Megan Sarno– Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology at Princeton University

Kathleen Carreras Pereira interviews Megan Sarno, a Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology at Princeton University who specializes in early 20th-century French music.  She also performs around Princeton with her guitarist/poet husband.

• 0:00:  Musical experiences growing up
• 2:17:  Beginning to study voice
• 3:38:  Megan’s introduction to French language and culture
• 6:32:  Choosing a major at Dickinson College
• 11:29:  Megan applies to Princeton University’s graduate program in musicology
• 15:15:  Making music with her husband
• 19:15:  What Megan listened to growing up
• 20:47:  Megan’s research on musical aesthetics of religious anxiety in early 20th-century France
• 24:25:  Megan’s research on Claude Debussy’s Le Martyre de saint Sébastien
• 30:24:  On how she conducts her research
• 31:32:  Megan’s future goals

You can read Kathleen’s reflections on this interview here.

You can see Kathleen’s interview with Princeton University Ph.D. Candidate Chad Córdova here.