Alyssa Wells

Historical Musicology

Alyssa Wells is a candidate in historical musicology and Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include: labor union and industry bands, protest music, the politics of sound and space, and communist and socialist composers. Before coming to the University of Michigan, she completed master’s degrees at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Musicology (M.M.) and German and Scandinavian Studies (M.A.). While at UMass, her research on Hanns Eisler and music festivals in the German Democratic Republic received funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Alyssa also holds a B.A. in Music (trombone) and German Studies from Western Michigan University. In her free time, she enjoys running, cooking, telling terrible jokes, and making annoying puns.

Contact: abwells@umich.edu

Posts

• Message from SMR co-chairs – April 03, 2020
• Welcome message from the co-chairs – September 03, 2019
• Alyssa Wells: summer archival research – August 23, 2019
• SMR discussion session with Dr. Nancy Rao – April 18, 2019
• Alyssa Wells at the 2019 Harvard Graduate Music Conference – February 13, 2019
• First 2018–19 General Assembly – October 02, 2018
• Musical Instrument Museum Trip – March 24, 2018
• Alyssa Wells on Brass Chicks Blog – March 16, 2018

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