Dr. Vicki Stroeher earned her Ph.D. in musicology with a specialization in music theory from the University of North Texas in 1994. She is a professor of music, coordinator of Music History and Literature, and program director for Marshall’s School of Music. She serves as faculty advisor for the Marshall chapter of the Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. Stroeher has a long and impressive record of community outreach and engagement in her field. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in music history at Marshall.
A recipient of the 2018 C.B. Oldman Prize that is awarded by the International Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Stroeher also received Marshall’s Distinguished Scholars and Artists Award in 2023. Stroeher’s work on Benjamin Britten illuminates the way in which art music addresses the plight of the individual who is forced to confront war, nationalism, and other perils of modernity. According to Stroeher, Britten imbued remarkable “humanness in his music, expressing with it the very qualities that make us all human, from our innocence to our arrogance to our passion and our coldness.”
Stroeher has edited two books about Britten, including Benjamin Britten in Context, along with Justin Vickers, as well as My Beloved Man: The Letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, with Nicholas Clark and Jude Brimmer. She will present the results of her fellowship work at the University’s 2026 Drinko Symposium.