Society for Music Theory 49th Annual Meeting
November 5-8, 2026
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI, USA
Index of Authors
A list of all persons who contribute to the sessions of this conference. Please select a letter below to list all persons with the corresponding last name. Select the presentation in the right-hand column to access session and presentation details.
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| Author(s) | Organization(s) | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Acevedo, Stefanie | University of Connecticut | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Presenter |
| Acevedo-Arús, Marcos | The University of Texas at Austin | Ludomusicology |
| Akhavian, Armin | Florida State University | Film, TV, Video Games |
| Arias-Runyan, Shelby | Yale University, United States of America | Pedagogies and Public Music Theory |
| Barbre, Renée | Yale University, United States of America | Canons Old and New |
| Basso, Pierre | McGill University, Canada; Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) | Historical Materials: Phrase, Meter, Scale |
| Belcher, Owen | University of Missouri-Kansas City | Harmonic Dualisms Presenter |
| Beliveau, Annie | CUNY Graduate Center, United States of America | Cadence and Closure |
| Bergeron-Dumaine, Holly | University of British Columbia | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Discussant Integrating Timbre into the Undergraduate Music Theory Curriculum Chair Integrating Timbre into the Undergraduate Music Theory Curriculum Discussant |
| Bernacki, Nathan | University of British Columbia | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Bernstein, Zachary | Eastman School of Music | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Discussant Time and Tonality in Music Since 1950 |
| Bilidas, Stefanie | Texas Woman's University | Genre and Crossover in the 21st Century Presenter |
| Bivens, Sam | Rice University, United States of America | 19th-Century Opera Presenter |
| Bourne, Janet | University of California, Santa Barbara | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Presenter |
| Boyd, Clifton | New York University | Revisiting Formalism Presenter |
| Brody, Christopher | University of Louisville, United States of America | Phrase, Sentence, Period. |
| Buchler, Michael | Florida State University, United States of America | Quotation and Reference |
| Burstein, L. Poundie | Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY | Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Presenter |
| Cairns, Zachary | University of Missouri - St. Louis, United States of America | Transformations and Interval Spaces |
| Capuzzo, Guy | UNCG, United States of America | Harmonic Progressions, Harmonic Rhythm |
| Carlock, Samantha | Indiana University | Considering Country Music |
| Carter, David S. | Loyola Marymount University, United States of America | Considering Country Music |
| Carter-Enyi, Aaron | Morehouse College | Mentorship in Music Theory: Mentors and Mentees share their experiences Chair |
| Chander, Aditya | Yale University | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Chair |
| Chang, Joseph | McGill University | Analytical Methodologies for 8-Bit Chiptune Music Presenter |
| Cheung, Hon Ki | University of Texas at Austin | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Christianson, Karen | Princeton University | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Chung, Andrew | University of North Texas | Revisiting Formalism Presenter |
| Clarke, Sabrina | Meredith College, United States of America | Topic Formation and Use |
| Clawson-Cannestra, Kaitlyn | University of Oregon | Poster Session |
| Cobb, Nathan | Emory University, United States of America | Instruments and Orchestration |
| Cole, Christa | Oberlin College & Conservatory | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Conlee, Jade | University of Virginia, United States of America | Revisiting Formalism Chair Revisiting Formalism Presenter |
| Costello, Kevin | Queens College, CUNY | Pay Attention! |
| Coury-Hall, M. A. | independent scholar (New York City, New York) | Transformations and Interval Spaces |
| Crompton, Jonathon | Columbia University, United States of America | Mode and Its Philosophies in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries |
| Cummins, Cameron | University of Central Florida | Ludomusicology |
| Cupps, J.P. | Washington University in St. Louis | 21st-Century Genre Cues and Behaviors |
| Davis, Sean | Swarthmore College, United States of America | Film, TV, Video Games |
| De Souza, Jonathan | University of Western Ontario, Canada | Jazz Harmony and Tonality |
| Desinord, Richard | Georgetown University | The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice Presenter |
| Devaney, Johanna | Brooklyn College | Poster Session |
| Dolan, Emily I. | Brown University | SMT Plenary - Music and Technology: Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents, and Speculative Futures |
| Donaldson, James | Indiana University | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Presenter |
| Dreyer, Gia | Hunter College CUNY, United States of America | Voice and Identity |
| Drott, Eric | The University of Texas at Austin | SMT Plenary - Music and Technology: Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents, and Speculative Futures |
| Duarte, Seraphim | Kennesaw State University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Duker, Philip | University of Delaware, United States of America | Pedagogies and Public Music Theory |
| Easley, Dave | Oklahoma City University | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Chair |
| Echevarria, Rafael | Durham University, United Kingdom | Formenlehre |
