Elon music professor wins award

Robin Attas, assistant professor of music, was awarded the 2016 Adam Krims Award by the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory.

Robin Attas, assistant professor of music, was awarded the 2016 Adam Krims Award by the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory, for her 2015 article “Form as Process: The Buildup Introduction in Popular Music” published in Music Theory Spectrum 37/2.

The award is given annually for the best publication involving theory or analysis of popular music written by a junior scholar.