Program, Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference

Online (all listed times are ET)
May 16–17, 2025

Thursday, May 15

6:00–9:00 pm
Pre-Conference WorkshopRoom A

“Analyzing Sign Language Music: A Music Theorist’s Primer”

Workshop leader: Anabel Maler (University of British Columbia)

All participants welcome

Friday, May 16

9:00–11:00 am
Hidden Theories/Underheralded TheoristsRoom AChair: Michael Weinstein-Reiman (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Subjectivity and AgencyRoom BChair: Samuel Gardner (Oberlin College & Conservatory)
11:30–1:00 pm
Multisensory and Interdisciplinary ListeningRoom AChair: Jacy Pedersen (Wichita State University)
Form-Functional InstabilityRoom BChair: Peter Lea (University of Missouri)
2:00–3:30 pm
Scats, Gasps, AIRoom AChair: Joshua Albrecht (University of Iowa)
Rhythm and Meter: Expression, Notation, PedagogyRoom BChair: Zachary Lookenbill (University of Arkansas)
4:00–5:30 pm
ChoreomusicologyRoom AChair: Rebecca Simpson-Litke (University of Manitoba)
Motive and Symbolic MeaningRoom BChair: Sarah Sarver (Oklahoma State University)
7:00–9:00 pm
Game NightRoom A

Join us for a casual evening on online party games and open conversation!

Saturday, May 17

9:00–10:30 am
Expressive Affordances in Popular MusicRoom AChair: Nancy Murphy (University of Michigan)
Formal Analysis Through Transformation, Text, and ContextRoom BChair: James Sullivan (Michigan State University)
11:00–12:30 pm
Topic and Reference in American MusicRoom AChair: Johanna Frymoyer (University of Notre Dame)
Attention, Cognition, and Experiential InterprentationRoom BChair: Daniel Shanahan (Northwestern University)
1:30–3:00 pm
Jazz and PopRoom AChair: Alyssa Barna (University of Minnesota)
Grooving Together, SpirituallyRoom BChair: Anna Gawboy (The Ohio State University)
3:30–4:15 pm
Business MeetingRoom A

Open to all conference attendees.

4:30–6:00 pm
Keynote AddressRoom A

“Humanizing Networks in Music Theory”

Jonathan De Souza (Western University)