We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Northern California Prize in Musicology has been awarded to Matthew Gilbert for his paper “Singing Maps and Musical Geographies.”
Matthew is currently a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. His paper, read at the April 11 chapter meeting, impressed the prize committee with the way he connected one particular folk song with the critique of geography as the dominant organizing principle of the study and presentation of American folksong.
Congratulations to Matthew, and deepest thanks to Heather Hadlock, Tekla Babyak, and Beverly Wilcox for serving on this year’s prize committee.