Friday, February 21, 2025
Joseph Theater (201 Breidenbaugh Hall)
approx. 342 N. Washington St
12:15pm Welcome
12:30pm–1:30pm It’s Academic
Chair: John Peterson, James Madison University
L’étrangeté du son: Deconstructed Voices in Gérard Grisey’s Student Works
Nathan Cobb, Shenandoah University
Twelve-Tone as Topic: Satire, Politics, and Postwar American Concert Music*
Jacob Eichhorn, Eastman School of Music
1:45pm–3:15pm Jazz and Philosophy
Chair: Kim Loeffert, Virginia Tech
George Russell and the Metaphysics of Spacetime
Mark Micchelli, University of Pittsburgh
A Rosary of Tears: Tonal Indeterminacy in the Music of Frank Sinatra*
Cameron J Gwynn, Florida State University
Hearing Hybridity: Jason Moran’s Version of Brahms’s Intermezzo op. 118, no. 2*
Jonathon Crompton, Columbia University
3:30–5:30pm Professional Development Workshop
An Introduction to Choreomusicology: The Measurements of Music and Dance
Gretchen Horlacher (University of Maryland-College Park)
6:00pm Conference Banquet
The Grill on Lincoln
approx. 242 W Lincoln Ave.
Banquet options can be selected upon registration.
Saturday, February 22
214 Schmucker Hall
approx. 211 N. Washington St
8:00am–9:00am Executive Board Meeting
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast Reception
Schmucker Hall second floor lobby
Continental Breakfast sponsored by Auralia / Musition
9:00am–10:30am Video Game Music and Music Video
Chair: Megan Lavengood, George Mason University
Semiosis is Always an Option: Categorical Music Experience in Untitled Goose Game
Martin Ross, University of Western Ontario
Music’s Role in Signifying the Progression of Difficulty in Survival Rogue-like and Sandbox Adventure Games*
Brian Junttila, Florida State University
Analyzing Fan Authorship in Vocaloid Music*
Brandon Qi
10:45am–12:15pm Perceiving Form in Pop and Metal
Chair: Anna Rose Nelson, University of Maryland
Screaming Forms and Formal Screaming, Timbral Transformations in Extreme Metal Verse-Choruses*
Avinoam Foonberg, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
The Arrested Ending: Exploring Death Through Silence in Popular Music*
Brittney Pflanz, Florida State University
A New Quantitative Approach to Headbanging at the Frontiers of Groove
Calder Hannan, Columbia University
12:30–1:45pm Lunch and Business Meeting
Lunch can be ordered upon registration.
2:00pm–3:00pm Keynote Address
Setting the Stage: The Use of Space and Sound in Theatrical Dance
Gretchen Horlacher (University of Maryland-College Park)
3:15pm–4:15pm Music Across the Centuries
Chair: Dan Zimmerman, University of Maryland, College Park
Analyzing Counterpoint in Josquin’s Extended and Unaccompanied Strict Canons
David Geary, Wake Forest University
Theorizing Dynamics Added to Baroque Slow Movements by Twentieth-Century Editors
Jenine Brown, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University
4:30pm–5:30pm Authorship and Musical Identity
Chair: Chelsey Hamm, Christopher Newport University
How much does it “Hurt”? Assessing Listener Perception of Similarity Across Musical Covers
Richard Drehoff Jr., Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Listening To See: Voice and Agency in Jeremy Dutcher’s “Sakomawit”
Judith Ofcarcik, James Madison University
* denotes eligibility for the Dorothy Payne Award for Best Student Paper