Supplemental Information: Episode 2
Trauma and Vocal Utterances in Ellen Reid's p r i s m (2018)
Aaron D'Zurilla (University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music)
Release Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
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Production Credits
Team Lead: Matthew Ferrandino
Production Lead: Zachary Lloyd
Peer Reviewers: Colleen Renihan and Evan Ware
Additional thanks to Megan Lyons and Rachel Lumsden
Music Credits
SMT-Pod Theme Music: Maria Tartaglia
Closing Music: Yike Zhang
Bio: Aaron D’Zurilla is a PhD student in Music Theory at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and holds a Masters in Music Theory from Florida State University. As a music theorist, Aaron researches topics relating to rap, hip-hop culture, and 21st century music. With presentations at multiple regional and national conferences, previous work includes transformational and formal analyses in modern rap, a musicological study on the history of conscious rap, discussions of intersectional genres in hip-hop, and the analysis of aggregate set class networks in modern compositions.
Keywords: opera, trauma, vocalisms, utterances, survivors