Texas Society for Music Theory 29th Annual Conference February 23 - 24, 2007 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX

Conference Program

February 23

Fine Arts Building, Room 258

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

WELCOME: (9:05 - 9:15)

• David Castro - Meeting Host
• John Burton - Chair, UTA Department of Music

SESSION I: (9:15-10:15) - Music Theory Pedagogy

• "Teaching Non-Functional Tonality: A Part-Writing Approach"
  Matthew Santa, Texas Tech University
• "A New Approach to Post-Tonal Ear Training"
  Michael Berry, Texas Tech University

BREAK: (10:15 - 10:30)

SESSION II: (10:30-11:30) 20th Century Music

• "Issues of Harmony and Tonality in Zemlinsky's Als ihr Geliebter schied"
  Frank Riddick, University of Oklahoma
• "The Gedanke as a Metaphoric Dimension in the Works of Arnold Schoenberg"
  Gordon Root, State University of New York, Fredonia

LUNCH: (12:00 - 1:30) - The Gallery at UTA

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: (2:00 - 3:00

• "Schenkerian Analysis and the Long Range"
  L. Poundie Burstein, Hunter College, the Graduate Center at CUNY, and Mannes College of Music

BREAK: (3:00 - 3:15)

SESSION III: (3:15 - 4:45) Tonal Analysis

• "Linear Implications and Semantic Context in Chopin's Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28: A Mod7 Analysis"
  Jessica Fulkerson, Texas Christian University
• "Mediant Key Schemes and Deep-Level Chromaticism in Three Brahms Chamber Works"
  Carissa Reddick, University of Connecticut
• "What's in a Name? The 'Scherzo' in Haydn's Opus 33 Quartets"
  Jason Britton, University of Oregon

SESSION IV: (9:30 - 11:00) - Phrase, Rhythm, and Meter

• "Tracing the Path of Metric Focus in Three Chopin Études"
  Brent Yorgason, University of Texas at San Antonio
• "Phrase and Cadence in the Music of Benjamin Britten"
  David Forrest, Texas Tech University
• "Non-Duple Elements as Compositional Strategy in the Music of Led Zeppelin"
  Peter Martens, Texas Tech University

BREAK: (11:00 - 11:15)

TSMT Business Meeting: (11:15 - 12:15)

Program Committee

• Eric Drott (University of Texas at Austin)
• Joàn Groom (University of North Texas)
• Jacquelyn Hale (Southern Methodist University)
• Graham Hunt (University of Texas at Arlington)

2007 Local Arrangements

• David Castro (University of Texas at Arlington)

TSMT Executive Board

• Ed Pearsall (University of Texas), President
• Tim McKinney (Baylor University), Immediate Past President
• Jana Millar (Baylor University), Treasurer
• Philip Baczewski (University of North Texas), Secretary
• Andrew Anderson (Collin County Community College)
• Frank Heidlberger (University of North Texas)
• Graham Hunt (University of Texas at Arlington)
• Barbara Wallace (Dallas Baptist University)

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