Ph.D. in music theory, Indiana University, 2006.
Dissertation: “Tonal Coherence in Copland’s Music of the 1940s.”

Master of music in music theory, Indiana University, 2000.

Bachelor of music education, Drake University, 1995.

Primary interests in post-tonal pitch-centric music by Aaron Copland and others, rhythm and meter, and music theory pedagogy. Experienced trumpeter, composer, and instrumental music educator.

Upcoming and recent events:

• Forthcoming in Theory and Practice 36 (2011): "Reconsidering Pitch Centricity."

• In Music Theory Online 17, no. 2 (2011): "Copland's Fifths and Their Role in the Sonata for Violin and Piano."

• In twentieth-century music 7, no. 1 (2010): "The Structure and Genesis of Copland's Quiet City."

• May 13-14, 2011: Annual conference of Music Theory Midwest hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• In the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 24 (2010): "Strategies for Introducing Pitch-Class Set Theory in the Undergraduate Classroom."

• May 14-15, 2010: Annual conference of Music Theory Midwest, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). "A Perception-Based Model for Analysis of Post-Tonal Pitch-Centric Music."

• April 24, 2010: Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Junior Faculty Achievement Award in Teaching.

• April 9, 2010: Music Colloquium Series, University of Wisconsin - Madison. "Identifying and Describing Pitch Structure in Post-Tonal Pitch-Centric Music."