Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Music
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2023 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies of Music
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2024 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
The Transformation of Prewar Blues into Postwar Rhythm and Blues The Great Migration, Urbanization, and Form
Journal Article Journal of Music Theory · October 1, 2023 The transformation of blues into rhythm and blues in the mid-twentieth century mirrored the experience of migrants who traveled from the South and adapted to bustling city life in the North and Midwest. When millions of Black Americans moved to cities duri ... Full text Open Access CiteSweet thing: The history and musical structure of a shared american vernacular form
Book · January 1, 2021 Sweet Thing: The History and Musical Structure of a Shared American Vernacular Form is a historical and analytical study of one of the most productive and enduring shared musical resources in North American vernacular music. Many of us learn the form as ch ... Full text CiteBlues Lyric Formulas in Early Country Music, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll
Journal Article Music Theory Online · December 2020 This article briefly recounts recent work identifying the most common lyric formulas in early blues and then demonstrates the prevalence of these formulas in early country music, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. The study shows how the preferen ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
City University of New York ·
2008
D.Phil.