Dongmyung Ahn
Professor
Fields of Study:
Baroque Violin, Musicology
Degrees & Studies:
BM with high distinction in Early Music from Indiana University
MM in Early Music from Indiana University
PhD in Musicology from the Graduate Center, CUNY
Biographical Information:
Early strings specialist Dongmyung Ahn is a performer, educator, and scholar whose interests span from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries. She regularly performs with Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians, and TENET Vocal Artists. She played rebec in the critically acclaimed production of the Play of Daniel at the Cloisters. A dedicated educator, Dongmyung teaches music history at Columbia University, New York University, and Queens College. Dongmyung earned her Bachelor of Music with high distinction and her Master of Music from Indiana University where she studied baroque violin with Stanley Ritchie. She received her PhD in musicology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and has published articles on medieval liturgy and Jewish-Christian relations in Henry VIII’s court, and a book review on gender and voice in the Journal of the American Musicological Society. She recently wrote an essay for Huffington Post about her experience as a stuttering music history professor.
Email:
dahnqueens@gmail.com