Sarah Yudkin (BC Ethno 2018) Wins BC's Ethel Stone Lefrak Prize for the Arts and IRWGS Queer Studies Prize!
The Ethnomusicology community at Columbia University proudly congratulates Sarah (Sadie) Yudkin, a 2018 graduating Barnard senior and Ethnomusicology track major, who has beenawarded Barnard's Ethel Stone Lefrak Prize for Excellence in the Arts. In addition, Sadie's thesis was awarded the 2018 IRWGS Queer Studies Essay Prize from the Institute for Research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Sadie's honors thesis in our undergraduate Ethnomusicology program is entitled "The Future’s Here, It’s Queer:Contemporary Music Scenes in New York City.” Sadie's thesis was advised by Columbia Historical Musicology PhD alumna Dr. Lucie Vágnerová, who is now a Core Lecturer in the Department.