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Congratulations to Michael Baker, Professor of Music Theory and one of UK's TEK Fellows for 2024-2025! Read details here: https://t.co/NUGSrdh2Sh

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It's been a good week! Dr. Jennifer Campbell has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure, and Dr. Michael Baker was selected for a TEK Fellowship developing a new course, "Math-Science-Music Interactions," with UK mathematician Dr. Peter Hislop. Kudos to both!

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Dr. Jennifer Campbell and Jessica Bayne presented their paper, "Staging Susannah on a University Campus in the Post-Covid-19 and #MeToo Era: A Case Study," today at the Exploring Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in the 20th and 21st Century Conference in Bern, Switzerland!

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Congratulations to Michael Baker, whose paper "Karate Kid Pedagogy and Interdisciplinary Priming in the Music Theory Curriculum" has been accepted as a poster presentation for the joint meeting of SMT/SEM/AMS, to be held November 10-13 in New Orleans. Well done, Dr. Baker!

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Excited to announce Dr. Jennifer Campbell's podcast episode (Episode 15) in the Society for Music Theory's podcast series SMT-Pod! "Journeys through Middleground: Holding Space between Academic Analysis and YouTube Entertainment." Check it out!
https://t.co/gS46Jnp2EN

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Joseph Baber's obituary.

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Update: Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 24, 5:30 - 7:00pm, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Lexington, KY, and a funeral service Friday, March 25th, 9:00am, also at the Church.

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The theory and composition faculty of the University of Kentucky mourns the loss of our dear colleague and friend Joseph Baber, an accomplished composer and Professor of Theory and Composition at the University of Kentucky since 1971. He will be missed.

[ROBIN HAIGH @robinhaigh1]

what if Igor Stravinsky did wordle?

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The University of Kentucky is currently accepting applications for a one-year Visiting Lecturer of Theory and Composition, beginning August 15. Please see the UK jobs website listing https://t.co/xHd3zgJJGw for details, and share this information!

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Congratulations to UK's own Karen Bottge for the publication of this useful volume, with Lynne Rogers and Sara Haefell, published by Oxford University Press!

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We are so proud of Theory alumnus Ben Geyer (UK Ph.D. 2016), winner of the David Kraehenbuehl Prize for his article “Maria Schneider’s Forms: Norms and Deviations in a Contemporary Jazz Corpus,” published in Volume 63, No. 1 (April 2019) of the Journal of Music Theory. Kudos!

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Huge congratulations to one of our Theory TA's, Clint Linkmeyer (DMA candidate, trumpet), for winning a Teachers Who Made A Difference award this year! Clint was nominated by one of his students in his Music Theory for Non-Majors class. We are proud of all our terrific TA's!

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This is a good example of (visual) invertible counterpoint.

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵.

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Congratulations to Drs. Lindsay Gray Clavere and Rob Sivy, who are graduating and receiving their Ph.D.s in Music Theory today!

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(Thanks to guest lecturers Dr. Diana Hallman, Dr. Jenn Salamone, Professor Jill Schinberg, Lu Ann Pelle and Kelly, and Professor Anthonhy Alterio). Final presentations of research papers will take place in the Niles Gallery, Tuesday, 12/10 (2-3:15) and Wednesday, 12/18 (8-10am).

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Prior to the Thanksgiving break, students in Dr. Campbell's MUS 772 seminar, Music, Dance, and Performance, participated in a hip-hop workshop led by Anthony Alterio, Assistant Professor of State University of New York at Fredonia.

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So far this semester these graduate students have learned choreography for the minuet, tango, swing, and hip hop, as well as participated in a Merce Cunningham/John Cage style "chance dance."

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Next semester, Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson will teach a special MUS 772 Seminar in Music Theory on the music and other creative work of John Cage. Graduate standing in Music required, registration is limited!