
Megan Steigerwald Ille
Asst Professor - Educator
Assistant Professor-Educator of Musicology
Emery Hall
CCM Musicology - 0003
Professional Summary
Megan Steigerwald Ille's research examines the intersections of operatic, popular, and digital cultures in the twenty-first century United States and Canada. Her work on the contemporary opera industry considers questions of spectatorship, mediation, digital intimacy, access, community engagement, and performer experiences. Her teaching and mentorship interests center on research-based writing pedagogies, using digital humanities in the classroom, and professional development in academia (and beyond) for graduate students in the humanities.
Education
PhD: Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Rochester NY, 2018 (Historical Musicology and Diploma in Ethnomusicology)
Research and Practice Interests
Twenty-first century opera
Voice and the Body
Digital Cultures
Children's Music and Media
Community Music Practice
Writing Pedagogy
Digital Humanities
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Megan Steigerwald Ille (2021. ) “‘Live’ in the Limo: Remediating Voice and Performing Spectatorship in Twenty-First Century Opera." .The Opera Quarterly, , 36 (1 ) ,pre-print.
Megan Steigerwald Ille (2020. ) "Negotiating Convention: Pop-Ups and Populism at the San Francisco Opera" .Journal of the Society of American Music, , 14 (3 ) ,419-450
Megan Steigerwald Ille (2021. ) The Operatic Ear: Mediating Aurality.Sound, Stage, Screen, , 1 (1 ) ,119-43 More Information
Published Books
Megan Steigerwald Ille (In progress) Opera for Everyone: Experimenting with American Opera in the Digital Age .University of Michigan Press
Book Chapter
Megan Steigerwald Ille “Opera for the Anthropocene: Automobility, Urban Space, and The Industry’s Hopscotch." Opera in Flux .
Post Graduate Training and Education
2018-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Studies, American Culture Studies Program, Washington University in St. Louis, , St. Louis, MO