• Royce Fellowship
Rosalie
Elkinton

Concentration 

History

Award Year 

2010
Songs and Stories of the Masters: Cultural Policy and Georgia’s Evolving Polyphomic Traditions

Faculty Sponsor: Konstantinos Kornetis

Through interviews with songmasters in rural Caucasus Georgia and urban musicians and archivists, Rosalie investigated the impacts of cultural policies aimed at preserving and promoting traditional Georgian music. The results included a bilingual multimedia exhibit and audio and video recordings to be archived at the International Centre for Georgian Folk Song.

Rosalie is currently the Office Manager/Social Support Specialist at Washington County Mental Health Services. She is also a dancer/performer, working in New York.