Theorist Composer Collaboration

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features music theorist Professor J. Daniel Jenkins. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Professor Jenkins about his background, time as a regional conference president, the past and future of public music theory and much more!

Professor Jenkins contact:

Website: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/faculty-staff/Jenkins.php

Email: [email protected]

Spectrum Volume on Public Music Theory: https://societymusictheory.org/announcement/music-theory-spectrum-471-2025-06

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the composer Dr. Robert Gross and his piece Penumbra. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Gross about his background, various music occupations, several technical approaches to composition and much more!

Dr. Gross contact:

Website: newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/penumbra

Email: [email protected]

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Penumbra was recorded and performed by the Cordova String Quartet

Violin: Andy Liang

Violin: Niccolo Muti

Viola: Blake Turner

Cello: Matthew Kufchak

TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the composer Dr. Carolina Heredia and her piece Resonancia Natural. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Heredia about her background, multidisciplinary composition, sonic connections with nature and much more!

Dr. Heredia contact:

Website: https://www.carolinaheredia.com/

Email: [email protected]

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Resonancia Natural was commissioned by Sara Fraker, Jackie Glazier, and Marissa Olegario with support from the Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona.

The playback track includes recordings by Luc Barbaro

Accompanying video by Bird Harris

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features Professor of Composition Roshanne Etezady. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Professor Etezady about her background, journey to professorship, evolution of her compositional work, today’s graduate students and much more!

Professor Etezady contact:

Website: https://www.roshanne.com/

Email: [email protected]

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the music theorist Professor Noriko Manabe. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Professor Manabe about her background, career journey, the relevance of protest scholarship, Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl performance, the future of music theory and much more!

Professor Manabe contact:

Website: https://www.norikomanabe.com/

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the composer Dr. Amelia Brey and her piece Becoming Tangible. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Brey about her background, process of composition, music philosophy and much more!

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Email: [email protected]

Website: ameliabrey.wordpress.com

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Becoming Tangible was performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble under the direction of conductor Kelly Lam, with text by Julien Harman-Evans.

TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features Dr. Francisco Javier de Alba and Professor Nadine Silverman for a TCC Roundtable on composition festivals and competitions. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Paco and Professor Silverman about accessibility, the benefits of networking, career development, institutional improvements and much more!

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Professor Silverman contact page: https://www.tccollaboration.com/guests/professor-nadine-sil/

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the music theorist and former SMT president Professor Michael Buchler. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Buchler about his background, the current political state of the university system, what really should not be political, the safety of international students, the future of the Society for Music Theory and much more!

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the composer Emelia Ulrich and her piece Vigil. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Emelia about her background, philosophy in music, the piece Vigil, the place of music theory in composition and much more!!

Emelia contact: [email protected]

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Citation from episode: Bourne, Janet. “5. Topic Theory and Film: Coming of Age in 1994’s and 2019’s Little Women.” In Film Music Analysis: Studying the Score, 1:87–109. Ed. Frank Lehman. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2024.

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features Josh Henderson and Mikael Darmanie of the group W4RP Trio alongside their group’s recent collaboration with artist LiKWUiD, Sermon of the MatriarK. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Josh and Mikael about their background, process of collaboration on Sermon of the Matriark, creating art in the current political atmosphere, bridges outside academia, and much more!

W4RP Trio Contact:

Website: https://www.w4rpmusic.com/

Publicist email: [email protected]

Josh Henderson email: [email protected]

LiKWUiD Contact: www.iamlikwuid.com

Listen to Sermon of the MatriarK: https://w4rp-trio.disco.ac/playlist-new/19176891?date=20241007&user_id=2500813&signature=tdeZUtPHNcl8mkGtSz0bH5YLMWo%3AxKlID3g1

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TCC Theme composed by Will Davenport

Performance credits for Sermon of the MatriarK:

W4RP Trio

Josh Henderson: Violin, Electric bass, Vocals; Mikael Darmanie: Keys and Synths; JY Lee: Cello; Rick Martinez: Percussion

LiKWUiD - Vocals