Leo Walker
- School of Music
Leo Walker is a PhD student in historical musicology focusing on the production histories of Benjamin Britten’s vocal works.
Leo is a musicologist, performing artist, and dramaturg who seeks to define the intersections between living, active performance, and curated reception histories. His current research on Benjamin Britten’s vocal works investigates violence, trauma, sex, and gender on the twenty-first-century stage. Leo often combines archival material, performer/audience testimonials, and public media to offer dynamic, sensitive approaches to contemporary theater design. Supported by the Center for European Studies, he has presented his work nationally and internationally, including chapter meetings of the American Musicological Society (AMS), UConn Graduate Music Conference, UNT’s GAMuT Graduate Student Conference, as well as the Society for Musicology of Ireland (SMI). Leo currently serves as the Student Representative to AMS-Southern, Vice President of UF’s Student Society for Musicology, and teaching assistant for undergraduate music and dance history surveys. He holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in historical musicology and voice/dance performance(s) from Western Michigan University.