Teaching
Over the past few years, I have designed and taught courses in music theory, music history, aural skills, and composition. These courses range from introductory courses on the foundations of music theory to graduate seminars on aspects of musical time and structure. I’ve included some of my course materials for selected classes, primarily for other educators that are interested.
Fall 2025
Graduate Seminar in Post Tonal Music (MUSC 6521): Music and Time: Structure and Temporarily in Post-Tonal Music
The course investigates how musical form and structure effect the perception of time in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The class takes a deep dive into analyzing works by various composers, including (but not limited to) Sibelius, Berg, Stravinsky, Janáček, Steve Reich, Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez, and George Benjamin. Additionally, we will include works by other 20th century artists outside of the field of music—poets, novelists, architects—and see how they engage with form and time, and how their art can inform our ability to listen to music from the past 125 years.
Music Theory I (MUSC 1110)
Aural Skills I (MUSC 1130)
Junior Composition, Private Lessons (MUSC 3570)
spring 2025
American Popular Music (MUSC 1030)
Music Theory I (MUSC 1110)
Music Theory IV - Foundations of Post Tonal Analysis (MUSC 2250)
Junior / Senior Composition, Private Lessons (MUSC 3570)
Fall 2024
Music Theory I (MUSC 1110), Three Sections
Junior / PhD Composition, Private Lessons (MUSC 3570, MUSC 7530)
SPRING 2024
Fall 2023
Introduction to Music (MUSC 1010)
Introduction to World Music (MUSC 102G)
Music Theory I (MUSC 1110)
Junior Composition, Private Lessons (MUSC 3570)
Music Theory I (MUSC 1110), Three Sections
Junior Composition, Private Lessons (MUSC 3570)