Presentations

In 2023, I started making my presentations using Reveal.js, so you can view the slides as a website. You can view more complete lists of my presentations on my Research and CV pages.

Slide from presentation reading

Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy

Special session sponsored by the Professional Development Committee.

Society for Music Theory 49th Annual Meeting, 2026.

French promotional flyer for the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer

The Timbre Is the Instrument: The Imagined DX7

Society for American Music 52nd Annual Conference; 4th International Conference on Timbre, 2026.

visual representation of an equalizer
Image by kalhh from Pixabay

EDM as Timbre Learning Lab

American Musicological Society and Society for Music Theory Joint Annual Meeting, 2025.

Origami-shaped metal sculptures
Tyler Spaeth, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Instrumental Timbre and Texture in Popular Song

Workshop.

Timbre and Orchestration in Popular Song conference, 2025.

close-up of a layer cake
Image by Nusrat Fahima from Pixabay

Layers of Meaning: Teaching Instrumentation and Texture

Keynote lecture.

46th Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, 2024.

A close-up of the headstock of a guitar
Image by Domenico Cervini from Pixabay

I Want It That Way: Good Practices for Pop Music Pedagogy

Lecture within a mini-residency, Music Scholars Series, Utah State University. Logan, UT. April 3–6.