海角社区

Musicology Students and Graduates

Current Students in Musicology

Rachel Cisneros is a master鈥檚 student in musicology at 海角社区 and serves as a graduate assistant for The Musician In Society and Survey of Western Music History. She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Music Education (2014) and a master鈥檚 degree in Oboe Performance (2017) from Northwestern State University. Rachel has worked with several junior high and high school bands in the northern Louisiana area, and has held the positions of band director at NJH and assistant director at NCHS in Natchitoches (2017鈥�20). Her research interests include musical theater, Francis Poulenc, the music of American indigenous peoples, and mental illness/disability in music.

MaryKate F. Core is a master鈥檚 student in musicology at 海角社区. She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in vocal performance from McNeese State University (2020) and a bachelor鈥檚 of science in Geology with a minor in Anthropology from 海角社区 (2015). She serves as the Assistant Director of Music Ministries and the Asbury Ringers Handbell Choir Director at First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, Louisiana. MaryKate has worked with the Governor鈥檚 Program for Gifted Children, teaching classes such as Chemistry, Archeology, and Music Theory and has taught science and Latin classes for schools in the Diocese of Lake Charles. Her interests include early music, sacred music, audience development, and audience accessibility.

Francis Scully is a doctoral student in musicology at 海角社区 as well as an orchestral conductor and educator based in New Orleans. In 2007, Scully founded New Orleans-based chamber orchestra New Resonance Orchestra (NRO). The ensemble collaborates with theater, dance, literary, and visual artists to create interdisciplinary performances which relate the emotions of classical music directly to the lives of the audience. New Resonance has been the recipient of numerous awards under Scully鈥檚 direction, including the New Orleans Classical Arts Award for 鈥淏est Choral Presentation鈥� for NRO鈥檚 2013 performances of Monteverdi鈥檚 鈥淰espers of 1610鈥� and the 2018 award for 鈥淏est New Classical Music Presentation鈥� for their world-premiere performances of Tucker Fuller鈥檚 Book of Saints. Mr. Scully shares his passion for music in a variety of educational roles. As Assistant Professor of Music at University of Holy Cross, Scully inspires new listeners in courses on Music Appreciation, 20th Century Music, and the History of Rock. As a frequent guest conductor of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Scully has conducted and written scripts for several education and family concerts, including a recent concert which kicked off the 300th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the City of New Orleans. He holds an M.M. in Conducting from Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar and a B.M. in violin performance from Catholic University where he was a student of Jody Gatwood.

Matthew Wood is a doctoral student in musicology at 海角社区. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance also from 海角社区, where he studied with Willis Delony and prepared research on alternatively-sized piano keyboards. Recent ventures include a lecture-recital on Debussy鈥檚 second book of Images; and solo piano recitals at the 2014, 2018, and 2019 World Piano Conferences in Novi Sad, Serbia; at the V Encuentro de Pianistas in San Jose, Costa Rica; and at Erin Hall in Cape Town, South Africa. His current research interests lie in the influence of religion on large-scale piano works by nineteenth-century composers, such as Liszt. From 2013 to 2020, he taught fulltime at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, as accompanist, choir director, opera conductor, and instructor of music theory, aural skills, class piano, and music history.

 

Recent Dissertations and Theses in Musicology (since 2000)

Michael Palmese (PhD, 2019)

鈥淛ohn Adams Composing Through Others: Modeling, Innovation, and Recomposition鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Dr. Palmese taught as Visiting Assistant Professor at Maynooth University, Ireland. His article, 鈥淎 Portrait of John Adams as a Young Man: The 1970s Juvenilia,鈥� was recently published in American Music.

 

Katlin Harris (MM, 2019)

鈥淭he Stanocola Refinery Band: Industry, Tradition, and Community鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Ms. Harris is a doctoral student in musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Ronaldo Augusto Teles Dos Santos (DMA, 2018)

鈥淢usical Introductions to Cavalleria rusticana: Giuseppe Perrotta鈥檚 鈥楤ozzetto sinfonico鈥� and Pietro Mascagni鈥檚 鈥楶reludio鈥欌��

Minor area advisor: Andreas Giger

 

Justin Andrew Owen (PhD, 2018)

鈥淭he Handmaiden of Gnosis: Music in Esoteric Societies鈥�

Advisor: Blake Howe

Now: Dr. Owen is active as a singer and has taught music history courses at Lamar University.

 

Vivian Buchanan (MM, 2018)

鈥淒ebussy鈥檚 Piano Rolls and the French Harpsichord Tradition鈥�

Advisor: Daniel Shanahan

Now: Ms. Buchanan is a doctoral student at Florida State University, where she is studying Information Science with a focus on music librarianship.

