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Texas Society for Music Theory
39th Annual Conference
February 24 - 25, 2017
University of Houston
Houston, Texas

Conference Program

February 24 - Morning Sessions

Moores School of Music

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

WELCOME: (9:00 Room 108)

SESSION I: (9:15 - 10:45 Room 108) - Formalities

Session Chair: Graham Hunt, University of Texas at Arlington

BREAK: (10:45 - 11:00)

SESSION II: (11:00 - 12:00 Room 108) - Constructing Narrative

Session Chair: Sean Atkinson, Texas Christian University

SESSION III: (11:00 - 12:00 Room 118) - Linearity

Session Chair: Darin Hoskisson, Texas A&M, Kingsville

LUNCHEON: (12:00 - 1:30 Room 185)

February 24 - Afternoon Sessions

Pedagogy Session (1:30 - 2:30 Room 108) - A Look at Music Literacy in Mexico

Session Chair: Blaise Ferrandino, Texas Christian University
Presenter: Julie Larissa Olivares Ibarra, Colegio Americano de Torreón, A.C.

BREAK: (2:30 - 2:45)

SESSION IV: (2:45 - 3:45 Room 108) - 20th-century Compositional Techniques

Session Chair: Ed Pearsall, University of Texas at Austin

BREAK: (3:45 - 4:00)

Keynote Address: (4:00 - 5:00 Room 108) - The Thousand Faces of Form

Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University

Reception: (5:00 - 7:00 Room 160)

Moores School of Music Jazz Festival concert: (7:30) - The Birth of The Cool

Featuring Houston Area Jazz Artists with the Moores School Jazz Ensemble
(Gratis tickets available upon request via TSMT registration)

February 25

Moores School of Music

Coffee/Poster Session: (8:00 - 9:20 Room 185)

Session Chair: Joshua Albrecht, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

SESSION V: (9:30 - 10:30 Room 108) - Expression without Text

Session Chair: Alexander Amato, Stephen F. Austin University

SESSION VI: (9:30 - 10:30 Room 118) - Expanding Schenker

Session Chair: Ellen Bakulina, University of North Texas

BREAK: (10:30 - 10:40)

SESSION VII: (10:40 - 12:10 Room 108) - Expression with Text

Session Chair: Sarah Sarver, Oklahoma City University

SESSION VIII: (10:40 - 12:10 Room 118) - Learning, Broadly

Session Chair: Susan de Ghizé, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi

BREAK: (12:10 - 12:15)

TSMT Business Meeting: (12:15 Room 108)

TSMT Executive Board

Peter Martens (Texas Tech University), President
Graham Hunt (University of Texas at Arlington), Past President
Philip Baczewski (University of North Texas), Secretary
Andrew Davis (University of Houston), Treasurer		 Charles Leinberger (University of Texas at El Paso)
David Forrest (Texas Tech University)
Jennifer Weaver (Dallas Baptist University)
Joshua Albrecht (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)

Program Committee

Damian Blättler (Rice University)
Eric Lai (Baylor University) 		Sarah Sarver (Oklahoma City University)
John Turci-Escobar (University of Texas at Austin)
1The poster is available as a PDF linked on the abstract page title.

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