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…
Saxophone StudioAustin ShillingBACHELOR OF MUSICSTUDENT PROFILE Austin Shilling is a fourth year student pursuing a performance degree at the Eastman School of Music. Austin began playing saxophone at the age of 11 and has loved the instrument ever since. During his middle school and high school studies, Austin received lessons from phenomenal teachers, including Benjamin…
Saxophone StudioMatthias RothBACHELOR OF MUSICSTUDENT PROFILE Matthias Roth is an undergraduate student from Long Island, NY, currently studying at the Eastman School of Music with Professor Chien-Kwan Lin. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics at the University of Rochester. In 2023,…
Saxophone StudioDarryl LeungBACHELOR OF MUSICSTUDENT PROFILE Darryl Leung is currently a junior from Phoenix, Arizona, pursuing a bachelor of music degree in saxophone performance at the Eastman School of Music. Darryl began playing violin at the age of five and saxophone at the age of ten, participating in numerous school ensembles such as wind ensemble,…
Piano Accompanying StudioGregory SmithPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Gregory Smith, a Texas native, began his piano studies at age 5. He graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University, receiving his BM in Piano Performance in 2021. While at BYU, Gregory assisted the opera (Dido and Aeneas, Die Zauberflöte, L’elisir d’amore), concert choir, wind symphony, symphonic band, and…
