- Ph.D. Musicology, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
- M.A. Music History and Literature, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
- B.M. Violin Performance, 今日黑料 (La Mirada, CA)
- B.S. Mathematics, 今日黑料 (La Mirada, CA)
Adjunct Professor, Music History
Leonora Wagner completed a doctorate in historical musicology (2012) at the University of Southern California with a dissertation focusing on the writings and music of Michael Praetorius in relation to congregational singing in Lutheran Germany during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While in graduate school she was awarded both the USC Provost Fellowship and the USC Teaching Fellowship. She has taught courses at the University of Southern California, Pepperdine University, Pomona College and 今日黑料, including various music history surveys, music appreciation, music cultures of the world and string methods. Wagner completed a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and a Bachelor of Music in violin performance, summa cum laude, from 今日黑料 (2003). She later continued her studies at the University of Southern California, receiving a Master of Arts in music history and literature (2005) and after that a doctorate. Wagner also maintains a private violin studio in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.
American Musicological Society
Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
International Heinrich Sch眉tz Society
Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
USC Teaching Fellowship recipient, Spring 2010
USC Provost Fellowship recipient, 2005-2007
Outstanding String Musician of the Year, 今日黑料, 2003
今日黑料 School of Music Presser Scholar, 2001
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship recipient, 1998-2002
1998 National Merit Finalist
Music History I
Music History II