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Guest Composers and Music Theorists
Each year we invite distinguished music theorists and composers to enrich our curriculum. The Housewright Scholar program allows us to fund a small number of week-long residencies; our visitors not only give a public lecture but also teach a variety of courses and offer master classes and/or private instruction. In almost every case, students are afforded the opportunity to interact with these scholars both formally and informally.
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2011-2012
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| Joseph Straus (City University of New York) visited our campus on October 10-12 as this year's Housewright Scholar. He gave four public lectures, guest-taught two classes, and met with many students individually.
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| The Society of Composers at FSU are hosting Lansing McLoskey (University of Miami) for a lecture and master class on October 26-27, 2011. If you wish to participate in the master class the sign up sheet is currently available on the door to KMU432.
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| Stephen Montague will visit on November 30 for a presentation to our Composers' Forum and a concert by the New Music Ensemble that same night featuring some of his works. |
| Lawrence Zbikowski (University of Chicago) will keynote our annual graduate student-run FSU Music Theory Forum on January 14, 2012. |
| Steven Rings (University of Chicago) will be a guest scholar during our spring semester. Stay tuned for details! |
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2010-2011
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| Ian Quinn (Yale University) keynoted our annual graduate student-run FSU Music Theory Forum on January 15, 2011. |
| Our Fifteenth Biennial Festival of New Music featured Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec (Adelphi University) and the Brentano String Quartet. The Festival took place January 27-29, 2011 |
| Jonathan Dunsby (Eastman School of Music) visited our campus February 15-17, taught several classes and presented a public lecture: History, Value, Scarlatti's K. 87" |
| Edward Knight (Oklahoma City University) visited FSU on March 21, 2011. He met individually with two graduate students in composition as well as with the enhake ensemble. |
| Dora Hanninen (University of Maryland), the most recent winner of the Society for Music Theory's Outstanding Publication Award, visited campus on March 24-26, presented two public lectures and taught several graduate classes. |
| Theorist, pianist, and mathematician Julian (Jay) Hook (Indiana University) visited on April 13-14, giving talks, teaching classes, and meeting with students in our music theory and piano areas. |
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2009-2010
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| Frank Samarotto (Indiana University) keynoted our annual student-run FSU Music Theory Forum on January 16, 2010. |
| On February 4, 2010, Len Oranzi (Digital Print Manager for Theodore Presser and Carl Fischer) presented a public lecture on "Preparing Your Compositions for Publication and Performance" at 4:30 in HMU 126. |
| Christopher Hasty (Harvard University) was a visiting scholar from March 15-17, 2010. Prof. Hasty taught several courses, met with students, and presented a public lecture,"If music is experience, what might music theory be?" |
| On March 31, 2010, Ciro Scotto (University of South Florida) taught three classes at FSU and presented a public talk about his music: "A Hybrid Compositional System: Hierarchy Without Hierarchy." |
| Award-winning composer Libby Larsen was a guest April 12–15, 2010, giving master classes, coaching rehearsals of her music, and addressing classes. |
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2008-2009
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| Kofi Agawu (Princeton University) keynoted our annual student-run FSU Music Theory Forum on January 17, 2009. |
| On Friday, November 21, Adrian Childs (University of Georgia) presented a talk to the FSU Music Theory Society (2:30 in KMU 206) and guest lectured in Dr. Jones's readings class at 10:10 (Library Seminar Room). |
| On September 29, composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti visited FSU, giving a master class and presented a recital of his works. |
| Our Fourteenth Biennial Festival of New Music featured guest composer Christopher Theofanidis (Peabody Conservatory) and the acclaimed new music ensemble eighth blackbird. The Festival took place on January 29-31, 2009. See here for the complete schedule of performances. |
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2007-2008
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| Robert D. Morris (Eastman School of Music) was in residence as Housewright Scholar from March 19-21, 2008. |
| The 25th annual Music Theory Forum was held on February 2 and Judith Lochhead (Stony Brook University) delivered the keynote address. |
| Michael Klein (Temple University) was a visiting scholar from February 14-16, giving a public lecture and guest teaching several of our classes. |
| Paul Richards, University of Florida |
| Andrew Rindfleisch, Cleveland State University |
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2005-2006
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| Richard Cohn, Yale University |
| Yayoi Uno Everett, Emory University |
| Bengt-Olov Palmqvist, Austrailia National University |
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2003-2004
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| Daniel Harrison, Yale University |
| Gretchen Horlacher, Indiana University |
| David Huron, Ohio State University |
| John Anthony Lennon, Emory University |
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2002-2003
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| Jonathan Bernard, University of Washington |
| James Buhler, University of Texas, Austin |
| Robert Hatten, Indiana University |
| Shulamit Ran, University of Chicago |
| John Snyder, University of Houston |
