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.

In this fifth installment in a series where we ask what different types of music majors need from music theory, Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with Jennifer Youngs, assistant professor of voice at Brigham Young University, about what vocal majors specifically need from their music theory and aural skills education.

In this fourth installment in a series where we ask what different types of music majors need from music theory, Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with two of Ben's colleagues from the University of North Texas, Alan Baylock (director of the One O'Clock Lab Band) and Kimberly Hannon Teal (assistant professor of jazz history and research) about what jazz majors specifically need from their music theory and aural skills education.

In the third of a series of episodes where we ask what different types of music majors need from music theory, Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with the composer and arranger Mark Brymer about what music business majors specifically need from their music theory and aural skills education.

In the second of a series of episodes where we ask what different types of music majors need from music theory, Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with Dr. Della Molloy-Daugherty, assistant professor and program coordinator of music therapy at Texas Woman's University, about what music therapy majors specifically need from their music theory and aural skills education.