Thomas Kernan
History of Music

Thomas Kernan, a native of Long Island, NY, is completing a master's of music history thesis, "The Percussion Group-Cincinnati: A History of Collaboration Between Ensemble and Composer," at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.

He holds a B.M. in percussion performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Mr. Kernan's research interests include the history of percussion instruments, eighteenth-century music, and American popular music. He is a recipient of the American Musical Instrument Society's William Gribbon Award.

Mr. Kernan has presented research at meetings of the Haydn Society of California, the Percussive Arts Society, the College Music Society, and at New York University's Music and the Moving Image Conference.

In fall 2007 he will begin work toward his Ph.D. in musicology.

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