Current Musicology Students
Sheridan Zahl
STUDENT PROFILE
Sheridan Zahl earned a B.A. in music and a B.A. in applied mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2014. After years spent on the West Coast teaching mathematics to underserved student populations he moved to New York and earned an M.M. from the Eastman School of Music in classical guitar performance before enrolling in Eastman’s Ph.D. program in historical musicology. His research interests include conceptions of musical performance and performance spaces throughout time, the role of extramusical elements in musical performances, and investigating functions and scope of art music performance in the 21st century. As a performer, he directly engages with the meanings and effects of classical music in traditional and nontraditional settings along the West Coast as well as in New York.