Samuel Miyashita (BM, Music Theory and Composition) has won the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award, which recognizes a rising senior who has shown extraordinary musical and academic accomplishments.

Gillian Robertson presented a theory pedagogy paper at the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory Conference in El Paso, TX. The paper, "Online Core Music Theory Courses: Pedagogical Challenges and Course Implementation," was on a session devoted to the use of technology in the music theory classroom.

Please join us for Thomas Christenen's lecture: Scales, Skulls, and Sanskrit:  The Search for the Origins of Musical Tonality in France, c. 1860 on Wednesday, April 3 at 4:00 pm in MU-321.  There will be a reception to follow in the Graham Green Room.  His visit will include a Panel: The Histories of Music Theory - A Discussion With Thomas Christensen on Thursday, April 4 at 3:00 pm in MU-322.  Both the lecture and panel are open to the public. 

Faculty and graduate students presented at the TSMT (Texas Society for Music Theory) Conference on Feb 22-23 at Texas State Unversity in San Marcos.   Benjamin Graf presented "Motivic Border-Crossing: Continuity Through Formal Divisions" David Heetderks presented: "Fractured Tonal Narratives in Early R.E.M." Stephen Slottow presented: "North American Adaptations of Zen Chanting: Four Strategies" Brian Anderson presented “Gratuitous Repetition and Formal Function in Scarlatti’s Sonatas” Bryan Stevens presented “Theorizing Sonata Form from the Margins: The Spanish Keyboard Sonata from 1744 to c. 1790” Levi Walls presented “Composing out Notre-dame: How Louise Bertin Musically Represents the Hugolian Themes of Fate and Decay in La Esmeralda”  

Please join us for Gillian Robertson's lecture "Past, Yearning, and Fantasy: Interpreting Musical Nostalgia" on Wed, March 20 at 4:00 pm.  There will be a reception to follow in the Graham Green Room.  This event is free and open to the public. 

Dr. Janet Schmalfeldt gave her lecture "Domenico Scarlatti, Escape Artist: Sightings of His 'Mixed Style' Towards the End of the Eighteenth Century."

Cheryl Bates (PhD, Music Theory, dissertation advisor: Frank Heidlberger) was hired on a tenure track position for elementary music education at Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Frank Heidlberger presented a paper, Instrumental Music at the Accademia in Verona around 1590 – Modes of “Conversazione,” at the 18th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, University of Pavia, Institute of Musicology, Cremona Campus (Italy), July 12, 2018.

Gillian Robertson gave a paper entitled, “Rachmaninoff’s Nostalgic ‘Second’ Movement of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43,” at the Texas Society for Music Theory’s 40th Annual Conference, held at Dallas Baptist University in February. She presented a theoretical framework for interpreting moments of nostalgia in music using Op. 43 as a case study. Gillian will also be presenting the paper later this month in Hattiesburg, MS at the Annual South Central Society for Music Theory Conference.

Benjamin Graf gave a guest lecture entitled "Schenkerian Theory: A Comparison of Analytical Approaches and Perspectives" at Dallas Baptist University on February 8. He also presented a paper entitled "Unresolved Six-Four Chords in Beethoven" at the Texas Society for Music Theory Conference on February 23-24.