Josh Mastel Defends Dissertation

The Department warmly congratulates Josh Mastel, who successfully defended his DMA dissertation in Music Composition, titled "Composing Listening: Toward a Theory of Mediated Aurality as Compositional Praxis" on April 21, 2026. Josh's dissertation was advised by Professor Seth Cluett, and his committee included Professors Zosha Di Castri, Marcos Balter, Patricia Alessandrini (HEMU, Switzerland), and Dan Trueman (Princeton).

Congratulations, Josh!