| Edwards, Sion | Northwestern University, United States of America | Cadence and Closure |
| Espinosa, Bryan | Sam Houston State University, United States of America | Phrase, Sentence, Period. |
| Ewell, Philip | CUNY Hunter College | Mentorship in Music Theory: Mentors and Mentees share their experiences Discussant |
| Farbood, Mary | New York University | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Presenter |
| Farr, Jacob | The University of Kansas | Pop Formal Functions |
| Faulkner, Jackson | Indiana University, United States of America | Chromaticism and Closure in the Renaissance |
| Felter, Collin | University of California, Irvine | Jazz Harmony and Tonality |
| Feng, Juyuan | Harvard University, United States of America | Global Circulations |
| Foonberg, Avinoam | University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music | Poster Session |
| Fossum, Dave | Arizona State University | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Frederick, Leah | University of Colorado Boulder | Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy Discussant |
| Gain, Rachel | Yale University | Choreography |
| Galik, Ryan | Eastman School of Music, United States of America | Pay Attention! |
| Ganade D'Acol, Mitia | Oberling College and Conservatory, United States of America | Bodies in Motion |
| Gao, Yiyuan | School of Music, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China | Pitch, Language, Tone |
| Garza, Jose | Texas State University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Gawboy, Anna | The Ohio State University, United States of America | Performance- and Practitioner-Centered Theories |
| Geyer, Ben | Mount Holyoke College, United States of America | Jazz Harmony and Tonality |
| Gillen, Maeve | Eastman School of Music | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Discussant |
| Gollmar, Grace | University of Texas at Austin | Genre and Crossover in the 21st Century Presenter |
| Grant, Roger Mathew | Wesleyan University | Global Circulations Presenter |
| Greenberg, Yoel | Hebrew University, Jerusalem | Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music Presenter |
| Grider, Killian | University of Michigan, United States of America | New and Hybrid Pop Forms |
| Grunkemeyer, Joey | Indiana University | Topic Formation and Use |
| Gruver, Laine | Northwestern University | Film, TV, Video Games |
| Hamilton, Robert | Eastman School of Music | Canons Old and New |
| Hanenberg, Scott | Wilfrid Laurier University | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Discussant |
| Hangen Vázquez, Irén | McGill University, Canada | Bodies in Motion |
| Hannaford, Marc | University of Michigan, United States of America | A Practice-Based Introduction to George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization Chair |
| Hannan, Calder | Indiana University, United States of America | 21st-Century Genre Cues and Behaviors |
| Harrison, Daniel | Yale University, emeritus | The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice Chair |
| Heggie, Caroline | Independent Scholar, United Kingdom | Poster Session |
| Heilig, John | Indiana Uninversity | Instruments and Orchestration |
| Heinricks, Haley | Harvard University, United States of America | Instruments and Orchestration |
| Hilewicz, Orit | Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University | Time and Tonality in Music Since 1950 |
| Hirschy, Norman | Oxford University Press | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Discussant |
| Hottle, Rachel | Florida State University, United States of America | Pop Formal Functions |
| Howie, Tyler | Oberlin College Conservatory | Genre and Crossover in the 21st Century Presenter |
| Hu, Ruixue | Eastman School of Music | Historical Materials: Phrase, Meter, Scale |
| Ingram, Thomas | University of Michigan | Chromaticism and Closure in the Renaissance |
| Iverson, Jennifer | University of Chicago | Genre and Crossover in the 21st Century Chair |
| Jones, Evan | Florida State University | Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy Chair |
| Jonker, Alexandrea | Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam | Transformations and Interval Spaces |
| Keep, David | Hope College | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| King, Amy | Northwestern University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Knoedler, John | University of Michigan | Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy Discussant |
| Korkontzelos, Lilly | University of Michigan | Voice and Identity |
| Krell, Ryan | CCM - The University of Cincinnati, United States of America | Time and Tonality in Music Since 1950 |
| Lavengood, Megan | George Mason University | Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy Discussant |
| Lee, Gui Hwan | James Madison University | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Presenter |
| Lee, Ji Yeon | University of Houston | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Chair “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Presenter Mentorship in Music Theory: Mentors and Mentees share their experiences Chair |
| Lill, Kája | University of Missouri Kansas City | Harmonic Dualisms Chair Harmonic Dualisms Presenter |
| Lloyd, Zachary | Florida State University | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Discussant |
| Long, Megan Kaes | Oberlin College Conservatory of Music | Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Presenter |
| Lookenbill, Zachary | University of Arkansas | Poster Session |
| Loui, Psyche | Northeastern University | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Presenter |
| Lussier, Kelsey | McGill University, Canada | Groove is in the Heart |
