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Recently, SMR member Lena Leson gave her dissertation presentation, one of the final steps before defense. Not to be undone by coronavirus-related social-distancing measures, Lena delivered the presentation electronically. Please see below for dissertation title and abstract!

Earlier this week, Patricia Moss successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Interpreting Race and Difference in the Operas of Richard Strauss" (abstract below), before a raptly attentive audience. Congratulations, Patricia, and all the best on final revisions! Interpreting Race and Difference...

To round out their spring break, SMR members Anna Nelson and Sylvie Tran traveled to the University of Iowa in Iowa City for the 24th annual meeting of the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium. In addition to presenting successful papers (abstracts...

Earlier this week, SMR members (and friends) gathered for the February edition of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student-Faculty Reading Group. This time, Claude M. Steele's Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do was the topic...

Earlier this week, SMR member Kristen Clough successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Opera in Crisis? Reinterpreting and Revealing the Cultural and Political Impact of French Fourth Republic Opera, 1945–1958" (abstract below). Congratulations, Kristen, and all the best with final revisions!...