The Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University is proud to highlight the presenters representing our community at the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society (AMS) and the Society for Music Theory (SMT), taking place November 6–9, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This prestigious national gathering showcases innovative research across all areas of music scholarship. Presentations from the CWRU Musicology program span topics of politics, identity, performance, and cultural expression:
- Carlos Gámez Hernández, “Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico and King Ferdinand VI of Spain: The Politics of Liturgy in Spanish Chant Sources.”
- Courtney Rae Nichols, “‘The Freak Who Sings in the Tubs’: Camp Performance and Gay Empowerment in New York’s Continental Bathhouse.”
- Anna Somerville, “Poisonous Personae: Operatic Sorceresses and Witchcraft in Late Seventeenth-Century France.”
- Matt Yuknas, “Negotiating Whiteness in 1990s Hip-Hop: Eminem, Insane Clown Posse, and Detroit Horrorcore.”
- Marcelo Gabriel Rebuffi, “A Hero and a Queen: Freddie Mercury’s Narratives of Time Travel and Queerness.”
- Camilo Andrés Lozano Velásquez, “‘It’s She Who Holds Her Tongue Who Gets a Man’: Performativity, Music, Gender, and Sexuality in a Selection of Animated Disney Films.”
- Katherine Jane Sucha, “Amo Christum: Music for a Divine Marriage.”
These presentations reflect the breadth and creativity of research at CWRU, with participants exploring intersections of history, culture, and performance across time periods and traditions.
For the full conference program, visit the AMS–SMT 2025 website.