Congratulations to our 2021 Ph.D. Graduates

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Graduate Degrees Conferred


Meredith Graham, Ph.D. (Musicology)
Dissertation: “Multi-Text Anthology in the Choral Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, Grace Williams, and Elizabeth Maconchy, 1919-1979”
Committee Chair: Philip Rupprecht

Karen Messina, Ph.D. (Musicology) -- FALL 2020
Dissertation: "Dramatic Impulse: Diegetic Music in the Operas of Giacomo Puccini"
Committee Chair: Philip Rupprecht

Maxwell Ramage, Ph.D. (Musicology)
Dissertation: "Transcendental Oscillations in Popular and Classical Music Since the 1800s"
Committee Chair: Nicholas Stoia

Harrison Russin, Ph.D. (Musicology)
Dissertation: "'I Believe': The Credo in Music, 1300 to 1500"
Committee Chair: Thomas Brothers