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IU Music Theory SMT Event Schedule
All times are EST
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 Attention
Session: BIPOC Female Voices
Victoria Malawey (PhD 2007; Macalester College), Chair
Friday, November 11
8:00–10:00 am | Poster Session
Michael Baker (PhD 2007; University of Kentucky), Karate Kid Pedagogy and Interdisciplinary Priming in the Music Theory Curriculum
Sara Bakker (PhD 2013; Utah State University), Studying the Piano Etude: Virtuosity, Perfection, and Disability
Timothy Kern Chenette (PhD 2013; Utah State University), Amelia Merkley, Ryan Becker, Meghan Hatfield, Is Harmonic Dictation Effective?
9:00 am–12:00 pm
Session: Analyzing Hip-Hop through the Music of Daniel Dumile
SMT Graduate Student Workshop with Prof. Kyle Adams
9.00–10.30 am
Session: Narrative in Popular Music
Samantha Waddell, Storytelling Through Metric Manipulation in Popular Music
Session: Rethinkings and Critiques
Mariusz Kozak (post-doc 2012‑13; Columbia University), Rethinking the Meaning of Emotion in Leonard Meyer’s Emotion and Meaning in Music
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session: Changing Careers: What I Wish I’d Known (SMT Professional Development Committee)
Michael McClimon (Phd 2016; Fastmail), presenter
Session: New Insights from the History of Music Theory
Abigail Shupe (MM 2009; Colorado State University), Annie Koppes, “Suspend the tweezers from your face”: Repeating Rameau’s Experiments in Génération harmonique
Session: Phrase Structures
Nathaniel D. Mitchell (MM 2015; University of North Carolina Greensboro), Rethinking Phrase Structure in Eighteenth-Century Music: Situation-Specific Models and ad hoc Hybrids
2:15–3:45 pm
Session: Cognition and Semiotics
Prof. Andrew Goldman, Neuroscience in Music Research: Critical Challenges and Contributions
2:15 pm–5:30 pm
Session: New Analytical Perspectives on Hip-Hop, EDM, and Post-Millennial Pop
Stephen Gomez-Peck (MM 2018; University of Alabama), Inter-Rotational Form in Trap-Influenced Hip-Hop
Mitchell Ohriner (PhD 2011; University of Denver), Enjambment and Related Phenomena in Rap Delivery
Session: Facts, Fictions, and the Musicological Imaginary
Frederick Reece (post-doc 2019–20; University of Washington), presenter
4:00–5:30 pm
Session: Formal Ambiguities and Disruptions
Prof. Roman Ivanovitch, Surprise Tactics: A Haydn Habit of Disruption
Session: Riemannian, Neo-Riemannian, and Transformational Theory
Prof. Julian Hook, Chair
Saturday, November 12
9:00–10:30 am
Session: Embodiment
Jessica Anne Sommer (PhD 2018; Lawrence University), Embodying Sexual Abuse in Voice: Babbitt’s Philomel
Session: Mappings
Leah Frederick (PhD 2020; University of Michigan), Violin Fingerboard Spaces
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session: Your Voices: Taking Stock of Music and Disability Studies
Prof. Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, discussant
7:00 pm–9:00 pm | Cambridge Room
IU Music Theory, Musicology & Ethnomusicology joint reception
Sunday, November 13
8:30-10:30 am
Session: Sound, Infrastructure and Lived Experience
Gabriel Lubell (DM 2013), The Sonic Allure of Water Infrastructure, and co-chair
9:00–10.30 am
Session: Vocal Timbre
Prof. Michèle Duguay, Chair
10:45am‑12:15 pm
Session: Modulatory Plans
Prof. Simon Prosser, Tonal Hierarchy as Schema
Session: Eclectic Idiolects
Bruno Alcalde (MM 2012; University of South Carolina), Chair
Prof. Kyle Adams, Untangling Lusitano’s Chromaticism
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.
Roman Ivanovitch | rivanovi@indiana.edu
Chair (Fall 2022)
Tonal analysis, 18c music, form, variation techniques, Mozart
Kyle Adams | kyadams@indiana.edu
(Sabbatical Fall 2022)
History of music theory, hip-hop music, popular music, musicianship
Michèle Duguay | mduguay@iu.edu
Bryan Espinosa | bsespino@iu.edu
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
Simon Prosser | prossers@iu.edu
Frank Samarotto | fsamarot@indiana.edu
Schenker, history of music theory, rhythm, temporality, 19c music, Brahms
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!