Christina Smiley wins prestigious award

Special to Lake Okeechobee News

Posted 6/7/25

Congratulations to Christina Smiley, a graduate student in Musicology, on receiving the prestigious Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship from the American Musicological Society 25-26.

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Christina Smiley wins prestigious award

Congratulations to Christina Smiley, a graduate student in Musicology, on receiving the prestigious Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship from the American Musicological Society 25-26. [Photo courtesy WashU Music]

Posted Saturday, June 7, 2025 12:42 pm

Special to Lake Okeechobee News

Congratulations to Christina Smiley, a graduate student in Musicology, on receiving the prestigious Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship from the American Musicological Society 2025-26. This highly competitive award is given to students who showcase academic excellence and promise in the field of music scholarship.

Smiley was raised in Okeechobee and home educated by her mother Jeanna Smiley.

Learn more about Christina Smiley: https://music.wustl.edu/people/christina-smiley
AMS Fellows: https://www.amsmusicology.org/2025-fellows/

Washington University in St. Louis WashU Arts & Sciences Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, WUSTL

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