The Department warmly congratulates Sonja Wermager, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Music (Historical Musicology), titled “Robert Schumann and 'the Artist's Highest Goal': Religion, Romanticism, and Nation in the Late Choral Works” on May 2, 2023. Sonja's dissertation was advised by Professor Walter Frisch, and her committee included Professors Elaine Sisman, Julia Doe, Celia Applegate (Vanderbilt), and Nicholas Chong (Rutgers).

Congratulations, Sonja!