DMA Reflections, Year 1

In the past few weeks, after my first year of doctoral work at Arizona State University has wrapped-up, I have reflected on the many opportunities I was given and the many more to come in the next school year.  As a conducting major, I have worked with many conductors, musicians, and other arts professionals from all over the world. Singing with Jubilant Sykes in Leonard Bernstein's Mass, conducting and collaborating with peers on new music, presenting at conferences in Dublin, Ireland and Boston, MA, and joining the Chandler Children's Choir program are some of the major highlights of my first year at ASU. In the next year, I hope to continue my research in gender justice in all genres and areas of music, as well as move forward with preliminary research for my dissertation (!!!!!). I am extremely grateful for supportive teachers and mentors who have guided me through this process and continue encourage me to follow my dreams.