Clare Carrasco

Dr. Clare Carrasco is a music historian who specializes in music and culture of early twentieth-century Austria and Germany. Her current research projects focus on media, politics, gender, and public concert life in Berlin during the Weimar Republic.

Clare's research has been published in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, the Journal of Musicology, and Music & Letters. She has presented her work at a variety of national and international conferences, including meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Austrian Studies Association, the German Studies Association, and the North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music. Her research has been supported by grants from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and an Alvin H. Johnson/AMS-50 Fellowship from the American Musicological Society.

Before joining Barrett as an Honors Faculty Fellow, Clare served as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music History at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. She has taught a variety of courses in western art musics and popular musics, typically with a strong emphasis on social justice. In spring 2024, she was the faculty director of Barrett's inaugural Global Honors Flex program in Berlin. Outside of her research and teaching, Clare is an avid runner and dedicated community volunteer. She also spends as much time as possible in her home state of New Mexico enjoying sunny skies, mountains, and green chile.