Brandon L. Foskett

Brandon L. Foskett (he/him/his) is a Texas-based musicologist with a passion for listening to music, plain and simple. A recent graduate from the Butler School of Music (B.A., 2024), Brandon is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Musicology at The University of Texas at Austin. His interests include film music, pop music, historical musicology, Italian history & culture, gender & sexuality studies, and the music of American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. Brandon has presented research at numerous regional, national, and international conferences including the American Musicological Society (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024), the Society for Ethnomusicology (Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025), the Society for Music Theory (Fall 2025), and NYU’s Music and the Moving Image (Spring 2024). Brandon is a recipient of UT's George Mitchell Co-Op Award for Academic Excellence (2024), COFA's Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performing Arts (2023), and BSOM's Rainwater Grant for a forthcoming journal project entitled “Unmute.” He is currently the Musicology Co-President of BSOM's Association of Graduate Ethnomusicology & Musicology Students (AGEMS). He is also a student member of Texas 4000 for Cancer.