Graduate Student, Theatre
Graduate Teaching Assistant
College of Arts & Humanities
Thesis Title: "Composing American Identities at Home and Abroad: The comic operas of John Philip Sousa."
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Heather Nathans, Ph.D.
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About
Tracey Elaine Chessum is a Ph.D. candidate in Theatre History & Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Hailing from Los Angeles, California, she has taught theater and music on all levels of education, winning awards for curriculum design and performance. Additionally, she has worked as a theatrical director, producer, technical director, music director and conductor for schools, colleges, community theater groups, and performing artists in the southern California and Washington D.C. areas. She holds a M.M. in Choral Conducting from Azusa Pacific University, where she held a conducting assistantship and studied with Duane Funderburk, David Hughes, and John Sutton of the Angeles Chorale. She also holds a M.A. in Humanities from CSU Dominguez Hills where her research focused on performances of women in Shakespearean film. Currently, she teaches courses at UM on Musical Theatre history and performance, introductory theatre, as well as specially offered courses on Music and Sight-singing for the Actor. She has presented scholarly papers at both national and international conferences, and her current scholarship focuses on political propaganda embedded within musical theatre works between 1880 and the First World War (with a particular focus on the comic operas of John Philip Sousa). Tracey’s talents make her a unique blend of scholar, theatrical artist, musician, and educator.
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