The Yale Department of Music is delighted to announce a retirement symposium in honor of Richard Cohn, Battell Professor of Music Theory. Fifteen distinguished scholars will present papers, including former students and Ph.D. advisees of Professor Cohn, as well as music theorists whose work he has influenced. The conference will take place on Friday afternoon, April 10, 1:00-4:00pm, and Saturday, April 11, 10:00-4:00. Presenters will include Gurminder Bhogal, Vasili Byros, Clifton Callender, David Clampitt, Stephen Guerra, Kara Yoo Leaman, Yonatan Malin, Scott Murphy, Phillipa Ovenden, Carmel Raz, Steven Rings, Joseph Straus, Jeremy Tatar, Dmitri Tymoczko, and Jason Yust. Questions regarding the event can be addressed to Pat McCreless and/or Carmel Raz (see e-mail addresses below). We hope that you can join us in celebrating Rick and his work in early April. Patrick McCreless, Professor Emeritus of Music, Yale University (patrick.mccreless@yale.edu); Carmel Raz, Assistant Professor of Music, Cornell University (car354@cornell.edu).
The symposium will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT.
Friday, April 10:
1:30 Welcoming Remarks
1:45 - 3:15 Music Around the Globe [Chair: Danny Walden]
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Yonatan Malin, “Gurevich’s Greeting and the Analysis of Klezmer Music”
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Gurminder Bhogal, “Listening Beyond Music Through Sikh Music Theory”
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Cliff Callender, “Recomposition as Analysis in Late Works of György Ligeti”
3:15 - 3:45 Mid-afternoon break (coffee and snacks)
3:45 - 4:45 Meter and Dance [Chair: Peter Kaminsky]
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Kara Leaman, “Fascinating Rhythms: Some Techniques for Temporal Coordination Between Dance and Music in George Balanchine's Ballets”
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Jeremy Tatar, “Metrical Scripts in Recent Electronic Dance Music”
Saturday, April 11
10:00-11:30 The Tonnetz [chair: Dan Harrison]
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Dmitri Tymoczko, “Who is Rick Cohn? And What is the Tonnetz?”
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David Clampitt, “Pairwise Well-Formed Scales and the Tonnetz”
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Carmel Raz, “A Tonnetz from 1812”
11:30-12:00 Midmorning break
12:00-1:30 Meter [chair: Giulia Accornero]
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Stephen Guerra, “Pitch Space Hemiola: Turning the Pitch-Time Analogy Around in an Analysis of Pixinguinha’s ‘Cuidado Colega’”
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Philippa Ovenden, “Making Sense of Mensural Notations Using Metric Theory”
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Jason Yust, “The One: Theorizing Groove”
1:30-2:30 lunch (provided by the conference)
2:30-4:00 Appreciations [chair: Roger Grant]
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Scott Murphy, “Cohn’s Unfettered Patrimony, or another Complement Union Property”
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Steve Rings, “Sound and System; Or, What I Learned from Rick”
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Joe Straus, “Rick and Me: An Appreciation”