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IU Music Theory SMT 2024 Event Schedule
All times are EST
Thursday, November 7
2:15–3:25 pm
Session: Hypermeter and Phrase Rhythm
Samantha Harris Waddell, Ph.D. student, From Old-Time to “Hard Times”: Phrase Rhythm and Prosody in the Music of Tyler Childers
Friday, November 8
8:00–9:30 am
Poster Session
Joeseph Grunkemeyer, Ph.D. student, Analyzing Patrick Stump’s “Soul Voice”: Vocal Timbre as Signifier of Style and Genre
2:15–3:45 pm
Session: Harmonic Perceptions: Analytical Styles in Chromatic Harmony
Wade Alan Voris, Ph.D. student, Sonic Experience: A Kurth Inspired Analysis
4:00—5:30 pm
Session: Punk, Reggaeton, Rap
Prof. Kyle Adams, chair
Tori M. Vilches, Ph.D. Student, “Sex Sells”: A Decolonial Analysis of Purplewashing and Sexual Narrative in the Women of Reggaeton
4:00–6:00 pm
Public Music Theory Poster Exhibit
Joeseph Grunkemeyer, Ph.D. student, Analyzing Patrick Stump’s “Soul Voice”: Vocal Timbre as Signifier of Style and Genre
Saturday, November 9
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session: Prosody and Text Setting in Popular Music
Alexander Michael Shannon, Ph.D. student, “All the Lonely Starbucks Lovers”: Prosodic Dissonance in Taylor Swift’s Discography
Prof. Noriko Manabe, The Development and Artistry of Text-Setting in Japanese Rock: Happy End and the Great Japanese Rock Debate (1970)
Sunday, November 10
9:00–10:30 am
Session: Dance and/as Music Analysis
Prof. Amy Ming Wai Tai, Rethinking Musical Metaphors Through Dance
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session: Popular, Internet, and Video Culture
Isaac William Smith, Ph.D. minor, The Mashups of Mouth Moods: Parody and Intertextuality in Neil Cicierega’s Third Album
11:15 am–12:15 pm
Session: Musical Processes and Empirical Methodologies
Prof. Andrew Goldman, The Contingency of Music Cognition
Meet our Faculty!
Eclectic in their interests, the music theory faculty are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders in their areas of research, which represent diverse fields from the traditional to the experimental. The week following SMT, our faculty will be happy to meet one-on-one with prospective students to discuss the program. Please email them individually to set up Zoom appointments.
Noriko Manabe | nmanabe@iu.edu
Chair (Fall 2024)
Music and social movements, music and language, popular music, music industry
Roman Ivanovitch | rivanovi@indiana.edu
Associate Chair (Fall 2024)
Tonal analysis, 18c music, form, variation techniques, Mozart
Kyle Adams | kyadams@indiana.edu
History of music theory, hip-hop music, popular music, musicianship
Andrew Goldman | angoldm@iu.edu
Music cognition, music neuroscience, improvisation, embodiment
Orit Hilewicz | ohilewic@iu.edu
Intertextuality, metaphor, and agency in the long 20th century, film and multimedia music, and temporality
Julian Hook | juhook@indiana.edu
Mathematical approaches, transformation theory, 19c–20c music
Eric Isaacson | isaacso@indiana.edu
Atonality, 20c music, music informatics, cognition
Marianne Kielian-Gilbert | Emeritus Professor
Cultural studies, feminist theory, aesthetics, 20c–21c music, Stravinsky
Andrew Mead | awmead@indiana.edu
20c music, serialism, Babbitt, Webern, Carter
Frank Samarotto | fsamarot@indiana.edu
Schenker, history of music theory, rhythm, temporality, 19c music, Brahms
Lina Tabak | lstabak@iu.edu
Rhythm, perceived meter, stylistic expertise
Amy Tai | amytai@iu.edu
Dance, Western art music, phenomenology, Labanotation, narrativity
Our Degrees
Music theory at Indiana University emphasizes musicianship and scholarly study with particular emphasis on the history of musical thought, analysis of musical structure, and pedagogy.
Every student in our graduate program receives an Associate Instructor position, preparing them for a career in academia by providing hands-on teaching experience.
Master of Music in Music Theory
The master’s degree emphasizes exposure to a broad range of analytical and pedagogical topics and techniques.
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory
The doctoral curriculum emphasizes depth of study, providing students the opportunity to explore specific music- theoretical areas in detail.
Resources:
MUSIC THEORY – Graduate Study in Music Theory (Slideshow)
Find out everything you need to know about studying in our program!