Dr. Anna Mesolora holds a PhD (with honors) and a BA in Music Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), specializing in Byzantine Musicology with a research focus on the psaltic tradition of Cephalonia.
She holds a Diploma in Byzantine Music from the Egaleo Conservatory, a Degree in Monody/Vocal Art from the "Do-Re-Mi" Music School of Argostoli, Cephalonia, and Degrees in Harmony and Counterpoint (class of Mpampis Kanas) from the Athens Conservatory. Additionally, she holds a Piano Degree (class of Thaleia Moira) from the Piraeus Association Conservatory.
Since 2009, she has been serving as a permanent music teacher in Primary Education. She is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, teaching the courses "Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Melopoeia" and "Byzantine Music in Western Notations".
Her research interests focus on the study, preservation, and promotion of Heptanesian ecclesiastical music, and she actively participates and presents her work in scientific conferences. Parallel to her academic work, she is active as a church cantor (psaltria).
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