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John Kapusta is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. He holds a PhD in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB from Harvard College. His research focuses on postwar United States cultural history, exploring how music and performance shaped societal norms. He is currently writing Self-Realization Nation: How Performing Artists Taught Americans to Be Themselves, Together, examining artists who challenged social norms through music. His second book project, How Broadway Learned to Belt, investigates Cold War-era vocal techniques in musical theater. Kapusta also serves on the University of Rochester’s Faculty Senate and teaches courses spanning medieval to contemporary music history.
Research interests include improvisation, Cold War identity, and the intersection of music with self-realization movements. He has published in journals like Journal of Musicology and Cambridge Opera Journal, and his work bridges historical analysis with ethnomusicological approaches to understanding music’s role in everyday life.
Awarded a Fulbright grant and a National Semi-Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Kapusta’s background as a performer informs his academic work. He advises DMA, PhD, and MA students in musicology, emphasizing critical engagement with how music constructs and challenges cultural narratives.
