Victoria Costa

PHD CANDIDATE

Hometown: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Education: BA, Music and Global Studies, Providence College
MLitt, Sacred Music, University of St Andrews

Academic Interests
Under the supervision of George Corbett, Victoria researches liturgical seasons as loci of illocutionary potential for musical practice. Her thesis, entitled ‘A Liturgical Theology of Music: Cultivating the Faithful through God’s Time,’ seeks to develop a new liturgical theology of music through close examination of the different kinds of, and uses for, music in the liturgical calendar. Her methodology is multidisciplinary, drawing on three cognate disciplines: liturgical theology (especially the Schmemann–Kavanagh–Fagerberg school and Joseph Ratzinger); theology of music; and systematic musicology. In exploring how liturgical time might inform musical practice, Victoria hopes her research might contribute to ongoing conversations in liturgical theology and popular recovery of seasonal spirituality.

Other Interests
Victoria serves as Director of Music at St James’ Catholic Church in St Andrews, and convenor for the St Andrews Scriptorium. In her spare time, she enjoys kitchen experimentation, playing the mandolin, and (long) chats at the pub with friends.

Contact
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