 

Leanny Mu帽oz (MM, 2018)

鈥淗omenajes: Finding Spanish Identity in Falla鈥檚 Orchestral Suite鈥�

Advisor: Blake Howe

Now: Ms. Mu帽oz is a doctoral student at the University of California at Davis.

Warren Kimball (PhD, 2017)

鈥淣orthern Music Culture in Antebellum New Orleans鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Dr. Kimball teaches music history courses at 海角社区.

 

John T. Dunn (PhD, 2016)

鈥淭he Representation of Disability in the Music of Alfred Hitchcock Films鈥�

Advisor: Blake Howe

Now: Dr. Dunn is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

 

Karl Simmerman (MM, 2016)

鈥淭he Sketches for Felix Mendelssohn鈥檚 Paulus, Op. 36鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

 

Yuxi Zhao (MM, 2016)

鈥淶henfang Zhao鈥檚 Widow Xianglin and New Directions in Modern Huai Opera鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

 

Timothy Love (PhD, 2015)

鈥淭homas Davis, The Nation, and Songs of Irish Nationalism鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Dr. Love works as an administrative assistant at 海角社区 and teaches occasional music history courses. Research from his dissertation has appeared in the journal Nineteenth-Century Music Review.

 

Megan Murph (MM, 2013)

鈥淢ax Neuhaus and the Musical Avant-Garde鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Ms. Murph is pursuing a PhD in musicology at the University of Kentucky.

 

Tina Huettenrauch (PhD, 2012)

鈥淭hree Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Performance Practice鈥�

Advisor: Jan Herlinger

Now: Dr. Huettenrauch completed her MLS, with a specialization in academic and health services librarianship.

 

Justin Andrew Owen (MM 2012)

鈥淗idden Music: Vowel Formant Theory and the Languages of Verdi鈥檚 Don Carlos鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

Now: Dr. Owen earned a PhD in Musicology at 海角社区.

 

Warren Kimball (MM, 2011)

鈥淚ves鈥檚 Seasonal Songs鈥�

Advisor: Brett Boutwell

Now: Mr. Kimball earned a PhD in Musicology at 海角社区.

 

Sarah Wells Kaufman (MM, 2009)

鈥淭he Pasquale Amato Correspondence at 海角社区鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

Now: Mrs. Kaufman received her PhD in Education in 2020, with a focus on curriculum studies. She serves as Assistant Director of Academic Services at DePaul University School of Music in Chicago.

 

Tina Huettenrauch (MM, 2008)

鈥淭he Mise en sc猫ne of Rossini鈥檚 Le Si猫ge de Corinthe and the Conventions of Staging at the Paris Op茅ra in the 1820s鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

Now: Ms. Huettenrauch earned a PhD in Musicology at 海角社区.

 

Patrick Kaufman (MM, 2007)

鈥淭he Apologia of Franchino Gafurio: A Critical Edition and Translation鈥�

Advisor: Jan Herlinger

Now: Mr. Kaufman is pursuing a PhD in musicology at the University of Chicago.

 

Joseph La Rosa (DMA, 2006)

鈥淔ormal Conventions in Verdi鈥檚 Falstaff鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

Now: Dr. La Rosa teaches piano and language classes in Paris, France. He also works as a French-English translator.

 

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith (PhD, 2002)

鈥淎lban Berg鈥檚 Filmic Music: Intentions and Extensions of the Film Music Interlude in the Opera Lulu鈥�

Advisor: Jan Herlinger

Now: Dr. Goldsmith is a sound recording engineer and producer and the co-owner of MLMC Media, located in Northampton, MA.

 

Heather Koren Pinson (MM, 2002)

鈥淎spects of Jazz and Classical Music in David N. Baker鈥檚 Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini鈥�

Advisor: Andreas Giger

Now: Dr. Pinson is Associate Professor of Media Arts, Associate Professor of Communication, and Department Head of Communication at Robert Morris University.

 

Nancy Ellen Washer (PhD, 2002)

鈥溾�楲os motz e.l so鈥�: Words, Melody, and Their Interaction in the Songs of Folquet de Marseille鈥�

Advisor: Jan Herlinger

Now: Dr. Washer is Director of the Delta College, State University of New York at Brockport.

 

Linda Page Cummins (PhD, 2001)

鈥淒ebussy and the Fragment鈥�

Advisor: Matthew Brown and Jan Herlinger

Now: Dr. Cummins is Associate Professor of Musicology and the University of Alabama.