Music Theory Pedagogies Reimagined: Conference and Hackathon

Supported by an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant for Higher Learning, Music Theory Pedagogies Reimagined will bring together scholars and pedagogues from across music’s subdisciplines to explore challenges and possibilities for pedagogical innovation in music theory, broadly defined. Panel presentations, lightning-talk poster sessions, hands-on workshops, roundtable discussions, and three rich plenary sessions of invited speakers will be interspersed with the creative, collaborative activities of a hackathon, where participants will grapple with hard questions and together develop practical solutions for curricular transformation. We are looking to foster a space for imagination and growth, moving beyond esoteric debate to engage in conversation about the future of music theory teaching and learning.

Featured Speakers and Hackathon Leaders

• Cory Arnold, 12tone
• Chelsea Burns, The University of Texas at Austin
• Daniel Chua, The University of Hong Kong
• Nathalie Joachim, Princeton University
• Loren Kajikawa, The George Washington University
• Vivian Luong, The University of Oklahoma
• Elizabeth Margulis, Princeton University
• Tobias Rush, University of Dayton
• Edward Sarath, University of Michigan
• Gabriel Solis, University of Washington
• Christian Utz, Kunstuniversität Graz
• Leigh VanHandel, The University of British Columbia

Conference Organizers

• Leslie Tilley, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jocelyn Neal, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Chris Stover, Griffith University
• Michael Tenzer, The University of British Columbia
• Anna Yu Wang, Princeton University