Jane Clendinning

JANE PIPER CLENDINNING, Professor of Music Theory, teaches graduate courses in music theory pedagogy, counterpoint, music since World War II, and other twentieth-century music topics, and teaches and supervises Music Theory III and IV. Her textbooks The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis and The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills (both W. W. Norton, 2005) have been adopted by many colleges and universities including FSU for their core music theory curriculum.

Professor Clendinning’s current research interests include music theory as applied to world and popular music, music theory pedagogy, and theory and analysis of recent twentieth-century music. She has served in many leadership positions in regional, national, and international music theory organizations, including the editorial boards of the journals 20th Century Music, Music Theory Online, and The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. She is currently a member of the Society for Music Theory’s Diversity Committee and is completing a term as Chair of the College Board’s Test Development Committee for AP Music Theory. She was the founding director of the Cawthon Hall Music Living-Learning Center.

Professor Clendinning received Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees from Yale University as a Yale University Fellow. She holds an M.M. degree from North Texas State University and B.M. (music theory) and B.S. (mathematics) degrees from Samford University. Prior to coming to The Florida State University in 1990, Professor Clendinning taught at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, and at Yale.