The sixth episode of the Sounding Jewish podcast features Dr. Amanda Ruppenthal Stein. We discuss her ongoing study of Jewish identity in the art music of 19th century German speaking Europe, as well as her recent trip with the Cantor's Assembly to visit the Abayudaya Jewish Community of Uganda.
Musicologist Amanda Ruppenthal Stein, Ph.D. is a lecturer in music at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a 2021 graduate of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, where she was also the Crown Graduate Fellow for the Crown Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. Amanda’s dissertation, Sounding Judentum: Assimilation, Art Music, and Being Jewish Musically in 19th Century German-Speaking Europe focused on how art musicians approached Jewish identity, assimilation, and acculturation through sonic expression, relationships, and writing. In 2019, Amanda traveled twice to Uganda, conducting fieldwork in collaboration with a solidarity mission and recording project of Cantors Assembly, celebrating 100 Years of the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda. She is a board member of the Jewish Studies and Music Study Group of the American Musicological Society and has presented at many regional and national conferences in music and Jewish Studies.
