Koji Sakano wins first prize at Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work

Koji Sakano (’23), a Choral and Sacred Music program alumnus, has won first prize in the Arts & Humanities category at the Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work for his work on Ainu vocal music. Sakano collaborated with Christopher Hepburn, a postdoctoral fellow at USC Dornsife’s East Asian Studies Center, to produce a project which challenges scholars of non-western music and culture to face bridging the gap between now-dated dichotomies of Ainu music and culture.

Presented by the Office of Academic Programs at USC, the Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work provides students with the opportunity to exhibit and share examples of their significant research and creative work with the university community.