Music TheoryJulianna WillsonMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Julianna Willson is a third year Ph.D. student in music theory. Her research has centered on issues surrounding intertextuality and narrative within the works of 20th and 21st century female composers. In particular, Julianna’s current work focuses on questions of identity, gesture, and connections to literary nonsense within the…
Music TheoryAlex RodziankoMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE No student profile available.
Music TheoryLukas PerryMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Lukas Perry is a third-year Ph.D. student in Music Theory. His research interests include harmonic functional analysis for the diatonic modal music of Maurice Duruflé, video game music theory, and history of theory. He has presented at the Society for Music Theory (SMT) national conference, North American Conference on…
Music TheoryHanisha KulothparanMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Hanisha Kulothparan is a Tamil-Canadian from Toronto, Ontario. A first-generation university student, she is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. She holds a B.Mus. in music history and theory from Wilfrid Laurier University and an M.Mus. in music theory from Michigan…
Music TheoryLauren IrschickPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Lauren Irschick s a PhD candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. The 2023 recipient of the Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers, Lauren is currently in residence at the Smith-McCullers House in Columbus, GA. Her dissertation project, entitled “The Fictionalization of Music Analysis” explores both…
Music TheoryRuixue HuMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Ruixue Hu (BA, CUHK; MMus, Dunelm) is a third-year Ph.D. student in music theory. His research interests include musical forms, Chinese music theory, guqin and its music, Anton Bruckner, and Joe Hisaishi, among others.
Music TheoryRob HamiltonMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Rob Hamilton is a fifth-year PhD student in Music Theory. His research focuses on twentieth-century tonal music, especially with an approach that blends schema theory with theories of scale and mode. He presented on the music of Herbert Howells at SMT New Orleans in 2022, on Olivier Messiaen at…
Music TheoryJacob EichhornMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Jacob Eichhorn is a clarinetist and Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music. His research focuses on musical meaning in twentieth- and twenty-first century concert music with a secondary interest in American roots music, especially Dolly Parton’s vast output. In his dissertation, “Daughter-Flower-(Whale)-Kaiju: Music as…
Music TheoryAndrew BlakeMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Andrew Blake is a third-year Ph.D. student in music theory. Prior to his enrollment at Eastman, he earned a B.M. in Music Performance (Trombone) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Wright State University (2018), and a M.A. in Music Theory from Kent State University (2020). His research interests…
Music TheoryChristian BirknessMA/PhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Christian Birkness is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate. He holds a BM in Music Theory from Eastman (2018), where he graduated with highest distinction and was elected to the Pi Kappa Lambda musical honors society, and an MA in Music Theory from Eastman (2020). His research focuses on diminution theory and jazz…
