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Education
Ph.D. in Music Theory, 2009
M.M. in Music Theory, 2006
B.M. in Music Theory and Trombone Performance, 2004
Academic Employment
Assistant Professor of Music, 2014–present
Assistant Professor of Music Theory, 2009–2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2004–2009
Teaching Assistant, 2001–2004
Research Activities
Published Articles
“Problems and (Some) Solutions in Creating Student-Centered Learning.” Insights Magazine
“Aspects of Otherness in John Adams’s Nixon in China .” Dutch Journal of Music Theory , Volume 18, Number 3.
“Musical, Textual, and Visual Meanings in Bang on a Can’s Lost Objects .” Indiana Theory Review , Volume 30, Number 2.
“Integrating Domains: The Role of the Visual in Multimedia Analysis .” College Music Symposium , Volume 54.
“The ever more specialized topic: How do we know what it means? ” Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Semiotics in Memory of Raymond Monelle .
“Sarcasm and Altered Narrative Expectations: Representations of the Other in John Adams’s Nixon in China .” International Journal of Contemporary Composition , Volume 6.
“Canons, Augmentations, and Their Meaning in Two Works by Steve Reich .” Music Theory Online 17.1.
“Focus of Attention to Melody or Harmony and Perception of Musical Tension: An Exploratory Study .” Co-authored with Lindsey R. Williams and William E. Frederickson. International Journal of Music Education , Volume 29, Number 1.
National and International Conferences (peer-reviewed)
“Deceptive Love: The Impact of Deceptive Motion in Billy Joel’s ‘She’s Got a Way’ and ‘She’s Always a Woman.'” “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”: The Music and Lyrics of Billy Joel, A Public Musicology Conference , October 2016, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
“Topics in Video Game Music: The Sky in Recent Nintendo Franchise Games.”
“Without Text: Meaning in Einstein on the Beach from the sonic and visual domain.” Semiotic Society of America National Conference, October 2015, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Without narrative: Meaning in Einstein on the Beach from the sonic and visual domains.” International Conference on the Multimodal Experience of Music , March 2015, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
“Steve Reich’s Phase Music Reconsidered ,” Society for Music Theory, November 2014, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“The ever more specialized topic: How do we know what it means? ” International Conference on Music Semiotics in Memory of Raymond Monelle , October 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
“Can minimalist music convey meaning?” Semiotic Society of America National Conference, October 2010, Louisville, Kentucky.
“Meaning in minimalist opera: Investigating the subtext of Doctor Atomic.” Second International Conference on Minimalist Music , September 2009, Kansas City, Missouri.
“Music, politics, and image in Adams’s Nixon in China .” Second International Conference for Ph.D. Music Students, February 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece.
“A semiological model for the study of musical multimedia .” Semiotic Society of America National Conference, October 2008, Houston, Texas.
“Dr. Trombone: The development of a computerized musical training aid.” Association for Technology in Music Instruction National Conference, November 2005, Québec City, Canada.
Regional Conferences (peer-reviewed)
“Flipped Classroom Strategies for Music Theory Instruction.” Special Pedagogy Presentation at the Texas Society for Music Theory , February 2016.
“Steve Reich’s Phase Music Reconsidered .” Texas Society for Music Theory , March 2014, San Antonio, Texas.
“Building Bridges: Music Theory from High School to College.” Panel Session sponsored by the Texas Society of Music Theory , presented at the Texas Music Educators Association , February 2014, San Antonio, Texas.
“Of Cycles and Loss: How an Interval Cycle Effects Meaning in Bang on a Can’s Lost Objects .” Texas Society for Music Theory , March 2013, Denton, Texas.
“Representations of the ‘Other’ in Adams’s Nixon in China.”
“Augmented canons and eternal time in the music of Steve Reich.”
“Can you repeat after me? The use of double-interval cycles in Lost Objects.” Music Theory Southeast , March 2008, Greensboro, North Carolina.
“Process and intuition: Narration in Three Tales by Steve Reich.”
“Transitions in a collage: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.” Florida State University Music Theory Forum , January 2006, Tallahassee, Florida.
Invited Lectures
“An Individualized Approach to Flipped Classroom Instruction .” Koehler Center (TCU) Teaching and Learning Conversation. April 2015, Fort Worth, Texas.
“An Introduction to Research in the Field of Music Theory.” University of Texas, Arlington. Guest lecturer in MUSI 5362: Intro to Research in Music. October 2014, Arlington, Texas.
“Disco and Minimalism: Time…and More Time…and More Time…” Furman University , Composition Seminar, December 2013, Greenville, South Carolina.
“Using Technology in the Music Classroom.” Florida State University, Program for Instructional Excellence , October 2007, Tallahassee, Florida.
University Service (TCU)
TCU Faculty Senate (2016–2019)TCU Intercolliegate Athletics Committee (2015-2018)
Graduate Committees
MM, Musicology (Elizabeth Kirkendoll)
DMA, Piano Performance (You You Zhang)
Professional Service
Session Chair for the Texas Society of Music Theory , El Paso, Texas, 2015
Nominating Committee for the Texas Society of Music Theory , 2014–2015
Editorial Committee for Engaging Students 2
Editorial Committee for Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy
Advisory Board for Mosiac: A Journal of Music Research
Networking/IT Committee , Society for Music Theory , 2011–2017
Webmaster for the Society, 2013–2014
Chair of the Committee, 2014–2017
Executive Board, Texas Society for Music Theory , 2011–2014
Program Committee, Texas Society for Music Theory , 2010
Editorial Assistant for Music Theory Online , 2008–2012
Professional Development Committee, Society for Music Theory , 2007–2010
Co-Chair for the Music Theory Society Forum , Florida State University, 2007–2008
President of the Music Theory Society , Florida State University, 2006–2007
Secretary of the Music Theory Society , Florida State University, 2005–2006
Session Chair for the Music Theory Society Forum , Florida State University, 2005
Honors, Awards, and Grants
TCU Honors College – Course Enhancement Mini-Grant , 2017
TCU Honors College – Colloquium Development Grant, 2015
Multiple Travel Grants, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University , 2004–2009
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Nomination, Florida State University, April, 2006Induction into Pi Kappa Lambda , Phi Chapter, Florida State University, April 2006
Professional Affiliations
