Rachel Bani

Rachel Bani (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at at the Carroll McDaniel Petrie School of Music at Converse University. She completed her Ph.D. in Musicology at Florida State University in 2023. Her dissertation, “Land Reform and Protest in the Scottish Gaelic Songs of the Crofters’ War” explores the social and political life of Scottish Gaelic songs written in relation to land reform and land access movements of the late-nineteenth century, tying this history to the continued fight for land reform in Scotland today.

At Converse University, Rachel teaches an array of music history and musicology centered courses, covering topics such as Music and the Environment, Music in Scotland, and an Introduction the the Digital Humanities. She is a recipient of a 2021 American Musicological Society Eugene K. Wolf Travel Grant, a 2021 Florida State University Dissertation Research Grant, and a 2021 Presser Graduate Music Award.

She has presented her research for professional organizations including the American Musicological Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the North American British Music Studies Association, the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Scholarly & Research Activity

Rachel is a recipient of a 2021 American Musicological Society Eugene K. Wolf Travel Grant, a 2021 Florida State University Dissertation Research Grant, and a 2021 Presser Graduate Music Award. She has presented her research for professional organizations such as the American Musicological Society, the North American British Music Studies Association, the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.