Current Musicology StudentsElizabeth JorgensonSTUDENT PROFILE Elizabeth Jorgenson (they/she) is a first year M.A. student in Musicology from Cleveland, Ohio. They graduated from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music in 2023 with a B.M. in Music History and Literature. During the 2022-2023 school year at Baldwin Wallace, Elizabeth took part in the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI)…
Current Musicology StudentsKangni YangSTUDENT PROFILE Kangni Yang is a first-year M.A. student in Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music. Her research focuses on ethnic popular music in China, with an emphasis on its interplay between identity, hybridity, and gender issues within the context of globalization. Kangni holds a B.A. in Popular Music Performance from…
Current Musicology StudentsMei XingSTUDENT PROFILE Mei Xing (she/her) is a first-year graduate student in Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music. She has two cats. She holds a B.A. in Musicology from the Central Conservatory of Music. Her research interests include rave culture, Chinese traditional music, idol culture, and embodiment in music performance.
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAbigail Crafton Abigail Crafton is a first year undergraduate Organ Performance major in the studio of Nathan Laube at the Eastman School of Music. She has studied piano since the age of three and singing since the age of four. At the age of ten she began the organ. In…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicGege Bi Gege Bi, under the supervision of Professor David Higgs, is currently a master student majoring in organ performance at the Eastman School of music. Born in a musical family, she learned to play the piano at the age of four and started to perform on the stage regularly…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicCameron Oostdyk Cameron Oostdyk is a first-year undergraduate Organ Performance major in the studio of Nathan Laube. Cameron was exposed to the organ in church from a young age, and after playing it for the first time, he quickly fell in love with the instrument. Cameron began playing in church…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJulianne Zhu Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Julianne Zhu came to the United States for college in 2017 and double-majored in music and psychology at Wake Forest University with a minor in German. It was at Wake Forest where Julianne first began playing the organ, studying under Susan Bates.…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAlexander Straus-Fausto Canadian-born Alexander Straus-Fausto is an Advanced Diploma in Performance student at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY studying with Prof. David Higgs. He has been named as one of The Diapason magazine’s Class of 2023 “20 under 30”, a feature in which 20 most successful young…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJasmine Ngai Originally from Hong Kong, Jasmine Ngai graduated with a B. A. in Music (First Class Honours) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2024, where she started studying organ with Dr. Anne Lam, and vocal with soprano Yuki Ip. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Hong Kong…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicMatthew Luca At the age of thirteen, Matt Luca began his journey with the organ, otherwise known as the King of Instruments. Within the year, he applied for his first local chapter AGO scholarship with a program that included Franck’s Pastorale, Op. 19, and in the second year auditioned with…
