Wes Khurana

Biography

Wes Khurana is a PhD student in music theory at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Ryan McClelland. His research focuses on optional sections of verse-chorus forms in recent popular music. Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Wes worked as a musician, recording engineer and sound designer. Wes holds a Bachelor of Music in performance from the University of Toronto, an Audio Production Diploma from the Harris Institute for the Arts, and a Master’s of Arts in music theory from the University of Toronto. Wes’s doctoral research has been supported by the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, and his MA research project on Beethoven’s middle-period string quartets was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Wes served on the Music Graduate Students’ Association (MGSA) as Secretary from 2020–21 and Treasurer from 2021–23.