Theory

Thesis

I am currently starting work on my thesis, which will be based on Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff's A Generative Theory of Tonal Music. I hope to work with atonal segmentation based on generative grammar theory, focusing on early atonal works by Schoenberg and Berg.

Papers

"Popular Music in American Psycho: Discovering Patrick Bateman's True Persona:" December 2008

Presentations

Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference 2009 (Detroit, MI: October 30): "Popular Music in American Psycho: Discovering Patrick Bateman's True Persona"