Maddy Kushan is a Musicology PhD candidate working in the music cognition lab. Her research explores attention and coordination in ensemble singing. She sings Soprano in local choirs including the Princeton University Chamber Choir and the choir of Trinity Church. 

Anastasia Shmytova is a musicologist and soprano from Saint Petersburg, Russia, pursuing a PhD in musicology at Princeton University. Her work focuses on medieval and early modern Slavic and Byzantine chant; early Slavic polyphonies; history of notation; history of liturgy. In addition to her research, Anastasia sings with the Princeton University Chamber Choir, the Aquinas Institute Choral Scholars, Osanna Chamber Ensemble, and Chronos Ensemble. She is the founder and director of Demestvo, an ensemble that sings medieval Slavic chant and early polyphony. 

Lucy McKnight is an artist who works with colors, textures, and sounds to create environments in which she and others can explore intense emotions. She is interested in using touch, connection, movement, and sound to build mutually cathartic expe- riences for performers and audiences alike. Her work has been performed across the U.S and in Europe by artists including Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, JACK Quartet, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Yarn/Wire, Nois, Parker Ramsay, Nick Photinos, Dither Quartet, Longleash Trio, and Transient Canvas. Currently, Lucy is pursuing her PhD in Music Composition at Princeton University. 

Emma Simmons is a mezzo soprano and PhD candidate in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton. Born and raised in the UK, as an undergrad- uate Emma was a choral scholar in the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, as part of which she performed in numerous concerts, tours and recordings, alongside roles in student opera and giving recitals. As a masters student she was a member of Yale Schola Cantorum, and since beginning her PhD at Princeton, as well as her choral activities in Chamber Choir and Demestvo, she has also performed as a soloist, most recently in selections from Cavalli’s opera Veremonda.