The respondents claiming that we can easily detach racism from theory seem to be willfully deluding themselves and ignoring what Ewell said in the first place.
Category: theory
Gender and hiring in music theory
There’s a connection between the growing acceptance of non-mainstream methodologies/repertoires and the growing number of marginalized people that have found success within our discipline.
Modular music theory
We are dedicating an entire course to pop and jazz music, thoroughly integrating theory and performance, and de-sequencing the curriculum.
SMT 2017
Featuring summaries of talks on Indian classical music, mentorship and diversity, and popular music.
IASPM 2017
IASPM 2017, Kassel, Germany. A brief summary of papers I attended.
The Tenure-Track Job Search in Music Theory
Where are the jobs? What is the timeline for applying? How can you prepare? What do you pack?
Beat of a Different Drummer?
The majority of spectrogram analysis methods are overly focused on overtones and partials.
A theory of attacks?
The critique of binaries as being over-generalizing is leveled at me a lot. But McAdams 1999 shows that perhaps this isn’t actually a damaging oversimplification.
MTSNYS 2016 reflections
Another energizing and inspiring conference is past: Music Theory Society of New York State’s annual meeting. This year it was held at Mannes’s new campus–beautiful space. And a lot of really wonderful papers! I actually found the conference short, I think because I only saw two full sessions, and the other was a “lightning round”… Continue reading MTSNYS 2016 reflections
Analyzing timbre
I’ve removed this post, which was from 2016 (!), because my approach to timbre has evolved a lot. Readers should check out my MTO article instead, which was published in 2020. You can find more publications (all of which was published later than this blog post) on my Research page.