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Stephen Lett defends dissertation
Last Tuesday, Stephen Lett successfully
defended his dissertation, entitled "The Psychedelic Listener: Theorizing
Music in Therapeutic Practice," before a mesmerized and near-ecstatic
audience. Congratulations, Stephen!
Vivian Luong defends dissertation
Last Monday, Vivian Luong successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Analysis as Ethics: Experiments with Music Loving," before an enraptured (not to mention strongly affected) audience. Congratulations, Vivian!
SMR discussion session with Dr. Nancy Rao
On March 30th, SMR members attended a discussion session with Dr. Nancy Rao of Rutgers University. This event provided students the opportunity to connect with an alumna of the Music Theory program and engage in conversations about the academic job...
Richard Smith presents at colloquium: 'New Perspectives of Cultural Contact and Exchange'
Recently, Ethnomusicology PhD Candidate Richard Smith presented at an interdisciplinary faculty and graduate colloquium at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign to discuss "New Perspectives of Cultural Contact and Exchange." Richard's paper "Listening for Rasa and 'Ishq: Cross-Cultural Ontologies of...
SMR goes ice skating
Two weeks ago, a few SMR members went ice skating to celebrate the end of winter. There were many falls, some bruises, but luckily no lasting damage to anything but our dreams of becoming Olympic figure skaters.