B.A. Music, Musicology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ana María Díaz-Pinto is a PhD student in
ethnomusicology. She is originally from Rancagua, Chile, and
received her bachelor’s degree in music, with a major in
musicology, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in
2020. During her undergraduate experience, she developed a
particular interest in dance and movement, performance and
ethnography theory, and Latin American youth culture.
Mark Feng is a Ph.D. candidate in
ethnomusicology. He holds two MAs in ethnomusicology and
musicology from the University of California, Davis and the
Taipei National University of Arts. Mark is a trans-Pacific,
activist ethnomusicologist, and his study at UC Davis was
sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Mark’s
dissertation examines the intertwinement of whiteness and Han
Taiwanese ethnic hegemony through the music and embodiment of
Taiwanese heavy metal. He conducts musical ethnographic fieldwork
in three major Taiwanese cities, Taipei, Taichung, and Takao.
Ko-Hua Hung is a PhD student in Ethnomusicology at the University
of California, Davis. She earned an MA in Musicology from
National Taiwan University (2018) with Professor Yamauchi
Fumitaka. Her research examines how technologically mediated
sound shapes identity and structures the relationship between
musicians and audiences in popular music.
M.F.A. Music Performance and Literature, emphasis in Improvisation, Mills CollegeB.M. Music Performance and Literature, Cal State Long BeachA.A. Music, Rio Hondo College
Robert Lopez is a PhD student in ethnomusicology whose work is
greatly informed by his background as a percussionist and
educator. Since 2011, he has been an active member of the Bay
Area new music community working with groups SO AR, the Red Room
Orchestra, Grex and Jordan Glenn’s BEAK among others. Since 2014,
he has maintained a close relationship with Brazilian master
drummer Jorge Alabê. This partnership has led to presentations at
the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, awards from the Fulbright US
Student Program and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program.
Julius “Vodzi” Torgboh is a PhD student in
Ethnomusicology. He was raised in an exceptionally rich culture
of music in the community of Dzogadze, Volta Region, Ghana, where
he plays a key role as an indigenous knowledge keeper, music
director, performer, ordained talking drum player
(Atsrima) in Avenor traditional chiefdom, and
Hunua (traditional spiritual leader).
B.M. Music Education, Arizona State UniversityM.A. Ethnomusicology, Arizona State University
Alex Rossi is a Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology
at UC Davis. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the
intersection of music cognition and ethnomusicology, while also
drawing from his background as a certified music educator. Alex’s
prior and current work include research on music-motor
synchronization in Afro-Brazilian capoeira and Indonesian
gamelan, and song-mode matching in historical recordings of
capoeira mestres.
Jennifer Sherrill has been a musician and
teacher in the Chicago region for the past twenty years. She
holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in vocal performance and vocal
pedagogy from Northern Illinois University and North Park
University. She has served as cantor and youth choir director for
Saint Gregory the Great on the north side of Chicago and has
introduced countless young students to the joys of piano,
ukulele, and singing.
M.A., Music, University of California, Davis (2020)B.A., Music Education, The College of St. Scholastica (2018)
Sun Ny Vang (first name pronounced “Sunny”) is
Moob Leeg / Hmoob Lees [Blue Mong / Hmong]. He was born and
raised on Dakota homelands (currently occupied by St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minnesota) to refugee immigrants from Sainyabuli
Province, Laos.
