Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with Dr. Megan Lavengood, Assistant Professor and Director of Music Theory at George Mason University, about her work analyzing timbre in popular music, the classic sounds of the Yamaha DX7, and the potential for music theory exploration in video game soundtracks.

Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with Dr. Toby Rush, Associate Professor at the University of Dayton, about his popular "Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People" handouts and the ways in which he has incorporated topics such as acoustics and electronic music into the core music theory curriculum.

Paul, Jenn, and Ben kick off season three with a pair of guests - Benjamin Dobbs, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Theory and Composition at Furman University, and Shana Southard-Dobbs, Associate Professor of Psychology at Lander University. They share their work exploring the efficacy of growth mindset strategies in the music theory classroom along with the benefits of performing cross-disciplinary scholarship of teaching and learning research.

We finish our current series on "Theory Desert Island Piece" - one of those compositions you just love including in your theory class - with Jenn's pick: "Chichester Psalms" by Leonard Bernstein.

We continue our current series on "Theory Desert Island Pieces" - one of those compositions you just love including in your theory class. Ben's pick comes from the world of video game music: "The Legend of Zelda Theme" by Koji Kondo.

We begin a three-week series where each one of us gets to name a "Theory Desert Island Piece" - one of those compositions you just love including in your theory class. Paul starts us off with his pick: "Seven Last Words of the Unarmed" by Joel Thompson.

There were just too many clips to fit into one summer short so Paul, Jenn, and Ben are back with another episode rating movie scenes on how accurately they portray music theory topics.

Paul, Jenn, and Ben kick off the summer by rating video clips from television, film, and YouTube on how accurately they portray music theory topics.

Paul, Jenn, and Ben recap the highlights and challenges of the past spring semester and dig into the mailbag to answer some listener emails.

In this final installment in a series where we ask what different types of music majors need from music theory, Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with David Portillo, American tenor and professional opera singer, about what performance majors specifically need from their music theory and aural skills education.