Education
Ph.D., Music Theory, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2008.
Dissertation: “Form and Style in the Music of U2.” An examination of the formal and stylistic elements that characterize the music of Irish rock group U2. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Jane Piper Clendinning.
M.M., Music Theory, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2002.
Thesis: “Samuel Barber’s Sonata for Piano: Using 12-Tone Rows to Define Form and Tonality.” Thesis advisor: Dr. Candace Brower.
B.A., Music, Biology Minor, cum laude, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2000.
Professional Experience
2019-pres.
Associate Professor of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Music Theory I-IV
- Aural Skills I-IV
- Music Appreciation/Introductio to (Western) Music Literature
- First-year Honors Sequence: Music Appreciation (Fall); Art of the Mixtape (Spring)
- Critical Listening for the Non-Music Major (Honors)
- Music Appreciation – U2: The Sound and the Spectacle (Honors)
- Readings: Popular Music and Identity (Honors)
- Senior Capstone in Music
2014-2019
Assistant Professor of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Music Theory I-IV
- Aural Skills I-IV
- Music Appreciation/Introduction to (Western) Music Literature
- Form and Analysis
2013-2014
Visiting Instructor of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Music Theory I-III
- Aural Skills I-IV
2008-2012
Assistant Professor of Music Theory, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Fundamentals of Musicianship
- Music Theory 1-4
- Aural Skills 3-4
- Freshman Chorus: conceived of and developed as an extension of the Aural Skills curriculum; exclusively for first-year music students in order to relate the skills and concepts taught in those classes more readily to general musicianship and performance.
2003-2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Music Theory for Non-Majors
- Fundamentals of Music Theory
- Music Theory I-IV
- Ear Training/Sight singing I-IV
2002-2003
Adjunct Instructor, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Fundamentals of Music Theory
- Music Theory I
- Aural Skills I
2001-2002
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Instructor of record, with full classroom control and responsibility for course design and delivery:
- Aural Skills I
Publications
In progress
Let Me In The Sound: The Music(ians) of U2
2015-pres.
Co-editor, For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music book series. Lexington Books: Washington, D.C. Titles in series:
- U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope: “Between the Midnight and the Dawning.” Ingunn Røysland, with Charles I. Armstrong, 2024.
- Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. ed. Robert McParland, 2022.
- Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity: Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations. Kurt Torell, 2022.
- Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art. Ken Bielen, 2022.
- Rock Concert Performance from Abba to ZZ Top. Peter Smith with Laura Smith, 2022.
- “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: Billy Joel and Popular Music Studies. ed. Joshua S. Duchan and Ryan Raul Bañagale, 2020.
- The Rock Music Imagination. Robert McParland, 2019.
- From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea’s Popular Music Industry. Gooyong Kim, 2018.
- Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2. ed. James Rovira, 2018.
- The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love. ed. Kenneth Womack and Kathryn B. Cox, 2017.
- U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments. ed. Scott D. Calhoun, 2014.
2018
“Looking to Fill That God-Shaped Hole: The Evolution of U2’s Spiritually Evocative Musical Gestures.” U2 and the Religious Impulse: Take Me Higher. Ed. Scott Calhoun. Bloomsbury Press: New York, pp. 27-41.
2013
“Review of Allan Moore, Song Means: Analyzing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song (Ashgate, 2012).” Music Theory Online, Vol. 19, No. 4.
2012
“Vocal Layering as Deconstruction and Reinvention in U2.” Exploring U2: Is This Rock ‘n’ Roll? Ed. Scott Calhoun. Scarecrow Press: Lanham, pp. 67-83.
2011
“Burning Bridges: Defining the Interverse Using the Music of U2.” Music Theory Online, Vol. 17, No. 3.
Selected essays for @U2 (formerly atu2.com), an internationally recognized and awarded fan website dedicated to U2. Features and non-news articles are mostly interdisciplinary in nature, intended for a general audience, and reviewed by the editors and staff for content, style, and formatting.
2019
“@U2 Staff Reflections: 10 Years on The Horizon.”
2018
“13 Thoughts on 13 Songs of Experience.”
“Theoretically Speaking… Meter as Perspective on Songs Of Experience.”
2016
2015
2014
“U2 Lists: Top 8 2 Songs for Summer.”
“Off The Record…, Vol. 14-611.”
“Like A Video: ‘MLK/Where The Streets Have No Name’ Super Bowl XXXVI)‘.”
