Current Musicology Students
Paul David Flood
STUDENT PROFILE
Paul David Flood (he/him) is a musicologist and Ph.D. Candidate whose research explores intersections of genre, geopolitics, and identity in global popular and avant-garde musics after 1945. His dissertation explores musical performances of diasporic identity in the Eurovision Song Contest, its global spinoffs, and its dedicated spaces. He has presented his work at numerous conferences around the world, including annual meetings of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and the Society for Musicology in Ireland. His writing appears in Scandinavian Studies, Global Musical Modernisms, and I Care If You Listen(.com). He was recently interviewed by The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, for his expertise on Eurovision ahead of the 2023 Contest. He currently serves on the IASPM-US Executive Committee.
Paul earned an M.F.A. in Musicology from the University of California, Irvine and a B.A. in Music from Westminster Choir College. His Master’s thesis, “Embracing the Outsider: Framing Conflict in Per Nørgård’s Wölfli Works,” earned him the Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship from the UC Irvine Graduate Division. Outside of his work, Paul can be found performing with professional chamber choirs and new music ensembles in the area; enjoying Rochester’s vibrant queer nightlife scene; and petting his cat, Stewie.