Thursday, October 9
OPENING REMARKS | 12:30–1 p.m.
Timashev Recital Hall 120
SESSION 1 | 1 p.m.–2:30
Timashev Recital Hall 120
“Black Music Theories”
Session Chair: Michael Smith, The Ohio State University
- Don Cherry’s “Sounds that Swing”: A Sonic Philosophy
Paul Nicholas Roth, University of California, San Diego - Sun Ra’s Tone Science
Anna Gawboy, The Ohio State University - Transcription and Gesture in Wadada Leo Smith’s Analysis of Anthony Braxton’s Composition 113
Marc Hannaford, University of Michigan
FEATURED SPEAKER | 2:45–4:15
Timashev Ensemble Rehearsal Room 160
"Digging in the Crates: How to Listen to Music with the Ear of a Hip Hop Producer"
Jason Rawls, The Ohio State University
SESSION 2 | 4:30–6 p.m. (2 choices)
(1) Timashev Classroom 408
"Instrument-Specific Theories"
Session Chair: Nick Shea, Arizona State University
- Reimagining the Violinist: Analyzing the Expressive Possibilities of the Bow Hand for Storytelling Performances
Lisa Yoshida, University of California, Irvine - Pedal Schemas: A Harp-Centric Mode of Analysis
McKenna Sheeley-Jennings, University of Western Ontario - “Keys to the Lamborghini”: Picking Transformations and Embodiment in Rock Guitar Instructional Videos of the early 1990s
Juan Rivera, University of Chicago
(2) Timashev Classroom 410
"Groove and Entrainment"
Session Chair: Jeremy W. Smith, The Ohio State University
- Groove on the Field: The Practice and Theory of Microtiming “Feels” in Marching Percussion
Zachary Lookenbill, University of Arkansas - Grooving until you can’t: formal process and embodiment in early British Grindcore
Florian Walch, University of Chicago - Aperiodic Entrainment, Precise Aural Mimesis, and Mathcore
Calder Hannan, Indiana University
Friday, October 10
SESSION 3 | 8:45–10:15 a.m.
Timashev Ensemble Rehearsal Room 160
"Dance Workshops"
- Embodied Theory, Performed Lineage: Finding Music Theory in Rhythm Tap Dance Choreography and Pedagogy
Rachel Gain, Yale University
Stefanie Bilidas, The University of Texas at Austin - Rhythm and form in zapateado in “Las amarillas”: A Choreomusical Workshop as Practice in Research
Andrea Tinajero-Perez and Alfonso Cervera, The Ohio State University
SESSION 4 | 10:30–11:30 (2 choices)
(1) Timashev Recital Hall 120 or Classroom 308 (TBD)
“Musical Identity”
Session Chair: Arved Ashby, The Ohio State University
- Singing Femininity in a Mennonite Voice
Katie Graber, The Ohio State University - Composing Queer Identity: Co-Creation and the Queering of Contemporary Musical Practice
CJ Smyth-Small, The Ohio State University
(2) Timashev Classroom 310
“20th Century Analytic Methods”
Session Chair: Aleksandra Drozzina, The Ohio State University
- Practitioner-Centered Approaches to Researching and Analyzing Indeterminate Music
Jessica Stearns, East Texas A&M University - Notation as Negotiation: Harry Partch’s 17 Lyrics by Li Po and the Performer’s Role in Theoretical Revision
Jiaqi Sun, University of North Texas
LUNCH BREAK | 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
SESSION 5 | 1–2:30 p.m. (2 choices)
(1) Timashev Recital Hall 120
“Ensemble and Performance Analysis”
Session Chair: Andrea Tinajero-Perez, The Ohio State University
- '¡Conversa, Conversa!’: A Parametric Analysis of Participant Interaction in Salsa Dura
Irén Hangen Vázquez, McGill University - The Embodied Chorus: Rehearsing and Performing Ligeti's Early Works With An Amateur Ensemble
Marina Rossi, Università di Trento - Mucking It Up Together: Distributed Cognition and the Analysis of Musical Mistakes
Nathaniel Mitchell, University of Delaware
(2) Timashev Classroom 300
“Movement in Music”
Session Chair: Samuel Gardner, Oberlin College Conservatory
- How EDM Producers Conceptualize Shape and Movement in their Music
Jeremy W. Smith, The Ohio State University - My Sabers, My Rules: An Exploration of Agency and Gesture in Custom Beat Saber Content
Joshua Cohen, University of Kentucky - The Time It Takes to Jump: Battu Sequences as a Determinant of Meter and Tempo
Andrew Malilay White, University of Texas at Austin
FEATURED SPEAKER | 2:45–4:25
Timashev Recital Hall 120
"Phenomenological Reflections on Music Theory and Practice: A Violinist–Theorist’s Perspective"
Jonathan De Souza, University of Western Ontario
TOURS OF ACADEMIC BUILDINGS | 5–6 p.m.
Sullivant Hall
Conference participants are welcome to take some guided tours of nearby academic buildings that house some of the interdisciplinary programs offered at Ohio State, including the Department of Dance, ACCAD (Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design), and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
“HAPPY HOUR” | 6–7 p.m.
High Street
We encourage all conference participants to explore the many offerings on High Street for a casual snack and/or drink before our banquet.
CONFERENCE BANQUET | 7–8:30 p.m.
Ohio Union
Saturday, October 11
BREAKFAST | 7:30–8:30 a.m.
Timashev North Commons
SESSION 6 | 8:30–10 a.m.
Timashev Recital Hall 120
“Theorizing Everyday Listening”
Session Chair: TBD
- Examining Corporate and Co-Operative Models of AI in Musical Spaces
Gerardo Lopez, University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Music Theorists as Practitioners: Expert Listeners or Expert Theorists?
Samuel Gardner, Oberlin College Conservatory - Music in Everyday Life of Autistic Adults: Phenomenological Themes in Music Therapy Practice
Jon Fessenden and Moira Cairns, Mississippi University for Women
SESSION 7 | 10:15–11 a.m.
Timashev Ensemble Rehearsal Room 160
“Improvisatory Methods Workshop”
Some Real-Time Pressures of Music Making
Nick Shea, Arizona State University
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | 11:15 a.m.–12 p.m.
Timashev Recital Hall 120
“What is Practitioner-Centered Music Theory?”
Chair: Ryan Skinner, The Ohio State University
- Anabel Maler, The University of British Columbia
- Leslie Tilley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Zachary Lookenbill, University of Arkansas
- Marc Hannaford, University of Michigan
LUNCH BREAK | 12–1:30 p.m.
FEATURED SPEAKER | 1:30–3 p.m.
Timashev Recital Hall 120
(Title TBD)
Leslie Tilley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology