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 »
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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 »
SMT 2021: IU Music Theory Events & Presentations
(All times are EDT) Thursday, November 4 11:00–12:30 Session: 20th-Century Composers’ Tonal Organization Prof. Andrew Mead, Chair 12:45–2:15 Session: Motives/Narritives/Timbres David Orvek, “Like a Piece of Woven Material”: Unity and Organicism in Elizabeth Maconchy’s String Quartet No. 11 Session: Flexible Themes and Forms Nathaniel Mitchell (MM ’15, Philadelphia, PA), Variations on a Theme by K…. Read more »
IU Music Theory Department Welcomes Visiting Assistant Professor Andrew Goldman
The IU Music Theory Department is pleased to announce that Andrew Goldman will be joining our faculty this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Goldman is a music theorist specializing in music cognition, particularly the neuroscience of music and dance improvisation. Andrew received a BM in Piano Performance and a BA in Neuroscience from… Read more »