Music TheoryEvan MartschenkoMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Evan Martschenko (he/him) is a music theorist, pianist, vocalist, harpsichordist, and first-year PhD student at the Eastman School of Music. Evan’s research centers around musical reactions to contemporary historical events, focusing on American and Polish politics since the late twentieth century and furthering studies of composers such as Frederic…
Music TheoryRyan GalikPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Ryan Galik is a music theory PhD student and Sproull fellow in his first year at Eastman. His research investigates the intersections of genre theory, media studies, and music perception and cognition in ambient, minimalist, and avant-garde music. Ryan is also an avid cinephile who explores cinematic diegeses through literature…
Music TheoryMarina LeeMA/PhDSTUDENT PROFILE Marina Lee is a second-year PhD student and Sproull Fellow in music theory. Her research interests include music cognition, gender studies, post-tonal music and composers, methods of analysis that involve quantitative data, and geometrical constructions in musical works both tonal and non-tonal. Marina’s current research project focuses on the application of…
Music TheorySam FaloticoPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Sam Falotico (sfalotic@u.rochester.edu) is a second-year Ph.D. student and Sproull Fellow in music theory. His research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of contemporary J-pop (c. 2010–present), drawing from music theory & musicology, media theory, pop-cultural studies/discourse, and literary theory. His current work focuses on issues of intermediality,…
Music TheoryMaeve GillenPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Maeve Gillen (she/her) is a bassoonist, conductor, and third-year PhD candidate in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. Her current research centers on the intersection of bodies and politics in American minimalist music. Maeve’s other research interests include queer and trans* theory, theories of rhythm and meter,…
Music TheoryQiuwan Brena ZhaoBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Music TheoryZekai “Kai” LiuMA/PhDSTUDENT PROFILE Zekai is a first-year Ph.D. student in music theory, where he also received his B.M. in piano performance and music theory. His research interests include microtonal music, Schenkerian analysis, and film/pop music. He is also a first-year M.M student in Piano Performance and he studied in Prof. Marina Lomazov and…
Music TheoryZixu Daniel QinBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Music TheoryMary JedynakBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Mary Jedynak is a fourth-year undergraduate student in Music Theory and Guitar Performance. She studies guitar with Nicholas Goluses, and she is from Pittsford, NY.
Music TheoryJacob HintonBM in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
