November 7–10, 2024 2024 Annual Meeting | Jacksonville, Florida Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Networking Reception 9:00–11:00 PM | City Terrace 5 (Prospective students, click here.) IU Music Theory SMT 2024 Event Schedule View the Searchable Online Program All times are EST Thursday, November 7 2.15–3.25 pm |… Read more »
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Musicologist and Cultural Historian Nadine Hubbs to Deliver Five Friends Lectures at IU
The IU Department of Music Theory welcomes Nadine Hubbs to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Hubbs is a musicologist, historian, theorist of music and society, and professor of women’s and gender studies and music at University of Michigan. Hubbs has published on topics ranging from Bernstein… Read more »
Kyle Adams Appointed Director of Undergraduate Studies
After eight years of exemplary service, Professor Kyle Adams has stepped down as chair of the Department of Music Theory. Earlier this year, Adams Under his guidance, the department navigated numerous challenges, most notably the complex shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department will not soon forget Adams’s commitment to student success… Read more »
MIND Lab Director Psyche Loui to Give Five Friends Lectures at IU
Next week, the IU Department of Music Theory welcomes musician and psychology and neuroscience researcher Psyche Loui to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Dr. Loui is Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory (MIND Lab)… Read more »
Fred Maus Presenting at IU Jacobs School of Music
The IU Department of Music Theory is excited to welcome Fred Everett Maus to Bloomington to deliver two talks as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series in Music Theory. Wednesday, Feb. 21 4:00 pm, SM267 Music Theory Colloquium Series Guest Lecture Fred Maus (University of Virginia), “‘Teach Yourself to Fly’: Pauline Oliveros and… Read more »
IU Music Theory @ SMT 2023
November 9-12, 2023 2023 Joint Annual Meeting Website Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, Colorado Conference Schedule View the Searchable Online Program Thursday, November 9 2:15 – 4:15 pm | Denver Session: Perspectives on Rhythm and Meter Knar Abrahamyan (MM 2015; Columbia University), “The Racializing Logic of Kazakh “Free Meter” in Soviet Theoretical… Read more »
We Need To Talk About “Carmina Burana”
On Wednesday, October 25, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Departments of Music Theory and Musicology will co-host a panel discussion on the problematic history of Carl Orff and his work. The event seeks to engage our community in a discussion surrounding the upcoming performance of Orff’s “Carmina Burana“, which will be presented by… Read more »
Robert S. Hatten to Perform Lecture-Recital in Memory of Menahem Pressler
The Indiana University Department of Music Theory is thrilled to share that Prof. Emeritus Robert S. Hatten (University of Texas, Austin) will be retuning to IU to present a lecture-recital. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Hatten’s arrival at Indiana University to begin his master’s degree in piano performance with Menahem Pressler. The… 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 »
GMA & GTA Host 29th Annual Symposium of Research in Music
On Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, the Graduate Musicology Association (GMA) and Graduate Theory Association (GTA) hosted the Twenty-Ninth Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The symposium featured twelve student presentations, organized into panels on topics such as “Music and Multimedia: New Perspectives,” “Rhythm, Meter, Harmony,” “Embodiment and Entanglement,” and “Playing with Meaning… Read more »