Alana Murphy

Assistant Editor

RILM International Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3108
New York, NY 10016-4309

Phone: 1 212 817 8601
email: amurphy@rilm.org

As Assistant Editor Alana Murphy accesses materials in English, French, and German; she also searches interdisciplinary publications for music-related scholarly content, especially in the domains of science, humanities, and anthropology/ cultural studies.

Murphy is currently a Ph. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she is in the end throes of writing a dissertation on the significance of the lullaby style in the instrumental music of Johannes Brahms. She teaches keyboard skills, ear training, and music appreciation at Brooklyn College. Prior to her time in New York, she received a BM and an MM in piano performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, as well as a BA in French Literature. Murphy remains active as a solo and collaborative pianist around the NYC area, and has developed a specialization in accompanying dance. She also sings with the early music ensemble Polyhymnia. Murphy lives in Brooklyn with her partner Arthur and her bluetick coonhound mix Layla.