2013
“Like A Video: ‘Angel Of Harlem’ (from Rattle And Hum).”
“Off The Record…, Vol. 13-566.”
“U2 Lists: Top 10 Favorite U2 Bass Lines.”
2012
“Like A Video: ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’ (Single Take).”
“Like A Video: ‘One’ (Zoo TV Live From Sydney).”
2011
“Why Achtung Baby is U2’s Greatest Album.”
“U2 Lists: Top 7 Funeral Songs.”
“Like A Song: ‘Where The Streets Have No Name (Live from Boston)’.”
“Off the Record…, Vol. 11-475.”
“Like A Song: ‘Unknown Caller’.”
“What I’ve Learned From Bono.”
Research Presentations
2019
Co-presenter (Dr. Martin Blessinger, Texas Christian University), “The ‘Ahhs’ Have It: Wordless Melismas and the Ineffable in Popular Music.”
- Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH (7-10 November)
- Music Theory Southeast Annual Meeting, Elon, NC (29-30 March)
- Texas Society for Music Theory 41st Annual Conference, San Marcos, TX (22-23 February).
“The ‘Ahhs’ Have It: Wordless Melismas and the Ineffable in Popular Music.” Annual Faculty Research Symposium, Florida Gulf Coast University Honors College (25 February).
2018
“Pop and the Prequels: A Case for the Necessity of These Pariahs.” U2: PopVision 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland (13-15 June).
“From Idea to Publication: The Evolution of “U2’s Spiritual Evolution.” Annual Faculty Research Symposium, Florida Gulf Coast University Honors College (23 February).
Co-presenter (Dr. Mark J. Connor, Webster University), “Tips and Tricks for Teaching AP Part-Writing.” Florida Music Educators Association 2018 Professional Development Clinic-Conference, Tampa, FL (10-13 January).
2017
“Declaration of (In)Dependents: Using Multi-Part Interverses to Consider the Analytical Implications of Returning Material in Pop and Rock Music.” Popular Music and Its Theories. Encounters – Changes in Perspective – Transfers, Joint Congress of the 27th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung (GfPM) and the 17th Annual Congress of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH), Graz, Austria (16-19 November).
SMT Committee on Diversity roundtable, Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA (1-4 November).
Co-presenter (Dr. Mark J. Connor, McKendree University), “Teaching Aural Skills: Tips and Tricks from the College Classroom.” Florida Music Educators Association 2017 Professional Development Clinic-Conference, Tampa, FL (11-14 January).
2014
“Declaration of (In)Dependents: Reconsidering the Role of Texture, Function, and Returning Material in Popular Songs with Two-Part Interverses.” 31st Annual Florida State University Music Theory Forum, Tallahassee, FL (18 January)
2012
“The Sonic Signature of U2.” University of Massachusetts Lowell Faculty Research Series, Lowell, MA (4 April).
2009
“Deconstruction by Stratification: Vocal Layering as Commentary, Criticism, and Reinvention in the Music of U2.”
- U2: The Hype and the Feedback, Durham, NC (2-4 October).
- International Association for the Study of Popular Music – US Meeting, San Diego, CA (29-31 May).
- 26th Annual Florida State University Music Theory Society Forum, Tallahassee, FL (17 January).
2007
“Burning Bridges: Defining the Interverse Using the Music of U2.”
- Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (15-18 November).
- West Coast Conference for Music Theory and Analysis, Salt Lake City, UT (20-22 April).
- Music Theory Midwest Eighteenth Annual Conference, Lawrence, KS (13-14 April).
- Music Theory Southeast Annual Meeting, Athens, GA (16-17 March).
- University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Music Theory and Musicology Society 2007 Conference, Cincinnati, OH (9-10 February).
2006
“Burning Bridges: Defining the Interverse Using the Music of U2.”
- New Orleans Musicology/Music Theory Colloquium, New Orleans, LA (26 May).
- 23rd Annual Florida State University Music Theory Society Forum, Tallahassee, FL (28 January).
Grants and Awards
2018
Nominee for Junior Faculty Scholarship Excellence Award, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2012
Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, University of Massachusetts Lowell Honors Program.
2007
Travel Grant, University Musical Associates, Florida State University; for travel to Music Theory Midwest Conference in Lawrence, KS.
2006
Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Florida State University.
2005
Academic Travel Grant, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University; for travel to Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
2004
Academic Travel Grant, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University; for travel to Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, in Seattle, WA.
2003
Minority Travel Grant, Society for Music Theory; for travel to Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, in Madison, WI.
