Congratulations to Cody Norling (Musicology), who recently completed his PhD with a dissertation titled: “Opera in the Second City: Negotiating National Operatic Identities In and Around 1920s Chicago.” Cody’s work draws on archival documents and press clippings related to some of Chicago’s major opera presenters and supporting organizations to study “opera’s role as a perceived indicator of civic and national progress,” highlighting discourses around economy, class, race, and nationality.

UI musicology alum Christos Sidiropoulos is commencing studies at the University of Ottawa, where he will pursue a PhD in Interdisciplinary Research in Music. Christos successfully defended his thesis on Mikis Theodorakis's film score for Zorba the Greek (1964) in Spring 2023. Congratulations, Christos!