On this episode of Behind the Peake, Associate Professor of Music History Sarah Williams chats with musicologist and pianist Bonny Miller author of Augusta Browne: Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America (Boydell & Brewer, 2020).  This wide-ranging discussion touches on the landscape of feminist musicology, who decides what is good music and great music, the challenges of archival research and independent scholarship, and how we can get "more seats at the table" of the Western classical canon. 

Recent Masters of Music in Music History graduates April Balay and Kayla Low discuss the joys and challenges of completing coursework and a major research thesis in two years, how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their graduate studies, and how to persevere with large-scale writing projects. April discusses her thesis on nostalgic trends in American popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries in times of cultural upheaval. Kayla's thesis explored the legacy of 18th-century flautist Johann Joachim Quantz and the reasons for the reverence of his treatise yet the absence of his pieces from programming on contemporary degree recitals.  

Composer Meira Warshauer (Columbia, SC) and marine scientist and artist Bonnie Monteleone (Wilmington, NC) discuss art, music, and environmental advocacy as well as their collaborative work. Their art and music will be showcased at the University of South Carolina’s Southern Exposure New Music Series on October 27, 2022 with the performance of Meira’s Ocean Calling Trilogy and Bonnie’s art installation What Goes Around Comes Around. Find out more at meriawarshauer.com and plasticoceanproject.org.