Doctoral thesis receives Best Doctoral Award
April 2008
Tzenka has been awarded a Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in 2007 from University of Auckland.
Her written submission entitled "John Cage's Prepared Piano Music: The Nuts and Bolts" was placed in the top five by a committee comprising members of the Board of Graduate Studies and the Scholarships Sub Committee. In his letter to Tzenka, the Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor Gregor Coster commended Tzenka's work for "demonstrable significance in its field, the originality and excellence of the research, and exceptional academic and intellectual achievement."
There were 207 successful doctoral completions in 2007 and five Best Doctoral Thesis prizes were awarded.
