Texas Society for Music Theory

February 27 - Morning Sessions

Recital Hall, Music Building

REGISTRATION: (8:00 - 9:00) and Snacks (coffee & donuts)

WELCOME: (9:00)

• Nico Schüler - Meeting Host
• Joe Stuessy - Director of the School of Music at Texas State
• T. Richard Cheatham - Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Communication

SESSION I: (9:10 - 10:10) - Harmony and Form in 20th Century Music

• Colour My Chord: Harmonic Transformations in Early Songs of Chicago
  Ken Stephenson - University of Oklahoma
• György Ligeti's Atmospheres: A Significant Contribution to Twentieth Century Formal Ideas
  Jennifer Iverson - University of Texas-Austin

BREAK: (10:10 - 10:30)

SESSION II: (10:30 - 11:50) - Methodologies of Music Theory

• The Grundgestalt Refined: What a New Model of the Structure Can and Cannot Tell us about Brahms' Capriccio op. 76, no. 5
  Brent Auerbach - Eastman School of Music
• Modeling Music Perception: Untangling Methods and Methodologies
  Philip Baczewski - University of North Texas

LUNCH: (12:00 - 1:30) LBJ Student Center, Room 3-13.1

February 27 - Afternoon Sessions

Recital Hall, Music Building

SESSION III: (2:00 - 3:00) Keynote Address

Expanding the Basket of Analytic Methodologies
David Huron - Ohio State University

BREAK: (3:00 - 3:20)

SESSION IV: (3:20 - 4:50) - Teaching Music Theory

• Cadences, Phrases, Periods, and Undergraduate Angst: Some Observations and Suggestions
  John Snyder - University of Houston
• On the Interpretation of Roman Numerals: Using Art Song as an Introduction to Context-Driven Analysis
  Thomas M. Couvillon, Jr. - Sam Houston State University
• OnMusic Fundamentals: An Integrated, Web-Based Approach to Teaching Music Fundamentals
  Carlos Maldonado - Connect For Education

BREAK: (5:00 - 8:00pm)

CONCERT: (8:00 - 9:00pm) Texas State Performs Texas State Composers

Recital Hall, Music Building

Texas State University's faculty and students perform compositions by Russell C. Riepe, Joe Stuessy, Charles Ditto, Ricky Hall, and Jay Crutcher

. . . followed by a Reception in the Lobby of the Music Building (soda, chips & salsa, cookies)

Concert and Reception are free of charge.

February 28

Recital Hall, Music Building

COFFEE & DONUTS (8:30 - 9:00)

SESSION V: (9:00 - 10:30) Understanding Tonal Music: Harmony, Style, and Rhetorics

• The Question of the Structural Question: The Role of the Concluding Half-Cadence
  Andrew Anderson - Collin County Community College District
• Aspects of Romanticism in 'The Farewell' Sonata of Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
  Win Alison Lee - Texas State University
• Fugue as Musical-Rhetorical Proof in the North German Toccata
  Leon W. Couch III - Texas A&M University

BREAK: (10:30 - 11:00)

TSMT Business Meeting (11:00 - 12:00)

TSMT Executive Board

• Timothy McKinney (Baylor University), President
• Blaise J. Ferrandino (Texas Christian University), Past President
• Philip Baczewski (University of North Texas), Secretary
• Jana Millar (Baylor University), Treasurer
• Tim Koozin (University of Houston)
• Doug Rust (Centenary College)
• Matthew Santa (Texas Tech University)
• Nico Schüler (Texas State University) and 2004 meeting host

Program Committee

• Eric Lai (Baylor University)
• Catherine Losada (Texas Tech University)
• David Neumeyer (University of Texas)
• Stephen Slottow (University of North Texas)