| Lynch, Kasey | University of Oregon, United States of America | Considering Country Music |
| Mach, Ash | Eastman School of Music | Timbre Studies |
| Malley, Ronnie | University of Chicago | Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar Presenter |
| Margulis, Elizabeth | Princeton University | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Presenter |
| Markey, V | Kennesaw State University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Mason-Nguyen, Pamela | University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America | Global Circulations |
| Matos-Tovar, Luis | Florida State University | Ludomusicology |
| McGartland, Aidan | McGill University, Canada | Timbre Studies |
| McKemie, Daniel | SUNY Oneonta | Poster Session |
| Mengozzi, Stefano | University of Michigan | Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Presenter |
| Mielcarek, Maxwell | University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America | Pitch-Class, Positional, and Pantuvarali Spaces |
| Milius, Emily | Peabody Institute | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Miller, Natalie | Western University, Canada | Pay Attention! |
| Mino, Karla | Kennesaw State University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Monfredo, Clare | Hunter College, United States of America | Performance- and Practitioner-Centered Theories |
| Moranis, Rebecca | The Graduate Center, CUNY | Choreography |
| Motazedian, Táhirih | Vassar College | The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice Presenter |
| Murphy, Scott | The University of Kansas | The Other Cadence: Plagal Mechanisms in Historical and Contemporary Practice Presenter |
| Osborn, Brad | University of Kansas, United States of America | Meters, Perceived and Otherwise |
| Oudin, Mael | McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), Montreal, Canada | Timbre Studies |
| Palfy, Cora | Washington & Jefferson College | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Chair |
| Park, Joon | University of Illinois Chicago, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Pau, Andrew | Oberlin College & Conservatory, United States of America | Phrase, Sentence, Period. |
| Peloso, Anna | Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music | Groove is in the Heart |
| Perez Tabares, Carlos | Oberlin College & Conservatory, United States of America | 19th-Century Opera |
| Piché, Marie-Ève | University of Michigan, United States of America | Harmonic Progressions, Harmonic Rhythm |
| Praskurnin, Vlad | CUNY Graduate Center | Chromaticism and Closure in the Renaissance |
| Rabinovitch, Gilad | Queens Colege, United States of America; Queens College, CUNY | Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Chair Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Presenter |
| Ramani, Shruti | University of British Columbia | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Rao, Rao | University of Kansas | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Redmond, Jared | Independent Scholar/Composer | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Presenter |
| Reed, Jacob | University of Chicago, United States of America | Performance- and Practitioner-Centered Theories |
| Reenan, Sam | University of Cincinnati | Revisiting Formalism Presenter Sonata Forms |
| Rehding, Alex | Harvard University | Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar Discussant |
| Reymore, Lindsey | Arizona State University | Integrating Timbre into the Undergraduate Music Theory Curriculum Discussant |
| Reynolds, Atticus | University of California, Irvine, United States of America | Meters, Perceived and Otherwise |
| Rhie, Kay | UCLA | “For Me, Music Has No Boundaries”: Analytical Perspectives on the Music of Unsuk Chin Presenter |
| Ricci, Adam | UNC Greensboro, United States of America | Meters, Perceived and Otherwise |
| Rivera, Juan | University of Chicago | Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar Presenter |
| Rivera, Luis Armando | Univesrity of Michigan, United States of America | Formenlehre |
| Rodgers, Stephen | University of Oregon, United States of America | Song Cycles and Concept Albums |
| Rodriguez, J. Benjamin | Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, United States of America | Pitch-Class, Positional, and Pantuvarali Spaces |
| Root, Jena | Brown University | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Roshal, Lev | Indiana University, United States of America | 19th-Century Opera |
| Rosner, Joshua | McGill University | Integrating Timbre into the Undergraduate Music Theory Curriculum Discussant |
| Rossetti, Gregory | Rutgers University | Analytical Methodologies for 8-Bit Chiptune Music Presenter |
| Rusch, René | University of Michigan, United States of America | Sonata Forms |
| Rush, Toby | University of Dayton | Tech Tips and Best Practices for Publications, Presentations, and Pedagogy Discussant |
| Saenz, Juan Patricio | Harvard University | Quotation and Reference |
| Salem, Joseph | University of Victoria, Canada | Harmonic Progressions, Harmonic Rhythm |
| Sánchez-Kisielewska, Olga | University of Chicago, United States of America | Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music Chair Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music Presenter |
| Sanders-Fast, Connor | University of Illinois Chicago, United States of America | Cadence and Closure |
| Schartmann, Andrew | New England Conservatory | Analytical Methodologies for 8-Bit Chiptune Music Chair |
| Scherzinger, Martin | New York University | Revisiting Formalism Presenter |
| Schossberger, Barak | Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | Pastoral and Nature Topics |
