Music Theory

Explore the music you love

The music theory department combines world-class research and scholarship with unique and innovative pedagogy.

Eclectic in our interests and internationally renowned for the quality and scope of our work, the music theory faculty and students maintain a strong record of publications, conference presentations, performances, and other accomplishments.

Our students and faculty work together to maintain a high standard of rigorous, conservatory-style pedagogy in music theory while leading the way toward a more diverse and inclusive future for our field.

The extensive training our students receive as pedagogues and scholars contributes to the excellent success rates that our alumni enjoy on the job market. Our graduates hold teaching positions in major universities, liberal-arts colleges, and schools of music around the world. 

Study with world-class faculty

As faculty scholars, we are dedicated to exploring music’s intellectual, critical, structural, and social domains.

We are experienced in a broad array of approaches and methodologies, including Schenkerian analysis, serialism, transformation theory, informatics, and cultural studies.

And we are passionate about musical repertoires ranging from the classical music of the long eighteenth century through a variety of twentieth-century genres to post-millennial pop.

N M

Chair, Department of Music Theory

Phone:
812-855-4738
Email:
nmanabe@iu.edu; mtchair@iu.edu (chair-related matters)
Office:
Simon Music Center, M225K
K A

Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-855-1859
Email:
kyadams@indiana.edu
Office:
East Studio Building, JS120B
A G

Assistant Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-855-4504
Email:
angoldm@iu.edu
Office:
Simon Music Center, M225B
O H

Assistant Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Email:
ohilewic@iu.edu
Office:
Simon Music Center, M225J
J H

Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-856-0121
Email:
juhook@indiana.edu
Office:
Simon Center, M325G
E I

Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-855-1738
Email:
isaacso@indiana.edu
Office:
Simon Music Center, M225G
R I

Associate Chair, Department of Music Theory

Phone:
812-856-1047
Email:
rivanovi@indiana.edu
Office:
Simon Center, M325B
A M

Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-855-1757
Email:
awmead@indiana.edu
Office:
Simon Center, M325K
F S

Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Phone:
812-856-5740
Email:
fsamarot@indiana.edu
Office:
Simon Center, M325F
L T

Assistant Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Email:
lstabak@iu.edu
Office:
Simon Music Center, M225E
A T

Assistant Professor of Music (Music Theory)

Email:
amytai@iu.edu
Office:
Simon Music Center, M325H

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