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Darren Mueller is an Associate Professor of Musicology and Affiliate Faculty in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media at the University of Rochester. He is on academic leave for Spring 2026. His research focuses on the intersection of sound technologies, cultural agency, and music history, particularly in jazz and black musical traditions. He holds a PhD from Duke University (2015), an MA in Jazz History from Rutgers University, and a BM in Saxophone Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder.
His current book project examines the jazz industry’s embrace of the LP in the 1950s, analyzing how this medium reshaped jazz’s cultural standing. He has published in Jazz Perspectives and Journal of the Society for American Music, and his work has been supported by the Berger-Carter Fellowship. Mueller also collaborates on digital humanities projects, such as Provoke! Digital Sound Studies, which explores multimodal scholarship and its intersections with traditional academic writing.
His teaching spans musicology, digital media, and jazz history. He frequently presents at conferences like the American Musicological Society and Society for Ethnomusicology. His research bridges sound studies, cultural history, and technology’s role in shaping musical expression.
