Her Music Academia

In this solo episode, I discuss all of the happenings this year up to date, including traveling for singing gigs, working on my dissertation, and my first job market season. I also give an update on the podcast’s schedule through the end of this year.

Estella Duo performance

Washington International Young Artists Music Series

My episode with Philip Ewell

The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton

Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Joan Bolker

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Stephen Stacks (North Carolina Central University) all about his musical upbringing as a multi-instrumentalist, his time studying musicology at UNC Chapel Hill, and what he’s currently teaching at NCCU. We also discuss his most recent book The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song After 1968, all about the music of the long Civil Rights Movement.

Stephen’s book

Stephen’s website

Playlist of music mentioned in Stephen’s book

My episode with Candace Bailey

bell hooks on Beyoncé

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Olivia Lucas (Louisiana State University) all about her musical upbringing as a vocalist, her time studying music theory at Harvard, and what she’s teaching at LSU. We also chat about how her early interest in metal music led to her current research on Lingua Ignota, who blends references to art music and classical vocal training with noise and extended techniques.

TW: domestic violence, religious trauma

Olivia’s SMT-Pod Episode

Olivia’s 2018 Meshuggah article

Olivia’s 2021 Meshuggah article

Olivia’s 2014 article on experience of extreme loudness at a Sunn O))) concert

2024 Teaching Difficult Topics book 

Olivia’s forthcoming chapter on Lingua Ignota and Eminem

“That He May Not Rise Again” by Lingua Ignota

Jonathan Pieslak’s article on Meshuggah

Assimilate by S. Alexander Reed

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Jennifer Ronyak (Institute of Music Aesthetics, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) about her musical upbringing as a pianist, her time studying musicology at Eastman, and the major differences between music graduate programs in different countries. We also discuss her 2017 performance and analysis article “Meeting Barthes at Fischer-Dieskau’s Mill: Co-Performance, Linguistic Identity, and a Lied.”

Jennifer’s article

Boccherini’s Body by Elizabeth LeGuin

My episode of SMT-Pod

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Melissa Hoag (Oakland University) about her musical upbringing as a pianist, her path to music theory, her time as coeditor of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and her work as editor of Expanding The Canon and a forthcoming textbook. We also discuss the AP College Board Music Theory exam, the yearly grading session with over one hundred college professors and high school teachers, and how YOU can get involved as an AP reader!

Melissa’s episode of SMT-Pod

My episode with Christine Boone

Expanding The Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

My Summer in Review 2024

My Summer in Review 2025

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Dan DiPiero (Boston University) about his curriculum at BU, his new Substack newsletter and podcast, and writing for public audiences. We also dive into their newest book, Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl, as well as their forthcoming research on crushes in music.

This episode is dedicated to Christine Capetola, an amazing scholar in African American studies who passed away in 2024.

My first episode with Dan

Dan’s second book Big Feelings

Dan’s first book Contingent Encounters

Dan’s Substack newsletter

Dan’s podcast

My episode with Brad Osborn

Reasons and Feelings by Sarah Mesle

Lauren Berlant on non-soverignty

Real Pain by Indigo de Souza

In this episode, I chat with Cecilia Oinas (University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy) about her musical upbringing as a pianist, her path to music theory, and her budding research on politeness and etiquette in chamber ensembles. We also discuss her recent paper presentation at the SMT annual meeting in Minneapolis, which analyses the relationship between the piano and the vocal line in the songs of Richard Strauss.

Cecilia’s website

Cecilia’s article on the songs of Saariaho

Cecilia’s episode of SMT-V

Cecilia’s article on four-handed piano trios of Mendelssohn and Schumann

Ethics and aesthetics in Jazz by Duranti, Throop, and McCoy

My episode of SMT-Pod

My recording of “My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord” by Florence Price

Music Theory Online

In this solo episode, I chat all about the past semester including traveling for opera auditions, presenting at this year’s SMT/AMS annual meeting, and finishing my first dissertation chapter. I also discuss my yearly theme for 2025 and ponder what I’ll be focusing on in 2026. Please get in touch if you’d like to be a podcast guest in the new year!

My article in Music Theory Spectrum

SMT-Pod

My episode of SMT-Pod

My episode with Jordan Brown

My episodes with Lee Thomas Richardson

My first Beyoncé episode

Audre Lorde’s "Uses of the Erotic"

CGP Grey’s video on yearly themes

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In this bonus episode, I chat with Daniel Kumapayi about his upbringing as a double bassist, his experience studying at the University of Michigan, and the founding of the Pan Africanist art music foundation, Àkójọpọ̀. Make sure you check out the amazing resources on their website and follow their social media to stay up to date on their projects!

Quick correction: at 10:47, we meant to mention San Fransisco Symphony, instead of Conservatory.

TW: brief mention of suicide 25:13–25:50

Àkójọpọ̀’s website

Àkójọpọ̀ on Facebook

Àkójọpọ̀ on Instagram

Optimize Grant

Detroit Public School pay high school students for tutoring

Bawo Ndiyabonga

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In this solo episode, I chat all about my summer shenanigans including traveling for research in June, traveling for singing in July, and (quite honestly) an August meltdown. I also discuss my theme of the year and what’s coming up on the podcast this fall. Stay tuned for my next semester in review episode in December, as well as some bonus episodes in the coming months!

My MGMC lecture recital

Tisha Campbell

My TAAM conference performance

My episode with Kyra Gaunt

My episode with Phil Ewell

My episode with Louise Toppin

Barbara Christian

My Summer 2024 in Review episode

CGP Grey’s yearly theme video

My article in Music Theory Spectrum

My HMA Book Club introduction episode

HMA on Substack

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