Current Musicology StudentsSheridan ZahlSTUDENT PROFILE Sheridan Zahl (he/him) is a PhD student in historical musicology whose research interests involve the intersections of post-structuralist philosophy, aesthetics, and music. He is particularly intrigued by questions of how music can reveal the connections between materialism and ideality in ways which underline how those domains are interrelated, dependent on…
Current Musicology StudentsEleanor PriceSTUDENT PROFILE Eleanor Price (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in Historical Musicology at the Eastman School of Music. Her dissertation project explores the generic and socio-political boundaries of thirteenth-century motets and is supported by the M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Endowment for research in France and the Susan B. Anthony Institute. She has presented…
Current Musicology StudentsLauren GangerSTUDENT PROFILE Lauren Ganger graduated summa cum laude from Mercyhurst University in 2020 with a B.A. in English and music (voice) and a minor in philosophy. Upon graduation, she was the Arts recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in the Hafenmaier College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. She also holds…
Current Musicology StudentsBethany BrinsonSTUDENT PROFILE Bethany Brinson, originally from North Carolina, is a rising third-year Ph.D. student in musicology at the Eastman School of Music. Her research interests include 20th-century sound art and continued experimental and poststructural approaches to composition, particularly involving mimesis and naturalism. She has participated in intensive learning experiences to support and…
Current Musicology StudentsPaul David FloodSTUDENT PROFILE Paul David Flood (he/him) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology whose research engages questions surrounding migration, diaspora, and globalization in contemporary European popular and avant-garde musics. His dissertation asks how members of Europe’s migrant and diasporic communities have engaged with the Eurovision Song Contest in ways that complicate notions of European…
Current Musicology StudentsLauren BerlinSTUDENT PROFILE Lauren Berlin (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology whose primary research explores the intersections of television music, broadcasting culture, and transnational circulation. Her dissertation examines TV musical variety shows from 1948–1965 as a site for the performance and formation of postwar American identity. She has presented work at annual…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicBenjamin Kjell Benjamin Kjell is a doctoral student in organ performance and literature at Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nathan Laube. He received a bachelor’s degree in church music (2018) and a master’s degree in organ and related keyboard instruments (2021) at the Academy of Music and…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAugustine Kweku Sobeng Augustine Sobeng is a native of Shama, in the Western Region of Ghana. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology in 2014 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (K.N.U.S.T) in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied for his Masters in Organ Performance under…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAaron Tan Concert organist Aaron Tan is a leading young artist in North America. In October 2021 he was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Canadian International Organ Competition as well as three additional awards for performances of specific works at the competition (the Sir Ernest MacMillan Award for Canadian…
