The Texas Society of Music Theory has invited Stephen Rogers to give the keynote address at its upcoming 2026 conference to be held February 27 – 28, 2026, on the campus of Texas Woman’s University. Susan de Ghizé will be the featured speaker on the conference’s annual pedagogy session.
Stephen Rodgers is Edmund A. Cykler Chair in Music, Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship, and Department Head of Academic Music at the University of Oregon, where he has been teaching since 2005. Rodgers’s research focuses on the relationship between music and poetry in art songs from the nineteenth century to the present day, especially art songs by underrepresented composers. His edited essay collection entitled The Songs of Fanny Hensel was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press; in 2024 it won the Outstanding Multi-Author Collection Award from the Society for Music Theory. His book The Songs of Clara Schumann appeared in 2023 with Cambridge University Press. He also hosts a podcast about poetry and song, called Resounding Verse, as well a website devoted to songs by composers whose music has been marginalized, called Art Song Augmented. Professor Rogers address is titled, Canons—Repertorial, Analytical, Personal.
Susan de Ghizé is a Professor of Music Theory at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where she also serves as the Program Coordinator and the Music Theory and Aural Training Coordinator. Her teaching has been recognized at both the university and state levels, including the 2025 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award, as well as multiple university-wide distinctions such as the University Excellence Award in Teaching, the Digital Innovator of the Year Award, and the Excellence in Disability Access and Inclusion Award. Her leadership in preparing students for professional success is reflected in the music department’s recognition with the Educational Assessment Continuous Improvement Award for the Bachelor of Music with EC-12 Teacher Certification, honoring significant improvements in student outcomes on the TExES content exam. The topic of here presentation is, Curriculum, Coaching, and Collaboration: Strategies to Improve TExES Student Outcomes.