Society for Music Theory conference a Triumph for Eastman Theory Department

The Eastman Theory department had a fabulous showing at the Society for Music Theory annual conference, held November 7–10 in Jacksonville, Fl. The program was a showcase of the innovative and diverse research being conducted at Eastman. Thirteen papers were given by current students and faculty:

• Associate Professor Zack Bernstein, “Pre-Compositional Rhythmic Structure and Dialectical Critique in Helmut Lachenmann’s Serynade”
• Assistant Professor Nathan Lam, “Solfége Set Theory” and “Re-Forming the Cello: The Gehu and Intercultural Organology”
• Emerita Professor Betsy Marvin, “Music Theory Pedagogy:  Beyond the Three Bs”
• Doctoral student Sam Falotico, “’What’s in an OP?’: Narrative, KonoSuba, and the 3/4 Prechorus” and “Beyond the Spotlight: YOASOBI’s ‘Idol’ as a Critique of the Japanese Entertainment Industry”
• Doctoral student Ryan Galik, “Improvisation in the Aural Skills Classroom: Applications of Conversational Solfège”
• Doctoral student Maeve Gillen, “Hermeneutics of the Musical Police State: Process and Collectivism in David Lang’s I Fought the Law”
• Doctoral student Ruixue Hu, “Temporality, Tragedy, and Reversed Recapitulation in the Serial-Minimalist First Movement of Joe Hisaishi’s East Land Symphony”
• Doctoral student Hanisha Kulothparan, “Storytelling and Meter in clipping.’s ‘story 2′” and “Five Lessons in my First Five Years in Music Theory”
• Doctoral student Evan Martschenko, “‘Feel the Emptiness’: Micro-Schemata in the Music of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki”
• Doctoral student Alex Rodzianko, “A Generalized Model of Wechsel Cycles”

Additionally, Assistant Professor Ben Baker and Professor David Temperley chaired sessions of the Jazz and Composition Interest Groups, respectively, and Associate Professor Bill Marvin was a participant in a workshop on 16th century polyphony.