Texas Society for Music Theory 30th Annual Conference February 22 - 23, 2008 Texas State University San Marcos, TX Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Hepokoski Conference Hosts: Dr. Nico Schüler, Dr. Dimitar Ninov, Dr. Paolo Susanni, Ms.Sunnie Oh

Conference Program

All events will take place in the Music Building

Friday, February 22

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST: (8:00 - 9:00)

OFFICIAL CONFERENCE OPENING: (9:00 - 9:15) RECITAL HALL

• Nico Schüler, Conference Co-host
• Dr. Richard Cheatham, Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Communication
• Prof. Doug Skinner, Interim Director of the School of Music

SESSION I: (9:15-10:45) RECITAL HALL - Music and Meaning

• "Expressive Doubling and Shostakovich's Third String Quartet"
  Sarah Reichardt, University of Oklahoma
• "Whole-Tone Saturation and Tonality in Ravel's Trio, First Movement"
  Jenny Beavers, University of Texas at Austin
• "Abbate's Voices, Hatten's Levels, and Puccini's Cloak"
  Andrew Davis, University of Houston

BREAK: (10:45 - 11:00) ROOM 221

SESSION II: (11:00-12:00) RECITAL HALL - Stylistic Interactions in Twentieth-century Music

• "Sofia Gubaidulina's Serial Music"
  Michael Berry, Texas Tech University
• "Ligeti and Jeux: The Influence of Debussy via the Darmstadt Avant-garde"
  Jennifer Iverson, University of Texas at Austin

LUNCH: (12:15 - 1:30) ROOM 221

SESSION III: (2:00-3:30) ROOM 214 - Theory and Practice

• "The Three-Key Trimodular Block in Schubert and Brahms' Sonata Expositions"
  Graham G. Hunt, University of Texas at Arlington
• "Pseudo-Odo's Eccentric Theories of Species and Contour: Two Approaches to Pitch Relationships from Medieval Italy"
  John Snyder, University of Houston
• "'If at First You Don't Succeed . . .' The Parsimonious Voice-leading Index"
  Danny Beard, University of Southern Mississippi

BREAK: (3:30 - 4:00)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS (4:00 - 5:15) RECITAL HALL

• "Sonata Theory and Dialogic Form"
  James Hepokoski, Yale University

KEYNOTE ADDRESS RECEPTION (5:15 - 6:00) ROOM 221

Saturday, February 23

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST (8:00 - 9:00)

SESSION IV: (9:00 - 10:30) RECITAL HALL - Analytical Issues

• "A Holistic Approach to Motive in the First Movement of Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata"
  Evan Jones, Florida State University
• "Aspects of Prolongation in the Music of Shostakovich"
  David Castro, University of Texas at Arlington
• "Prolongation in the Choral Music of Benjamin Britten"
  David Forrest, Texas Tech University

BREAK: (10:30 - 11:00) ROOM 221

TSMT BUSINESS MEETING: (11:00 - NOON) ROOM 214

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