music theory

Music Theorist and Composer Joins Arkansas Tech University's Faculty as Visiting Lecturer of Music

Music Theorist and Composer Joins Arkansas Tech University's Faculty as Visiting Lecturer of Music

I am happy to announce that I have joined Arkansas Tech University’s Music Department as Visiting Lecturer of Music.

Paper Published by Cybernetics & Human Knowing!

Paper Published by Cybernetics & Human Knowing!

Another paper of mine entitled “The Destabilizing Cybernetics of Implausibility: The Anti-Anthropocentric Crisis” was published this month in Cybernetics & Human Knowing 26, nos. 2-3: 169-190. In it, I use an analysis of my own creative process to formulate the hypothesis that a feedback loop connects the music composer, the composition, and its percipients, moving them gradually away from humanocentricism.

Performing New Work as New Executive Board Member for Music Theory

Performing New Work as New Executive Board Member for Music Theory

March 2, 2019: CMS Composers' and Performers' Concert III of the 40th Annual Southern Chapter Conference of The College Music Society, held at the UCF College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.

PNW's Exploration of National Topic "Reflect-Celebrate-Innovate"

PNW's Exploration of National Topic "Reflect-Celebrate-Innovate"

I recently presented my music theoretical research at The College Music Society Pacific Northwest Chapter 30th Regional Conference at Capilano University in North Vancouver, British Columbia. I found a warm welcome, was inspired by colleagues, and expanded my network.

The College Music Society's Rocky Mountain Chapter 32nd Regional Conference

The College Music Society's Rocky Mountain Chapter 32nd Regional Conference

I presented my music theoretical research and chaired Session IX: "The Language of Art" at the The College Music Society's Rocky Mountain Chapter 32nd Regional Conference, held March 24-25 at Eastern New Mexico University - ENMU in Portales, New Mexico.

South-Central Regional Conference of The College Music Society 2016

South-Central Regional Conference of The College Music Society 2016

What a conference! Applying the Existential Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre to Performance and Stage Fright! Cellular Pivots as a New Means of Progression in Post-Tonal Music! Audience, Performance, and Compositional Considerations in Electroacoustic Composition! Art Song Settings of Poetry of William Butler Yeats!