 - The ÆPEX of Diversity”, May 18, 2020
VAN Magazine
The College Music Society Midwest Region Conference, April, Oakland University (Michigan)
“Music Created by White Men Predominates in Music Theory Textbooks”, cancelled due to COVID-19