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he University of British Columbia
June 26-30\, 2023
Leigh VanHandel and Gary S. Karp
inski\, Co-Directors
Michael Callahan
Nancy Rogers
Jena Root
Jennifer Snodgrass
Learn about teaching music theor y from six leading authors\, scholars\, and pedagogues.
Sessions will focus on the teaching of undergraduate music theory at the college level. All teachers of music theory are encouraged to attend these workshops - tea chers at the college\, university\, conservatory\, and high school levels ( including AP instructors). Various other individuals - including graduate s tudents in music\, music scholars\, performers\, and music educators of all kinds - will also benefit from attending.
In lectures\, group discus sions\, and other settings\, the workshops will cover the following topics (and ample time will be allowed for discussion of various other topics in t he teaching of music theory):
These workshops will bring together a fa culty of music theorists\, all of whom are authors of influential books\, i mportant contributors to various scholarly subfields in music theory\, and experienced classroom teachers.
The workshops will be held at the University of British Columbia\, Vanco uver\, Canada\, June 26-30\, 2023. Six sessions will be held each day\, fro m 9 am to noon and 1:30 to 4:30pm.
Note that the workshops are being held in Vancouver\, Canada. Participants from the US do not need to apply f or a visa to attend the workshop\, but must have a valid passport or other ID that will allow entry into Canada. Participants will also need to ensure they are compliant with whatever COVID restrictions are in place at the ti me of travel\; as these are subject to change\, please ensure that you are aware of what is needed for travel to Canada.
Registration an d meals:
The registration fee is:
After April 26th\, registration fees are $860 CAD fo r full time faculty and $540 for part-time/contingent faculty and students.
Meal service includes three meals per day for June 26-30\, 2023 incl usive. Meals will be provided by UBC Food Service at $38 CAD/day\, or $199. 50 CAD total (including taxes and fees). Meal service is strongly recommend ed\, as other food options may be limited during the summer. You can purcha se the meal service when you register\, and there will be an opportunity to indicate dietary requirements during registration.
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Housing
The standard on-campus housing option starts on Sun day\, June 25\, 2023\, with a checkout on Friday\, June 30 (6 nights total. The rates for the workshop can be extended two days on either side of the workshop\; please contact the housing office directly with any questions.
Housing options include:
$149 CAD/night: Signature studios at Ga ge Suites – premium private studio with queen bed\, kitchenette\, wireless internet\, television\, air conditioning\, and private bathroom.
$59 CAD/night: Premium single room at Gage Towers – private single bedroom with shared living room\, kitchen and bathroom (shared with three other guests) . Wireless internet is included\; room is not air conditioned.
$49 CA D/night: Standard single room at Gage Towers – private single room with sha red living room\, kitchen\, and bathroom (shared with five other guests). W ireless internet is included\; room is not air conditioned.
To view i nformation about housing options\, and to reserve\, follow the link and sel ect either the “Suites” tab or the “Budget rooms in shared apts.” tab.
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Reservations Office
Tel: 604 822 1000 x3
Toll Free: 1 888 822 1030
Email: reservations@housing.ubc.ca
To join our contact list or for further information\, send an inqui ry to: leigh.vanhandel@ubc.ca.< /p>
Gary S.
Karpinski\, Co-Director
Department of Music and Dance
Univer
sity of Massachusetts Amherst
L
eigh VanHandel\, Co-Director
School of Music
University of Br
itish Columbia
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Gary S. Karpinsk i\, founding director of the Workshops in Music Theory Pedagogy\, is Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Manual for Ear Training and Sight Singing and Anthology for Sight Singing (published by W. W. Norton)\, which include an extensive Instructor’s Dictation Manual\, Student Recordings online\, and an Instruc tor’s Anthology Search website. He is also the author of Aural Skills A cquisition (Oxford University Press). His articles have appeared in su ch journals as Music Theory Spectrum\, Music Theory Online\, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy\, and The Computer an d Music Educator. He is also a contributor to the Routledge Compan ion to Music Theory Pedagogy and the Routledge Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy. He has served as president of the Association for Tec hnology in Music Instruction and the New England Conference of Music Theori sts\, and chair of the Society for Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group.
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Leigh VanHandel is Associate Professor of M usic Theory at the University of British Columbia. Her primary research are as are music theory pedagogy\, music cognition\, the relationship between m usic and language\, computer-assisted research\, and how those things all r elate to one another. She has served on the Executive Board of the Society for Music Theory\, and recently served on the AP Music Theory Test Developm ent Committee. She has published in journals such as Music Perception\, The Journal of New Music Research\, Empirical Musicology Review\, and The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. She edite d and contributed to The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy\, published in 2020.
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Michael Callahan is Associate Professor and Chairperson of Music Theory at Michigan State University\, w here he teaches first- and second-year theory\, first-year aural skills\, a nd graduate music theory pedagogy\, keyboard skills\, and counterpoint. He is co-author\, with Steven Laitz\, of the fifth edition of the undergraduat e music theory textbook The Complete Musician\, forthcoming in 202 2. In 2020\, he published Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycl es for Voice and Piano\, a multi-author volume co-edited with Gordon S ly. He is currently working on a grant-funded monograph entitled Music Theory and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Callahan’s other research has dealt with music theory pedagogy\, particularly at the keyboar d and through improvisation\; eighteenth-century counterpoint\; and the Gre at American Songbook. At MSU\, he has received the college-wide Withrow Awa rd for Excellence in Teaching (2020)\, the university-wide Teacher-Scholar Award (2014)\, and the university-wide Lilly Teaching Fellowship (2013–14).
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Nancy Rogers\, Professor of Music Theory at Flo rida State University\, has been honored with multiple teaching awards. Wit h research interests focusing particularly on music cognition and its pedag ogical implications\, she has presented papers at numerous national\, inter national\, and regional conferences. She is co-author of Music for Sigh t Singing (Pearson) and the corresponding Rhythm Generator so ftware. Her other publications have appeared in The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy\, Music Theory Online\, Applied Cognitive Psychology\, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy\ , and Intégral. She has served as Vice President and Secretary of the Society for Music Theory\, President of Music Theory Southeast\, and in leadership positions with the Advanced Placement program in Music Theory.< /p>
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Jena Root is Professor of Music at the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University\, and a recipient of YSU’s 2021 Dis tinguished Professor in Teaching Award. Her service in higher education has spanned more than twenty-five years in the music theory and aural skills c lassroom\, including positions at Shenandoah Conservatory\, Syracuse Univer sity\, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore\, and St. Olaf College. She is the author of Applied Music Fundamentals: Writing\, Singing\, and Listening (Oxford University Press)\, and her work also appears in the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy\, The Routle dge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy\, and The Routledg e Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy. She has served as Resources Edit or for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. Dr. Root holds a Ph.D . in Composition from the University of Minnesota\, and is an active compos er.
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Jennifer Snodgrass is Professor of Music Theory and Academic Director of the School of Music a t Lipscomb University. She previously was Professor of Music at Appalachian State University. She has published pedagogical and theoretical research i n numerous journals including the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy\, Mus ic Theory Online\, and Music Educators Journal. She maintains an active presentation schedule\, most recently presenting at national meetin gs for the Society for Music Theory\, College Music Society\, and the Natio nal Association of Schools of Music. She is the co-author of Fundamental s of Music Theory (with Dr. Susan Piagentini) and is author of Conte mporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist and Teaching Music The ory: New Voices and Approaches.
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