Service
Professional
2022-present
Co-Chair, SMT Committee on Race and Ethnicity (CoRE).
2024-present
Web Editor, Music Theory Southeast (musictheorysoutheast.com).
2015-2024
Webmaster, Music Theory Southeast (musictheorysoutheast.com).
2022
Session Chair, “Playing with Form and Formal Function in Pop, Ragtime, and Musicals,” Music Theory Southeast Annual Meeting.
2021
Session Chair, “Time is a Train, Makes the Future the Past”: Listening to Achtung Baby with Next-Gen Fans.” Light My Way: Achtung Baby! 30 Years Later, virtual conference, (18-20 November). https://youtu.be/8GqbDGQ5iYU
Session Chair, “Drag, Rock, and Metal,” Music Theory Southeast Annual Meeting.
Invited Roundtable Participant, “Lessons Learned: Fostering Connections in the Virtual Classroom,” Southwest Florida Symposium on Teaching and Learning.
2011-2020
Contributor/News Writer, @U2 (www.atu2.com).
2020
Session Chair, “Rattling and Humming to the Influence of American Music,” Heartland: U2’s Looking For American Soul 2020 (https://u2conference.com/u2con2020schedule/)
2018
Invited Interview/Discussion Participant, SMT Work and Family Interest Group, Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Session Chair, “Panel Session 2A: ‘Got the Swing, Got the Sway, Got My Straw in Lemonade,” U2: PopVision 2018 (http://u2conference.com/u2-con-2018-program/)
2017
Session Chair, “Popular Music,” 26th Annual Meeting of Music Theory Southeast.
2016-2017
Local Arrangements Chair, 26th Annual Meeting of Music Theory Southeast.
2015-2018
Member, Committee on Diversity, Society for Music Theory.
Member-at-Large, Executive Board, Music Theory Southeast.
2015
Session Chair, “Pitch Groupings in Rock and Jazz, Music Theory,” 24th Annual Meeting of Music Theory Southeast.
2011-2015
Advanced Placement Reader, Educational Testing Service.
2007, 2014
Program Committee Member, Music Theory Southeast.
2013
Sessions Chair, “Cannibals and Thieves: Transforming Sound and Sense” and “U2’s Sound Explained for Non-Musicians: Featuring Unforgettable Fire,” U2:TRANS- http://u2conference.com/schedule-2013.
2009
Session Chair, “Been Around the Back, Been around the Front,” U2: The Hype and The Feedback. Conference Program and Schedule
Institutional
2013-present
Curriculum and Assessment Committee, Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2023-present
Scholarship, Recruitment, and Retention Committee, Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2024-present
Host/Producer, “The Musical Minute,” Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2023-2024
Undergraduate Curriculum Team, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Co-Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Strategic Planning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Faculty Search Committee (Voice/Opera position), Bower School of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2022-2023
New Faculty Mentor, Lucas Center for Faculty Development, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2020-2023
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Faculty Fellow, Honors College, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2021
Invited Clinician, “Managing Your Time in Music Education (2021).” National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Florida Gulf Coast University Chapter (29 September).
Invited Clinician, “Practical Theory: Incorporating Music Theory Into Your Everyday Teaching.” National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Florida Gulf Coast University Chapter (30 March).
Invited Presentation: “Researching U2: Music Theory & Beyond.” Honors Research Symposium, Florida Gulf Coast University (2 February).
2020-2021
Chair, Faculty Search Committee (Music Theory position), Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2019
Faculty Panel on Undergraduate Research (Arts & Music), Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experiences (S.U.R.E.) Fall 2019, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Invited Clinician, “Managing Your Time in Music Education (MY TiME).” National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Florida Gulf Coast University Chapter.
2014-2019
Supervisor, Recital Hall Recording, Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2018
Faculty Panel on Undergraduate Research (Arts), Showcase of Undergraduate Research Experiences (S.U.R.E.) Spring 2018, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2017
“What It Means To Be A Professional.” Recital Hour, Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL (30 August).
2014-2017
College Governance Team, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University.
Judge (poster and oral presentations), Research Day, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2015-2016
Faculty Search Committee (Music History position), Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2013-2014
Faculty Search Committee (Orchestra Director position), Bower School of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University.
2011
Clinician, National Association for Music Education (NAfME), UMass Lowell Chapter.
2009-2012
Faculty Advisor, Hawkappella campus a cappella group, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2009-2010
Honors Council, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2008-2009
Undergraduate Curriculum Task Force, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
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