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Katherine Walker is an Associate Professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS), where she has been a member of the Department of Music since 2013. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Musicology from Cornell University, and dual B.A. degrees in Music and Psychology from Stony Brook University and Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, respectively. She also earned a performance certificate in double bass from the François Rabbath Institute in Paris and was a Rotary Ambassadorial Fellow studying music of the African diaspora in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Ph.D., Musicology, Cornell University
- M.A., Musicology, Cornell University
- B.A., Music, Stony Brook University
- B.A., Psychology, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland
Her research centers on eighteenth-century musical aesthetics and the intersections of race and popular music in the United States since 1920. She teaches courses in music history, musical aesthetics, music criticism, and music and race, integrating her scholarly insights into the classroom. Her publications appear in leading academic journals, and she regularly presents at regional and national conferences.
Recent scholarly works explore diverse topics such as Enlightenment-era performance practices, narrative structures in Chopin’s ballades, competitive improvisation in jazz history, and identity construction in contemporary hip-hop. These publications reflect a broad engagement with both classical and popular music traditions, emphasizing cultural context and aesthetic philosophy.
Katherine Walker is a dedicated scholar and educator whose work bridges historical musicology and critical cultural studies. She has not received any publicly listed scientific awards. There is no information available about her advising graduate students or securing research grants. She is not associated with any formal research lab or collaborative team as described in the text.
