May 14 2025

2025 Musicology Senior Capstone Presentations

Green Room (1230 Schoenberg Music Building)
Please join us on for the 2025 Musicology Capstone Presentations on May 14th, 2025 from 10am-2pm in 1230 Schoenberg Music Building (Green Room). The program is as follows:

Music, Mind, and Body
10–10:45 a.m.

Brenda Iris Sifontes
The Lasting Impact of Incongruent Music-Visual Media Pairings

Juliana Alexandra Edelnant
The Correlation Between Music and Mental Health: Music Therapy’s Effect on Anxiety and Depression

Pop, Race, and Class: questioning dichotomies
10:45 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.

Jayde Wash
Sacred or Secular: Gospel Music at the Intersection of Tradition and Trend

Chloe Ling
Glocalizing K-pop: Music, Identity, and Industry in Transition

BREAK
11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Music and Communities
11:45 a.m. –12:25 p.m.

Bryan Vazquez
Borders and Narratives: Music, Resistance, and Latine Cultural Expression

Rebecca Marcelo
Asian American Pacific Islander Youtubers: One Hit Wonder Discriminated Audibility

Rethinking Pasts
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Benicio Corona de Flores
Musical Memories: Constructing Individual and Communal Experiences Through Music and Emotion

Haru Sakurai
Cultural Superposition: Globalization, Nationalism, and Cultural Identifications in Japanese-American Music of World War II
Sydney Reimer
Song Bridges: The Old Believer Diaspora, Music Revival, and the Russian Choir at the
University of Freiburg

RECEPTION
1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Like most of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s programs, this event is FREE! Register in advance for this event via the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.  Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Early arrival is recommended. Registrants receive priority up until 15 minutes before the event, and after that time any open seats will be released to patrons on our waitlist.

While Inside the Venue:

No Food or Drink allowed in the theater.