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 »
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 »
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 »
Prof. Kielian-Gilbert’s article “Experiencing Chen Yi’s Music” published in Music Theory Online
Prof. Marianne Kielian-Gilbert recently had an article published in the latest issue of Music Theory Online. “Experiencing Chen Yi’s Music: Local and Cosmopolitan Reciprocities in Ning for Pipa, Violin and Cello (2002) aims to suggest how Chen’s music offers multiple affiliations for music listeners, such that the local emerges in the cosmopolitan and vice versa…. Read more »
Julian Hook awarded Production Grant from IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Program
We are pleased to share that Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Professor Julian “Jay” Hook has been awarded a Production Grant from the IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Program. His book project, titled “Exploring Musical Spaces,” aims to bridge the gulf between music theory and mathematics. The funds will be used to defray publication… 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 »