Program, Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference

Ball State University, Muncie, IN
May 10–11, 2024

Thursday, May 9

6:00–9:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop: “Analyzing ImprovisationHargreaves Music Building, Room 301

Workshop leader: Paul Steinbeck (Washington University in St. Louis)

Closed session for participants only

Friday, May 10

8:00 am
RegistrationMusic Instruction Building, Sursa Hall Lobby
8:45 am
WelcomeSursa Hall
9:00–10:30 am
Metric Irregularities and Imperfect Rhymes Sursa HallChair: Nancy Murphy (University of Michigan)
Sonata Form Departures and Melodic-Harmonic Divorces Hahn Recital HallChair: Jan Miyake (Oberlin College & Conservatory)
10:30–10:45 am
Coffee BreakSursa Hall Lobby
10:45–12:15 pm
Connections and RetrievalsSursa HallChair: Wayne Petty (University of Michigan)
11:15–11:45 am
Pitch, Phrase, and Politics in Popular MusicHahn Recital HallChair: Daniele Shlomit Sofer (University of Dayton)

    Panel members:

    PROGRAM CHANGE: Due to a travel delay, Devin Guerrero's presentation has been moved to the final slot in the Saturday morning session on "Genres and Schemata."

    Tori Vilches' presentation will start at the originally scheduled time for the second paper in this session (11:15 am).

  • Tori Vilches (Indiana University): “Sex Sells: Comparing Purplewashing in the Women of Reggaeton”
12:15–2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
Executive Committee Meeting (closed session)Hargreaves Music Building, Room 200
2:00–3:30 pm
Opera and Art SongSursa HallChair: Andrew Pau (Oberlin College & Conservatory)
Performance, Gesture, and ExperienceHahn Recital HallChair: Hali Fieldman (UMKC Conservatory)
3:30–3:45 pm
Coffee BreakSursa Hall Lobby
3:45–5:15 pm
Form in Popular Music and DanceSursa HallChair: Alyssa Barna (University of Minnesota)
Musical Borrowings and Collage in Popular Music and Jazz ImprovisationHahn Recital HallChair: Brett Clement (Ball State University)
5:30–6:00 pm
Demonstration and Performance by the Ball State New Music Ensemble: SoundpaintingSursa Hall

Amelia Kaplan, Director

The Ball State New Music Ensemble will give a short demonstration and performance of Soundpainting.

Soundpainting is a multidisciplinary live composing sign language for musicians, actors, dancers, and visual Artists. Presently (2024) the language comprises more than 1500 gestures that are signed by the Soundpainter (composer) to indicate the type of material desired of the performers. The creation of the composition is realized, by the Soundpainter, through the parameters of each set of signed gestures. The Soundpainting language was created by Walter Thompson in Woodstock, New York in 1974.

https://www.soundpainting.com/

6:00 pm
Student Pizza Dinner (sponsored by MTMW)Greek's Pizzeria, 1600 W. University Ave.

All students are welcome. We expect that a group will walk over to the pizzeria after the New Music Ensemble performance, but please feel free to meet directly at the pizzeria around 6:00 to 6:15 pm.

Saturday, May 11

8:00 am
RegistrationSursa Hall Lobby
9:00–10:30 am
Medieval and Early Modern MusicSursa HallChair: René Rusch (University of Michigan)
Leitmotivs and Thematic Superposition in Video Game Music and FilmHahn Recital HallChair: Christopher Segall (University of Cincinnati)
10:30–10:45 am
Coffee BreakSursa Hall Lobby
10:45–12:15 pm
Spaces, Spacing, and GravitySursa HallChair: Joon Park (University of Illinois Chicago)
Genres and Schemata as Musical TopicsHahn Recital HallChair: Johanna Frymoyer (University of Notre Dame)
12:15–2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
2:00–3:30 pm
Timbral Trademarks in Popular Music GenresSursa HallChair: Matt Chiu (Baldwin Wallace University)
3:45–4:30 pm
Business MeetingSursa Hall

Open to all conference attendees.

Business Meeting Agenda

I. Approval of 2023 business meeting minutes (Andrew Pau)

Review minutes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hNlpZJOpm9QVZPClb4_6PazpuHgnleFw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106228954308791534269&rtpof=true&sd=true 

II. Election results (Andrew Pau)

III. Treasurer's report (Rebecca Perry-Ockey)

MTMW 2024 Treasurer's Report - Business Meeting.pdf

IV. Program Committee report (René Rusch)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M0MV9_7D54CGnzMHu3mBl58lVCAD1O5Y/view?usp=sharing

V. Local Arrangements report (Brett Clement)

VI. Komar Award winner (Daniel Shanahan)

VII. Proposed amendments to By-laws (Christopher Segall)

Review proposed amendments here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dICJU21MbAMns35NodOHKP1boAbVSaoPgQ4TACvVZ1s/edit?usp=sharing 

VIII. President’s remarks (Christopher Segall)

IX. Other business

4:30–6:00 pm
Keynote Address: “Intertextuality in Protest Music”Sursa Hall

Noriko Manabe (Indiana University)

6:00–9:00 pm
BanquetCardinal Hall A, L.A. Pittenger Student Center

Purchase banquet ticket at registration; the banquet registration deadline is Monday, May 6.