Sanguinetti, Rachael
Music Teaching & LearningRachael SanguinettiPhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Rachael Sanguinetti is a fifth year PhD student in music education. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Musical Arts, Minor in Social Psychology, Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music (2015), and a Masters of Music in Music…
Factor, M. Jacob
Music Teaching & LearningM. Jacob FactorPhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Jacob Factor is a 4th year PhD student in music education. He earned his Masters of music and Bachelor degrees in performance and education from Ithaca College. His teaching experience largely centers around providing the utmost in personalized experiences through one-on-one private lessons.…
Zhang, Zhilin
Music Teaching & LearningZhilin ZhangPhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Zhilin Zhang is a third year PhD student. She received her BM in Music Education from Henan University and an MM in Music Education from the University of Michigan. She has diverse teaching experience in both China and the U.S. Zhilin taught for two…
Peykarzadeh, Kimia
Music Teaching & LearningKimia PeykarzadehDMA in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Kimia Peykarzadeh is a second year DMA student in music education. She earned a M.M in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at University of Colorado Boulder and B.M in Piano Performance at University of Tehran, Iran. Her research interests include piano pedagogy, group piano class,…
Webber, Samantha
Music Teaching & LearningSamantha WebberPhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Samantha WebberΒ is a 4th year PhD student. She has a bachelorβs degree in music education and flute performance and a Master of Arts in teaching from Christopher Newport University. SheΒ also has a Master of Arts in music education from Case Western Reserve University. Sam…
Fleischman, Johnathan A.
Music Teaching & LearningJohnathan A. FleischmanPhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Jonathan FleischmanΒ is a second year PhD student in music education. His BM is in Music Education and Viola Performance from Ithaca College, and his MA in Music Education is from Eastman. HeΒ taught elementary and middle school orchestra in Liverpool, NY, for three years,…
Burnside, Kelton
Music Teaching & LearningKelton BurnsidePhD in Music Teaching & LearningSTUDENT PROFILE Kelton Burnside is a third year PhD student in music education. He earned a Master of Music in music education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, and a Bachelor of Music in music education from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. Prior to doctoral…
Martschenko, Evan
Music TheoryEvan MartschenkoPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Evan Martschenko (he/him) is a music theorist, pianist, singer, harpsichordist, and a PhD student at the Eastman School of Music. Evanβs research explores historical systems of post-tonal analysis, with a special focus on pitch-class set theories from various locations and time periods, asking how and why certain modes of…
Galik, Ryan
Music TheoryRyan GalikPhD in TheorySTUDENT PROFILE Ryan Galik is a music theory PhD student and Sproull fellow in his second year at Eastman. His primary research investigates how subversive techniques in ambient music serve to distinguish artists and their music amidst contemporary “ubiquitous music” ecologies. The project gathers literature from music theory, music cognition, media…










