Congratulations to Prof. Eric Isaacson on the publication of his book, Visualizing Music, a resource for anyone who creates musical graphics for use in their scholarship and teaching. It was released on May 2, 2023, by Indiana University Press as part of its “Musical Meaning and Interpretation” series, edited by former Jacobs School faculty member… Read more »
A Celebration of Mathematics and Music
On Monday, April 10, the IU Department of Mathematics will host “A Celebration of Mathematics and Music.” The evening will feature a lecture titled “Music as a Mathematician’s Playground” by Prof. Julian Hook and poster presentations by three IU students — music theory PhD students David Orvek and Lizhou Wang and Walker Smith, a student… Read more »
René Rusch Visits IU Music Theory for Five Friends Master Class Series Lectures
Wednesday through Friday, March 22-24, René Rusch (University of Michigan) will visit the Indiana University Department of Music Theory. Prof. Rusch will deliver two talks on the music of Franz Schubert as well as hold individual meetings with graduate students. She will also lead a workshop titled “From Perceptions to Representations” that explores the value… Read more »
Michèle Duguay and David Geary Featured in MTO
The December 2022 Music Theory Online (Volume 28 Number 4) features articles by two IU Music Theorists: Prof. Michèle Duguay and recent Ph.D. alum, David Geary (Wake Forest University). In “Analyzing Vocal Placement in Recorded Virtual Space,” Duguay establishes a methodology for analyzing vocal placement. Through the use of images and digital sound-processing tools, she… Read more »
IU Alumni Win SMT Awards
Congratulations to IU Music Theory alumnus Mitch Ohriner (PhD 2011), who won a 2022 Wallace Berry Award for his book Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music (OUP, 2019). Presented each year by the Society for Music Theory, the award is given for a “distinguished book by an author of any age or career stage.”… Read more »
SMT 2022: IU Music Theory Events & Presentations
IU Music Theory at the AMS-SEM-SMT 2022 Joint Annual Meeting November 10-13, 2022 Hilton New Orleans Riverside | New Orleans, Louisiana All times are EST Conference Schedule Thursday, November 10 2:15–3:45 pm Session: Outlanders, Irritations, and Roving Harmonies Matthew Boyle (PhD 2018; University of Alabama), Rossini’s reizend Melodies: Strategic Musical Irritation and the Capturing of… Read more »
Prof. Jay Hook’s “Exploring Musical Spaces” Published with Oxford University Press
Congratulations to Prof. Julian Hook on the publication of his book, Exploring Musical Spaces, which is now available for purchase on the Oxford University Press website. Exploring Musical Spaces is a comprehensive synthesis of mathematical techniques in music theory, written with the aim of making these techniques accessible to music scholars without extensive training in… Read more »
Goldman article in MTO
Prof. Andrew Goldman recently published an article, “Returning to the Continuum: On the Value of Typological Distinctions in the Analysis of Improvisation,” in the latest volume of Music Theory Online. To view the entire article, visit the MTO Webpage. “Sometimes music theorists describe an improvisation continuum connecting the extremes of completely determined performance and completely… Read more »
IU Graduate Music Theory & Musicology Associations Host 28th Annual Symposium on Research
This weekend, on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, the IU Graduate Theory and Musicology Associations will host the Twenty-Eighth Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The event will feature keynote presentations by Catherine Coppola (Hunter College of CUNY), Michèle Duguay (Indiana University), and Sergio Ospina-Romero (Indiana University) as well as an interactive workshop… Read more »
Prof. Toru Momii Wins Outstanding Publication Award at SMT
Congratulations to Visiting Assistant Professor Toru Momii, who was named the winner of the Society for Music Theory’s 2021 Outstanding Publication Award. His article, titled “A Transformational Approach to Gesture in Shō Performance,” was published in Music Theory Online in 2020. ABSTRACT: Through an analysis of contemporary shō performance practice, this article explores the relationship… Read more »