Kelsy Morrison (she/her) is a third-year Ph.D. student in Musicology at the Eastman School of Music. She holds an M.A. in Musicology from Eastman and an M.A. in German Translation from Kent State University, where she also earned B.A. degrees in Music and German (with minors in Classics and Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies). Kelsy is currently researching the medieval German Minnesang tradition while also cultivating her interest in Romantic German composers Emilie Mayer and Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden. Her two research areas coalesced in her paper “Reframing Minnesang: Nationalism, Morality, and Feminism in Mathilde and Richard Kralik von Meyrswalden’s Opera Unter den Linden,” which she presented at the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies held at the University of Rochester last spring. She was also a member of the Vagantes Conference planning committee. Kelsy is serving as Vice President of the Eastman Graduate Musicology Association for the 2026-27 academic year. When not ensconced in her books, Kelsy enjoys knitting and spending time with her family and cats.

kmorri19@u.rochester.edu