8:30–8:45 AM - Registration

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8:45–9:00 AM - Welcome Remarks

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9:00–10:30 AM - Session 1 

Chair: Dr. Jesús Ramos-Kittrell

1. Genre Borders in Post-Genre Music: A Case Study of the Ecstatic Music Festival - Anna Reguero, Stony Brook University

2. Plousiadenos - Simeon Brown, University of Connecticut

3. ​Criticizing the Critics: Epistemology, Artistic Identity and the Case of Geri Allen - Lee Caplan, University of Pittsburgh

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10:30–10:45 AM - Coffee Break

 

10:45 AM–12:15 PM - Session 2

​Chair: Dr. Daniel Goldberg

1. The Role of Beat Two in Funky Grooves - Michael Bruschi, Yale University

2. Expanded Pentatonicism in Antonín Dvořák’s Op. 91, In Nature’s Realm - Alex Sallade, The Ohio State University

3. Echoes from the Periphery: Innovation in the Non-normative Harmonic Syntax of Edvard Grieg’s Lyric Pieces - Layne Vanderbeek, University at Buffalo

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12:15–1:45 PM - Lunch Break

See "Travel & Food Info" for local places to eat

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1:45–2:45 PM - Keynote Address

Dr. Will Mason: “Metaphors of Construction in the Recording Studio”

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2:45–3:00 PM - Coffee Break

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3:00–4:30 PM - Session 3

​Chair: Dr. Peter Kaminsky

1. 808s & Heartbreak: An Exhibition of Wagnerian Aesthetics in Hip-Hop Performance - Grant Knox, University of Arizona

2. A Deliberate Practice Loop for Music Performance Training - Sean Millman, NYU Steinhardt

3. Enhancing Music Education by Connecting Improvisation and Composition - Jakub Rojek, University of Arizona