Andrew Pau
- Director, Division of Music Theory
- Professor of Music Theory
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Andrew Pau Presents Paper at Dublin Conference
Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau presented the paper “Expanded Continuations in Belle Époque Instrumental Music” at the Dublin Music Analysis Conference, organized by the Society for Music Analysis (U.K.) and hosted by Trinity College and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin July 13-15. The paper explores phrase forms in music by Cécile Chaminade, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck, and Maurice Ravel.
Andrew Pau Presents Paper at Paris Conference
Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau presented a paper titled "Modality in the Choral Music of Lili Boulanger" at the second edition of the international conference La modalité dans la musique française à l'orée du XXe siècle (Modality in French Music at the Turn of the Twentieth Century). The conference took place in Paris from March 26 to 28.
Andrew Pau Chapter Published in Essay Collection
Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau published "Fauréan Correspondences: Motivic Practice and Octatonicism in Lili Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel" in Gabriel Fauré: Influences and Influence, an essay collection edited by James William Sobaskie (Boydell Press, 2026). Pau's chapter examines intertextual correspondences between song cycles by Fauré and Boulanger.
Andrew Pau Chapter Published in "The Cambridge Companion to French Art Song"
Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau published the chapter "The Franckist-Wagnerian Strain (Duparc, Chausson, Chabrier)" in The Cambridge Companion to French Art Song (Cambridge University Press, 2026), edited by Oberlin Conservatory alumnus Stephen Rumph. The chapter examines the mélodies of late-19th-century French composers who were influenced by the music of César Franck and Richard Wagner.
Division of Music Theory Members Present at Music Theory Society of New York State Meeting
Three members of the Division of Music Theory — Associate Professor Andrew Pau, Assistant Professor Christa Cole, and Visiting Assistant Professor Sylvie Tran — presented a special session titled "Constructing Identity in Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels's Omar (2022)" at the annual meeting of the Music Theory Society of New York State on April 5. The session was based on a panel that the three faculty members gave in conjunction with Omar at Oberlin in December 2024.
Jan Miyake and Andrew Pau Contributed Chapters to Essay Collection
Professor of Music Theory Jan Miyake and Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau have contributed chapters to Modeling Musical Analysis (Oxford University Press, 2024), a collection of essays written by minoritized scholars and designed to model analytical writing for undergraduate students. Miyake’s essay discusses the Funeral March from Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, while Pau’s explores Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison’s 2005 opera Margaret Garner.
Andrew Pau Presentes Research Papers
Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau presented two research papers on opposite sides of the Atlantic during the first week of November. The first presentation, "Expanded Continuation Phrases in Fauré's Piano Music," was given at the Institut de France in Paris, at a colloquium marking the centenaries of the deaths of French composers Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) and Théodore Dubois (1837–1924). The second presentation, "Fauréan Influences in Lili Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel" was given at the annual conference of the Society for Music Theory in Jacksonville, Florida.
Andrew Pau publishes book review
Associate Professor of Music Theory Andrew Pau reviewed Alexandra Kieffer's book Debussy's Critics: Sound, Affect, and the Experience of Modernism for France Review, an online review dedicated to books on French history and culture.
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Professor to Compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions
Andrew Pau, associate professor of music theory, will make his return to national television as a contestant on Jeopardy!’s Tournament of Champions at 7:30pm Friday, November 10, on CBS Cleveland.