“It felt incredible to receive the fellowship award at the Society for American Music conference and to be recognized in front of so many scholars whose work has been influential to me.”
The department is thrilled to announce that Ph.D. Candidate Kari Lindquist was recently awarded the 2024 Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship from the Society for American Music. This award supports dissertation research on American Music, and honors Margery Morgan Lowens, a founding member of the Sonneck Society for American Music, who played a pivotal role in its growth through her service, support, commitment, and philanthropy,
“With the support of this fellowship, I will be able to conduct archival research at the National Archives and the Band Collections in the Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland,” wrote Kari. “I’m enthusiastic about putting together more evidence about how the US State Department used wind bands in Cold War musical diplomacy for my dissertation. It felt incredible to receive the fellowship award at the Society for American Music conference and to be recognized in front of so many scholars whose work has been influential to me.”
Congratulations to Kari on this exceptional achievement!