In episode three of our fall season, I chat with Dr. Patrick Nickleson (University of Alberta) about his musical upbringing in Canada, his background as a guitarist, and his path to musicology. We also discuss his 2023 book The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, and Historiography in Dispute, available now through the University of Michigan Press.

The Names of Minimalism

Philip Ewell's On Music Theory

Patrick's upcoming paper at AMS

Patrick's radio show

Patrick's co-authored essay in The Affect Theory Reader 2

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In the second episode of this season, I chat with Dr. Michael Buchler (Florida State University) about his musical upbringing, his time in grad school at Michigan (go blue!) and Eastman, his research on musical theatre, and his current tenure as the President of the Society for Music Theory. We also discuss his current union work and how that led to his research on the intersection of music and labor movements.

Here for the Hearing

Michael's upcoming plenary session at the College Music Society national conference

My performance at the Theorizing African American Music Conference

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In our first episode of our new season, I chat with YouTuber Cory Arnold (12Tone) all about their musical upbringing, their experiences as a singer, and their journey to making YouTube videos about music theory. Come see Cory and I speak on the Public Music Theory plenary session panel at the Society for Music Theory's annual meeting in November!

This episode was edited by Jair G with ⁠ExpMediaProductions.⁠

12Tone on Youtube

12Tone's Carly Rae Jepsen video

12Tone on Patreon

Ghost Notes Podcast

Musicking by Christopher Small

Adam Neely on Youtube

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In this recap episode, I chat all about everything I did this summer, from traveling to Italy to sing opera for a month (!!!), to seeing Beyoncé on the Renaissance World Tour in London (!!!!), to the grad student strike at Michigan officially ending (!!!!!). I also discuss what I've been doing for fun this summer (including some book, music, and podcast recommendations) and give an update on what's to come for HMA. Check back for new episodes of the show every Monday starting October 9th! Wishing you the best for your next season!

TW: brief mentions of minstrelsy

Martha Waters' Regency Vows series (I misspoke, there are actually five books! Weee!)

Janelle Monae's The Age of Pleasure

Normal Gossip

Dumb Dumbs and Dragons

Hell or High Rollers

Dungeons and Daddies

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Teresa Reed (University of Louisville) about her early experiences with music in the Black church, her path to studying music theory at Indiana University, and her time as the dean of music at the University of Louisville. We also chat about her published scholarship, diving into her first book The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music as well as her latest book You're Likely Not A Racist: Answers for Curious White People.

The Holy Profane

The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor

Beneath a Heretic's Wings

You're Likely Not A Racist

Expanding The Canon

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Daniel Barolsky (Beloit College) about his early experiences as a double bassist, coming to musicology through listening to recordings, and the current music curriculum at his college. We also discuss his work with Open Access Musicology and Daniel Leech-Wilkinson's book Challenging Performance: Classical Music Performance Norms and How to Escape Them.

Daniel's MTO article

Challenging Performance

Open Access Musicology

This episode was edited by Jair G with ⁠ExpMediaProductions.⁠

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In part two of our conversation, YouTuber and musician Tayo Omisore (COLORMIND.mp4 on YouTube) and I continue our conversation about "rap covers" and how rap is developing into a canon. We also discuss Tayo's songwriting and production process for his musical interlude segments in his YouTube videos.

Tayo's YouTube channel

Tayo's Male Friendship video

Tayo's Himbo video

Tayo's Inflation video

Adam Neely's video

Tayo's Spotify

This episode was edited by Jair G with ⁠ExpMediaProductions.⁠

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In this episode, I chat with YouTuber and musician Tayo Omisore (COLORMIND.mp4 on YouTube) all about his musical upbringing with rap, his experiences learning to write music, and the development of his career as a Black musical content creator. We also discuss his video response to music theory YouTuber Adam Neely, who made a video about the absence of "rap covers." Tayo and I offer our perspective as Black musicians and ponder what music theory offers us when studying and discussing rap. Stay tuned for part two of our conversation!

Tayo's YouTube channel

Tayo's Himbo video

Tayo's Inflation video

Adam Neely's video

Tayo's Spotify

This episode was edited by Jair G with ⁠ExpMediaProductions.⁠

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Ben Cornelius-Bates (Duquesne University) about his musical upbringing in Alaska, his path to composition, and his experiences studying the organ. We also discuss how to write music for the organ, particularly within the context of secular music, and talk about timbre in Maan Varjot by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho for organ and orchestra. Rest in peace to Saariaho, who passed away on June 2, 2023.

Ben's IMSLP

Ben's recorded organ improvisations

The second movement of Maan Varijot

Offrande (organ and cello)

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In this solo episode, I chat all about how my winter semester at the University of Michigan went. I give an update on the grad student strike, my classes, and my teaching. I also explore my yearly theme of simplicity, set new goals for Summer 2023, and discuss the podcast's progress!

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Donate to the strike fund

GEO's Twitter

GEO's Instagram

My Staging Blackness term paper

Tressie McMillian Cottom Twitter threads (one and two)

Oliver Burkeman's 3:3:3 method

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