| Schubert, Peter | McGill University | Reconstructing Hexachordal Solmization: Opportunities and Limitations Presenter |
| Schweitzer, Benjamin | CUNY Graduate Center, United States of America | Quotation and Reference |
| Schwitzgebel, Emily | University of South Carolina | The Status of Music Cognition within Music Theory: A Gendered Problem? Chair |
| Segall, Christopher | University of Cincinnati | Formenlehre |
| Serrano, Daniel | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria | Pastoral and Nature Topics |
| Shafer England, Jennifer | Montana State University, United States of America | Pedagogies and Public Music Theory |
| Shafner, Noah | McGill University | Mode and Its Philosophies in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries |
| Shannon, Alexander | University of Alabama | Pitch-Class, Positional, and Pantuvarali Spaces |
| Shepherd, Lauern | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Sherrill, Paul | University of Utah, United States of America | Voice Leading |
| Simonds, Zachary | CUNY Graduate Center, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Slote, Audrey | University of Chicago, United States of America | Groove is in the Heart |
| Smith, Oscar | University of British Columbia | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Star, Allyson | Indiana University, United States of America | New and Hybrid Pop Forms |
| Stemen, Jonah | University of Michigan, United States of America | Topic Formation and Use |
| Stoecker, Philip | Hofstra University, United States of America | Pedagogies and Public Music Theory |
| Stover, Chris | Griffith University | A Practice-Based Introduction to George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization Chair |
| Straus, Joseph | CUNY Graduate Center | Mentorship in Music Theory: Mentors and Mentees share their experiences Discussant |
| Sugawara, Rina | University of Chicago, United States of America | Alternative Formal Constructions |
| Sulaiman, Michelle | University of Oregon | Poster Session |
| Sullivan, James | Michigan State University | Celebrating Queer Ear: Reflecting, Inviting In, and Looking Forward Chair |
| Sutcliffe, W. Dean | University of Auckland | Centering Boccherini from the Periphery: Reassessing Form, Style, and Method in Eighteenth-Century Music Presenter |
| Tabak, Lina | Indiana University | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Tagore, Pramantha | University of Chicago, United States of America | Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar Chair Epistemic Strings: Thinking Music Theory through the Oud, Sitar, and Guitar Presenter |
| Tasber, Kellin | IU Bloomington, United States of America | 21st-Century Genre Cues and Behaviors |
| Tatar, Jeremy | Carleton College | Mentorship in Music Theory: Mentors and Mentees share their experiences Discussant |
| Tenzer, Michael | University of British Columbia | Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Chair Irregular Meters, Globally Speaking Presenter |
| Thomas, Isabelle | The Ohio State University | Bodies in Motion |
| Tinajero Perez, Andrea | The Ohio State University, United States of America | Choreography |
| Tobin, Sarah | University of Michigan, United States of America | Voice and Identity |
| Torrente, Alvaro | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain | Historical Materials: Phrase, Meter, Scale |
| Tran, Sylvie | Michigan State University | Pastoral and Nature Topics |
| Tymoczko, Dmitri | Princeton University, United States of America | Voice Leading |
| Ukaewen, Sunday Oluwaseun | Harvard University, United States of America | Pitch, Language, Tone |
| Venturino, Stephanie | Yale School of Music | Harmonic Dualisms Presenter |
| Vilches, Tori | Indiana University, United States of America | New and Hybrid Pop Forms |
| Vivian, Samantha | University of Kentucky | Poster Session |
| von Appen, Ralf | University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna | Considering Country Music |
| Walch, Florian | West Virginia University, United States of America | Sonata Forms |
| Wang, Anqi | Rutgers University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Weaver, Charles | Yale University, The Juilliard School, United States of America | Pitch, Language, Tone |
| White, Chris | University of Massachusetts Amherst | SMT Plenary - Music and Technology: Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents, and Speculative Futures |
| WHITE, NICHOLAS | University of Minnesota, United States of America | Song Cycles and Concept Albums |
| Williams, Chris | Duke University, United States of America | Voice Leading |
| Wilson, Austin | Florida State University, United States of America | Alternative Formal Constructions Music Theory Examples from Artists with Disabilities: A Crowdsourcing Session Discussant |
| Wirshba, Carle J. | Rutgers University, United States of America | Pop Formal Functions |
| Wu, Yi-Cheng Daniel | Soochow University, China, People's Republic of | Song Cycles and Concept Albums |
| Xu, Jiayi | Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America | Mode and Its Philosophies in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries |
| Xue, Bai | Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University | Alternative Formal Constructions |
| Yee, Thomas | The University of Texas at San Antonio | Analytical Methodologies for 8-Bit Chiptune Music Presenter |
| Yu Wang, Anna | Princeton University | Revisiting Formalism Presenter |
| Yunek, Jeff | Kennesaw State University, United States of America | Poster Session |
| Yust, Jason | Boston University, United States of America | Canons Old and New |
| Zhang, Tengyue | CUNY Graduate Center | Poster Session |
| Zhao, Xijun | New York University, United States of America | Poster Session |
