Tiffany Eady is an active music educator, musician, and scholar. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Tampa in 2022, where she studied cello performance with Helga Winold. From 2021 to 2024, she performed annually at the International Porto Heli Festival in Greece, presenting solo and chamber repertoire, participating in masterclasses, and collaborating with internationally recognized musicians. Following her undergraduate studies, she served as choral director at Jule F. Sumner High School in Riverview, Florida, during the 2022–2023 academic year.
She completed a Master of Music in Music Theory at the University of Tennessee in 2025. During her graduate studies, she served as instructor of record for the full sequence of ear training and taught courses in music fundamentals. Her master’s thesis, Musical Ontology as a Framework for Narrative Agency in As Dusk Falls, examines how adaptive musical structures shape narrative meaning and influence player decision-making in interactive media. Her research focuses on music and media, with particular emphasis on video game music and sound. She presented her research, Temporal Perception in Gaming System Startups, at the 2026 North American Conference for Video Game Music (NACVGM).
Outside of her academic work, she enjoys playing video games, watching anime, and engaging with romance media and novels. Tiffany is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Musicology at the University of Florida.