Take a listen to our next episode as Stephen Rodgers introduces a simple but powerful pedagogical exercise inspired by the short story writer, George Saunders! Available on your preferred podcast platform! smt-pod.org/episodes/season0…
ALT Cover of American Music, Volume 40, Issue 4, Winter 2022
Special Issue: Marking Forty Years of American Music
Blue background with white rectangle at the top and grey semicircle on the right side of the cover. Text featuring names of contributors.
Going to #Oppenheimer tomorrow? Get prepped by checking out Chris Doll's video on the "fantastical gap" in the music from Inception. Now available on YouTube! youtu.be/LT4SnhOpeKY
I'm happy to announce the publication of my newest article in Music Theory Spectrum. This was a total blast to write -- it's about how Byrd used hexachordal solmization to produce all sorts of amazing effects in his motets. Check it out! academic.oup.com/mts/advance…
Me and my friends watching @nmitchell076's video, jaws on the floor: "How did he do that?? How did he do THAT???? Wait, look at that!!! How ... ????"
And a brilliant, sophisticated argument to boot!
I hope y'all enjoy the visuals. Frankly, I spent way too much of last summer bashing my head against After Effects to work it all out. But I'm extremely proud of the result! Thanks to @theorymeg for her generous editorial work as well.
Ever wonder who decided what "American patriotism" would sound like in film and television? Check out @skleppinger's SMT-V for the answer, re-released just in time for the holiday weekend! youtu.be/5uSmylrAwOc
I'm in a fiction rut and seeking book recommendations. Wanted: fiction only, fun reads that err on the side of literary fiction or literary fiction that errs on the side of fun. Recent books I've enjoyed threaded below.
Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake