Research & Teaching
Presentations & Workshops
International Conference "Music in the World of Values and Meanings" (Bydgoszcz, PL)
10 December, 2025
The paper Żywe wspomnienia: Examining Fryderyk Chopin’s Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka in A Minor as a Musical Memory adapts a case study from the MA thesis, "Echa w czasie" into a standalone format. Thanks to the consideration of the conference organizers, a recording of the talk is available here.
"Musical Journeys with Amanda Wolschleger" - Workshops at the Akademia Muzyczna im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego in Bydgoszcz, PL
8 December, 2025
At the invitation of the Akademia Muzyczne im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego in Bydgoszcz, Amanda Wolschleger conducted two participatory workshops for students and other members of the academic community. The first, "Spotkanie z mazurkami Fryderyka Chopina: An introduction to the Mazurkas of Fryderyk Chopin," examined elements of dance within the mazurkas and relationships between pieces from different opuses, with an emphasis on performance considerations. The second workshop focused on writing reviews of musical performances within a competition context.
Publications & Other Scholarly Writing
"Żywe wspomnienia: Examining Fryderyk Chopin’s Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka in A Minor as a Musical Memory"
Forthcoming
Published as part of the conference proceedings from the International Conference "Music in the World of Values and Meanings" held from 9-10 December, 2025 at the Akademia Muzyczne im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego in Bydgoszcz, PL.
"Echa w czasie: Recontextualization as Musical Memory in Chopin's Mazurkas" - MA Thesis
2025
This thesis examines the validity of memory as a framework for understanding Chopin’s mazurkas and is organized into two primary sections: 1) Mazurkas & Memory and 2) Inter-opus Memories. Part I: Mazurkas & Memory acts as a brief literature review, establishing the relevance of memory as a framework for understanding Chopin’s mazurkas by drawing on work from the areas of music performance, musicology, and music theory. Part II: Inter-opus Memories presents two analytical case studies, examining the connections between mazurkas from different opuses which facilitate hearing them as memories of each other.
The full text of the thesis is currently available through McGill's escholarship platform.
SMT-AMS Joint Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, MN)
6 November, 2025
The paper Kobiece Kroki: Expressions of Gender & Voice in Chopin’s Mazurkas begins by examining the ways in which the mazurkas depict feminine dance gestures. It then extends this gendered reading of these pieces to relationships between different numbers, demonstrating the way in which Op. 17 No. 4 can be understood as a feminization of musical material that originally appeared as masculine in Op. 6 No. 3.
Manchester Music Analysis Conference (Manchester, UK)
16 July, 2025
The paper "Co to znaczy 'Funk'?: An Introductory Examination of Funk Elements in Polish Popular Music" examines two songs from the 1970s by the Polish popular musician Halina Frąckowiak, demonstrating the ways in which they blend timbral, rhythmic, and formal elements of the funk genre with those from other genres.
Edinburgh Music Analysis Conference (Edinburgh, UK)
3 July, 2024
The paper "‘Not Your Father’s Eleanor Rigby’: A Comparative Analysis of Cody Fry’s ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and the Original" examines the way in which Fry's treatment of orchestration and form elevate the narrative impact and musical expression of the original version to cinematic proportions.