Texas Society for Music Theory 32nd Annual Conference February 26 - 27, 2010 Baylor University Waco, TX

Conference Program

February 26 - Morning Sessions

All sessions will take place in Roxy Grove Hall

COFFEE and REGISTRATION: (8:00 - 9:00)

WELCOME: (9:00)

SESSION I: (9:15-10:45) - Pre-Tonal and Post-Tonal

• "The Role of Mode as a Structural Force in Lasso's Si bona suscepimus"
  Greg Decker, Florida State University
• "Schoenberg's Lockung: The Questionable E-Flat Major Chord, Schwebende Tonalität, and Text-Music Relationships"
  Cynthia Gonzales, Texas State University
• "The Base Level of Dissonance in Satie's First Nocturne as Determined by Hindemith's System of Chord Labeling"
  Alexander Amato, University of North Texas

BREAK: (10:45 - 11:00)

SESSION II: (11:00-12:00) 19th-Century Harmony

• "Chromatic Parentheses: An Exploration of Their Structural and Narrative Implications in Select Songs from Richard Strauss's Brentano Lieder, op. 68"
  Sarah Sarver, Florida State University
• "The vi^ø7 Harmony Reconsidered"
  Cameron Logan, University of Connecticut

LUNCH: (12:00 - 2:00)

February 26 - Afternoon Sessions

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: (2:00 - 3:15)

• "Memories and Dream States: How Music Captures The Poetic Soul"
  Deborah Stein, New England Conservatory

BREAK: (3:15 - 3:30)

SESSION III: (3:30-5:00) - Guitar Chords, Zappa's Chords, and Zelda's MORGs

• "Guitar Voicings in Pop-Rock Music: A Performance-Based Analytical Approach"
  Tim Koozin, University of Houston
• "Chord-Bible Harmony in Frank Zappa's Middle Period Orchestral Music"
  Brett Clement, Stephen F. Austin State University
• "Game Music Analysis: Creating and Analyzing Graphical Representations of Video Game Scores"
  Jason Brame, Texas Tech University

DINNER BREAK: (5:00 - 7:30)

RECITAL: (7:30 - 9:00) - Armstrong-Browning Library
The Songs of Hugo Wolf

February 27

COFFEE (8:30 - 9:15)

SESSION IV: (9:15 - 10:45) - Contemporary Music

• "Minimalism and the Machine"
  Rebecca M. Doran Eaton, Texas State University
• "Elasticity in Boris Blacher's Duet for Flute and Piano"
  Cecilia Taher, University of Arkansas
• "A System of Topics for Sofia Gubaidulina's Music"
  Michael Berry, Texas Tech University

BREAK: (10:45 - 11:00)

SPECIAL SESSION: (11:00 - 12:00)

• "Music Theory in the Classroom"
  Blaise Ferrandino, Texas Christian University

TSMT BUSINESS MEETING: (12:00 - 1:00)

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