Graduate
Student Journal Board
JENNIFER AMY SADOFF, M.M. University of North Texas, B.A. Chicago Musical College is a doctoral student in music theory at the University of North Texas. Originally from Chicago, Ms. Sadoff's main interests in the field of music theory center around Schenkerian pedagogy. HEr master's thesis: "Die Neue Lehre: An On-Line Course in Schenkerian Analysis," presented a unique interactive web-based platform for disseminating the Schenkerian dialectic in conjunction with her main professor, Dr. Timothy Jackson. Ms. Sadoff has presented her work at international scholarly conferences throughout the United States, such as: Institute for Music Research (2001), Texas Distance Learning Association (2002), and has published an article on an early bassoon treatise, which can be found in the spring, 2002 issue of The Double Reed.
Jennifer Sadoff is responsible for developing a unique methodology
for typesetting Schenkerian graphs using Graphire’s Music Press software.
She serves as the editor of the Journal
of Schenkerian Studies.
Ms. Sadoff actively plays in the period instrument groups on
Baroque bassoon, and is a founding member of the period instrument group, Femme
415 (two Baroque flutes, Baroque bassoon). She was awarded the Toulouse
Doctoral Fellowship for 2001-2002, as well as the Walter E. Gribbon Award,
granted by the American Musical Instrument Society in 2001 and 2002.
COLIN
DAVIS was
raised in San Antonio Texas beginning his musical studies in music theory with
San Antonio composer, Thomas Masinter, and piano with Georgian born pianist from
the Moscow Conservatory, Baya Kakhouberi. In addition, he studied guitar and
percussion, performing regularly with several musical ensembles of various
popular styles. He began collegiate studies at the University of Texas at Austin
where he focused on theory and history with Douglas Green, Stefan Kostka, and
Elliot Antokoletz. He also continued his studies in piano with Betty Mallard
eventually receiving a performance certificate. While attending the University
of Texas, he completed a study of motivic and thematic manipulation in Franz
Liszt’s A Faust Symphony as well as extensive analytical work on
Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and Debussy’s La Mer. After
earning a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory from the University of Texas,
he moved to Austria where he studied German and musicology at the University of
Vienna. Following, he returned to Austin and taught piano and theory for two
years at Calusio School of Music. Mr. Davis is currently working toward graduate
degrees in music theory at the University of North Texas where he is studying
with Timothy L. Jackson and Stephen Slottow. He is currently assisting Dr.
Jackson in his analyses of the symphonic works of Mahler and Strauss and is
independently studying the music of Swedish composer, Allan Petterson.
DAVID
ODEGAARD received his bachelor's degree from the University of Central
Florida in double bass performance and Masters degree in music theory from
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and is presently seeking a Ph.D.
in music theory from the University of North Texas. Current papers include
"Key-relationships in Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette" recently
read at the UNT Bicentennial Berlioz Conference, 2003. Interests include
the historical transmission and application of formal structures as
interestingly revealed by Schenkerian analytical methods. Mr. Odegaard is
an active freelance bassist.
HEEJUNG KANG was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied at the Seoul Music and Art High School for musically gifted teenagers. She graduated with the highest honors from the College of Music, Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul and later at the same university she earned her Master’s Degree in Piano, receiving the Ewha Graduate Research Fellowship Scholarship. Currently a Doctoral Candidate in Piano at the University of North Texas, she studies piano with Dr. Pamela M. Paul. In 2002, She has made a recording of “Rediscovered Lieder and Piano Pieces by Kletzki, Oppel, and Schenker,” sponsored by Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jewish Federation, and College of Music at UNT. In addition, she has studied Schenkerian Analysis with Dr. Timothy L. Jackson and Dr. Stephen Slottow, as well as privately with Carl Schachter, Distinguished Professor, the Graduate Center, City University of New York and the Mannes College of Music. Ms. Kang is currently preparing a recording of Reinhard Oppel’s piano music with the Toccata Record Label in England and completing her doctoral dissertation on Rachmaninoff.
JONG
KYUN KIM comes from South Korea, where he completed work on a bachelor's
degree in music composition at KyngHee University in Seoul in 1997.
Additionally, he received his master's degree in music theory/musicology at
KyungHee University in 2001, with the thesis: "A Study on the Signs
of Meaning and its Application for Semiotics in Music." As a graduate
music theory student at the University of North Texas, Mr. Kim has distinguished
himself with his interests in applications of Schenkerian theory to contemporary
music, as well as semiotics and meaning in music. His main mentors at UNT
include Dr. Timothy Jackson and Dr. Davis Schwarz. In Korea, Jon Kyn
served as a memeber of Republic of Korea Navy Symphony Band and as a member of
the Seoul Baroque Choir.
A
native of Hungary, EMOKE
UJJ-HILLIARD recently defended her dissertation, An
Analysis of the Genesis of Motive, Rhythm, and Pitch in the First Movement of
the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok, and will graduate
in May, 2004 from the University of North Texas with a D.M.A. Degree in Piano
Performance. Ms. Ujj-Hilliard
studied piano with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul at UNT, and she holds a Bachelor's and
Master's Degree from the Franz Liszt Music Conservatory, Hungary, where she was
a teaching assistant.
Ms. Ujj-Hilliard has performed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician
throughout Eastern Europe and has performed in the United States, including at
the Big Island of Hawaii and Puerto Rico. She was a medalist in the 1991 Bela
Bartok Piano Competition in Hungary and has recently released a CD of original
compositions.
Her interest in Bartok's music emerged through her studies with Dr. Margaret
Notley at UNT. Dr. Timothy Jackson
was her main mentor for her dissertation research, and one of her chapters
includes a thorough Schenkerian analysis supporting the performance of the
movement, which she demonstrated in a performance at UNT in 2002.
RENÉ
PÉREZ TORRES,
from Veracruz, Mexico, is pursuing a master's degree in Music Theory at UNT. His
thesis will center on Bach’s Mass in B minor.
His bachelor’s degree is in electrical
engineering from the Veracruz Institute of Technology, which he earned in 1995.
Mr. Perez began undergraduate studies in music theory in 2000 at UNT, and his
mentors include Stephen Slottow and Timothy Jackson. In the fall of 2003 his
paper on the motet Gaude Gloriosa by
G. P. da Palestrina, demonstrated how organic coherence is achieved by means of
the large scale voice-leading. A keyboard specialist and a pianist by training,
his interest in basso continuo has led him to the study of harpsichord and
baroque performance practice. He is
the 2002 winner of the first prize in arranging for a national music competition
in Mexico, and has received several national awards for his choral arrangements
in Mexico as well.
JOHN HEIMEL is currently a Doctoral theory student at UNT. He holds a B.M. in Church Music from Westminster College and a M.M. in Theory from the Hartt School. Priot to UNT, he studied organ with John Walker and Raymond Ocock and theory with Patrick Miller, Akane Mori, and Michael Schiano. He also participated in master classes with David Craighead, Lynn Davis, Andrew Fletcher, and Marilyn Keiser. Before moving to Texas, he served as Director of Music and Organist at several churches in the New York City area as well as teaching private piano lessons. Current research interests include Schenkerian Theory and the music of Mendelssohn and Franck. Professional memberships include the Society for Music Theory, the College Music Society, and the American Guild of Organists.