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After stumbling across a brief mention of American composer Philippa Schuyler, Dr. Sarah Masterson embarked on a years-long quest to research and reconstruct Schuyler’s piano music. Masterson’s 2022 world premiere recording of Schuyler’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” received Third Prize in the 2023 Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music. Additionally, her 2024 album “Travelogue: Philippa Schuyler’s Music for Piano,” funded in part by a generous Arts Project Support Grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, includes world premiere recordings of several of Schuyler’s compositions. Her book “Snapshots of Forgotten Adventures: Rediscovering the Piano Music of Philippa Schuyler” was published by Tyger River Books in May 2024.
Dr. Masterson is currently Associate Professor of Piano and Music Theory at Newberry College in Newberry, SC. Visit her online at: www.sarahmastersonpianist.com
