Anna Marinela Lopez

Anna Marinela Lopez is a Ph.D. student in historical musicology at The University of Texas at Austin whose research lies at the intersection of nationalism, sound studies, and film music theories to explore U.S. American identity formation through music in popular media. Her dissertation analyzes sonic markers of U.S. American identity through live music ensembles at the Disneyland Resort. She is the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarly Creative Activities and Research Award for her master’s thesis “David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 4 and the Wind Band/Ensemble as an American Institution.” Her other research interests include American wind bands/ensembles, film music, and musical theater.

Lopez is currently the student representative for the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter. She has held several leadership positions in the Association of Graduate Ethno/Musicology Students (AGEMS) at UT Austin including co-president (Historical Musicology) and colloquium representative (Historical Musicology). She also served as the assistant editor of the Journal of the Society for American Music from 2023-2025.

She completed her master's degree in music history and literature from California State University, Fullerton (2022), where she also obtained a bachelor's degree in flute performance (2020).

MUS 213M 
History of Music I

UGS 303 
Global Pop

UGS 303 
American Musicals and American Culture

MUS 307.2 
History of Rock Music

MUS 312C 
Music and Culture

UGS 303 
American Musicals and American Culture