Elwyn Rowlands

Biography

Elwyn Rowlands is a music theorist and musicologist who is particularly interested in issues surrounding nineteenth-century form, choreomusicology, and ballet history. Her research explores the relationship between topics and structure within concerti from the long nineteenth century and is generously supported by a France-Canada Graduate Music Scholarship. Elwyn is undertaking her PhD in music theory under the supervision of Professor Steven Vande Moortele. She holds a First Class Honours (2023) in music from Durham University and undertook an ERASMUS+ Placement at Sorbonne Université. She is currently acting as a student representative for the Société Française d’Analyse Musicale (SFAM) and serves as a committee member for both the Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG) and the Société des Jeunes Chercheurs et Chercheuses en Analyse et Théorie Musicales (JJC). Elwyn is also active within University of Toronto’s graduate community since she acts as Treasurer for the Music Graduate Student’s Association (MGSA). She has presented her research at numerous conferences around the world, including the Society for Music Analysis (SMA), the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), and the Entretiens de Musique Ancienne en Sorbonne (EMAS) among others. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, watercolour painting, puppetry, and playing with her cat Felix!