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

November 27, 2014 By Eric 1 Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Classical Music, Music and Ideas, Oral Histories, Popular and Folk Music, Sacred Music Tagged With: Claude Debussy, Dickinson College, Le Martyre de saint Sébastien, Megan Sarno, musicology, Princeton University

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