The Singers of the French Chapel at War (1494-1515): Ritual, Repertoire, Repercussions

RTG 2304 Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean War Cultures, Department 07: Institute of Art History and Musicology, Prof. Dr. Klaus Pietschmann

Scientific career
Since 04/2024Junior member of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program (formerly Gutenberg Academy), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Since 04/2022Research assistant and PhD student in RTG 2304 Byzantium and the Euromediterranean War Cultures
08/2021 – 03/2022Stacks Coordinator and Public Services Supervisor, William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
05/2021Master of Arts in Musicology; Master of Library Science, Indiana University
05/2017Bachelor in Music; Minor in French Studies, University of Maryland
Publications
“Towards a More Inclusive Early Music.” In Early Music in the 21st Century, edited by Mimi Mitchell. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Selected conference papers
2024Sound and Conflict in Grenoble during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Presented at Vie musicale et identité urbaine dans la France de la Renaissance (ca.1500-ca.1650). Center d’études supérieures de la Renaissance. Tours. February 8, 2024.
2023“‘Misericordia!” Understanding the Sounds of Louis XII’s Triumphal Entry into Genoa in 1507.” Presented at the Congreso internacional “Ciudades sonoras. Música, sonido, ruido en entornos urbanos (1500-1800).” Valencia. October 24, 2023.


“The Singers of the French Chapel and the Venetian Campaign of 1509: Sources, Possibilities, and Myths.” Presented at the 51st Medieval and Renaissance International Music Conference. Munich. July 28, 2023.


“The Singers of the French Chapel at War (1494-1515).” Presented at the colloquium of the University of Regensburg Department of Musicology. June 6, 2023.
2022“The Many Lives of Death: A Functional Perspective on the Early Sixteenth-Century Déploration.” Presented at the 50th Medieval and Renaissance International Music Conference. Uppsala University. July 7, 2022.
2021Erika Honisch, Deanna Pellerano, and Giovanni Zanovello. “Mapping Inclusive Early Music/Mapping Inclusive Early Music.” Presented at the 87th National Meeting of the American Musicological Society. November 11, 2021.

Miguel Arango Calle, Devon Nelson, Deanna Pellerano, Ayana Smith, and Arne Spohr. “Diversity in Early Music Pedagogy.” Presented at the 2021 University of Oregon Musicking Conference. April 12, 2021.
Scholarships and awards
2021Eileen Southern Travel Grant, American Musicological Society
2020Graduate Assistantship, Indiana University, Musicology Department
2018 – 2020Margaret Griffin Coffin Scholarship, Indiana University, Department of Information and Library Science
2018 – 2020Graduate Tuition Award, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
2017Pi Kappa Lambda Award, University of Maryland, School of Music