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MTO Webinars (click to expand)
DateAuthor(s)Title and link
June 6, 2016Jennifer Snodgrass, Juan Chattah, Melissa Hoag, Jena Root, Elizabeth Sayrs, and Matthew ShaftelIntegration, Diversity, and Creativity: Reflections on the 'Manifesto' from the College Music Society
May 1, 2014John Covach"To MOOC or Not To MOOC?"
July 18, 2012David BlakeTimbre as Differentiation in Indie Music
July 18, 2012Anna Gawboy and Justin TownsendScriabin and the Possible
May 29, 2012Daniel Barolsky andPeter MartensRendering the Prosaic Persuasive
May 29, 2012Alan DodsonSolutions to the "Great Nineteenth-Century Rhythm Problem"
May 29, 2012Michael Schutz and Fiona ManningLooking Beyond the Score
May 25, 2012Daniel Leech-WilkinsonCompositions, Scores, Performances, Meanings
May 25, 2012Peter MartensTactus in Performance
May 25, 2012Mitchell S. OhrinerGrouping Hierarchy and Trajectories of Pacing in Performances of Chopin's Mazurkas
February 3, 2012David TemperleyScalar Shifts in Popular Music
January 27, 2012Julian HookHow to Perform Impossible Rhythms
January 20, 2012Karen BottgeReading Adorno's Reading of the Rachmaninov Prelude in C-sharp Minor

Editorial Board

Editor

Brent Auerbach

Associate Editor

Zachary Bernstein
Nancy Murphy
Drew Nobile
William O'Hara

Reviews Editor

Clare Eng
Kara Yoo Leaman

Managing Editor

Brent Yorgason

Editorial Assistant

Michael McClimon (Senior Editorial Assistant)
Andrew Eason
Fred Hosken
Lauren Irschick
Chris Misa
Sam Reenan

Board Members

Kyle Adams
Clifton Boyd
Antares Boyle
Zachary Cairns
Matt Chiu
Leah Frederick
Julianne Grasso
David Heetderks
Tamyka Jordon-Conlin
Robert Komaniecki
Megan Lavengood
Su Yin Mak
Anabel Maler
Landon Morrison
Jocelyn Neal
Carmel Raz
Chris Segall
Dan Shanahan