All events are on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Meetings will take place on Zoom, with M267 still available for those who would like to participate on-campus. To request Zoom meeting credentials, email mustheor@indiana.edu.
Spring 2022
January 19
Eric Isaacson, et al., “Excellence in Visualization: Six Case Studies.” Symposium with Jack Bussert, Jack Nighan, Despoina Panagiotidou, Connor Reinman, Wade Voris, and Lizhou Wang.
January 26
Toru Momii, “Honjoh Hidejirō, Miyata Mayumi, and the Politics of Intercultural Analysis”
February 23
Professional Development Session. “The Article Process, from Start to Finish”
March 2
Samantha Waddell, “Storytelling Through Metric Manipulation in Popular Music”
March 16: no colloquium (Spring Break)
March 30
Mitia Ganade D’Acol, “Krump Meets Rameau: Affect, Body, and the Communication of Emotions”
Tuesday, April 5 / 4:30 pm / Cook Center for Arts and Humanities, Maxwell Hall
Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool, UK), “Towards the Evolution of Music”
Five Friends Master Class Series Honoring Robert Samels
April 6 / M267 and online
Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool, UK), “Analysing Musical Emotion: A Very Short History of Fear”
Five Friends Master Class Series Honoring Robert Samels
April 27
Professional Development Session. “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music Theory”
Fall 2021
September 1
Jack Bussert, “Theorizing Albums with David Crowder* Band’s A Collision or (3+4=7)”
September 8
Sachet Watson (Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture & Design and Jacobs School of Music), “Introduction to Cultural Competency”
Professional Development Session
September 15
Christa Cole, “Violinistic Effort in Bach’s C Major Largo (Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005)”
September 22
Julian Hook, “Three Simple Proofs in Mathematical Music Theory”
September 29
Megan Kaes Long (Oberlin College and Conservatory), “Hexachord-Invariant Counterpoint in the Vocal Music of William Byrd”
Five Friends Master Class Series Honoring Robert Samels
September 30 / 5.30 pm / Ford Hall
Megan Kaes Long (Oberlin College and Conservatory), “How to Succeed at Imitation Without Really Trying: Improvised Canon and Stretto Fuga in Sweelinck’s Ricercar in A”
Five Friends Master Class Series Honoring Robert Samels
October 6
David Orvek, “‘Like a Piece of Woven Material’: Unity and Organicism in Elizabeth Maconchy’s String Quartet No. 11”
October 13
Emily Truell, “Rethinking Rondo Form(s) in C. P. E. Bach’s Keyboard Music”
October 20
Michèle Duguay, “Sonic Intimacy and White Femininity in Taylor Swift’s Folklore”
Toru Momii, “Intercultural Analysis as Border Thinking”
October 27
Despoina Panagiotidou, “The Greek Folk Element in Nikos Skalkottas’s Variation Forms”
November 3: no colloquium (SMT meeting Nov. 4-7)
November 10
Thomas Cooke-Dickens, “‘All You Can Say As You Run Down the Street Is…’: Live Versus Recorded Elements in Frank Zappa’s YCDToSA Series”
November 17
Alex Shannon, “Exploring Harmonic Motion and Text-Based Motivic Development in Richard Strauss’s Deutsche Motette, Op. 62”
November 24: no colloquium (Thanksgiving Break)
December 1
Leslie Drane (Instructional Consultant, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning), “Creating A Diversity Statement”
Professional Development Session
December 8
Workshop,“Applying to Conferences: A Practical Guide”
Professional Development Session
To view past colloquium topics, visit our archive page here.