Megan Kaes Long
(she/her/hers)
- Associate Professor of Music Theory
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Megan Kaes Long Article Published
August 1, 2023
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long published an article, "Hexachordal Solmization and Syllable-Invariant Counterpoint in the Vocal Music of William Byrd" in Music Theory Spectrum. The article explores how the principles of solmization shaped Byrd's contrapuntal decisions and tonal strategies.
Megan Kaes Long Publishes Article in "Music Theory Online"
September 29, 2022
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long published an article, "Reassessing the Plagal Cadence in Byrd and Morley," in the most recent issue of Music Theory Online. The article unpacks the obscure history of the plagal cadence by looking at representative examples from Byrd's compositions and Morley's theory treatise.
Megan Kaes Long participates in visiting scholar program at the Jacobs School of Music at IU Bloomington
October 6, 2021
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long participated in the Robert Samels Visiting Scholar Program at the Jacobs School of Music at IU Bloomington in September. As part of the Five Friends Master Class series, Long delivered two lectures, led a workshop for graduate students, and met with students and faculty during her three-day residency.
Megan Kaes Long publishes article in Journal for Music Theory
January 6, 2021
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long published an article, “What do Signatures Signify? The Curious Case of Seventeenth-Century English Key,” in the most recent issue of the Journal for Music Theory. The article traces how key signatures transformed from a feature of notation to an aspect of music theory in seventeenth-century England.
Megan Kaes Long Publishes Monograph
June 8, 2020
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long published a monograph, Hearing Homophony: Tonal Expectation at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century (Oxford University Press). The book, which appears on the series Oxford Studies in Music Theory, explores how the regular rhythms and text setting of sixteenth-century popular song provoked encouraged a kind of listening that we now think of as tonal.
Megan Kaes Long Awarded Fellowship
April 10, 2020
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Kaes Long was awarded an American Council Of Learned Societies Fellowship for the 2020–2021 academic year to support her research on tonal structure in the music of William Byrd.
Megan Long Gives Invited Talk
February 25, 2020
Associate Professor of Music Theory Megan Long gave an invited talk titled "What Do Signature Signify: The Curious Case of Seventeenth-Century English Key" on February 21, 2020 at the University of Chicago.
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Megan Kaes Long Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Six Faculty Receive 2021-2022 Excellence in Teaching Honors
March 14, 2023
Oberlin Conservatory Implements Innovative Approach to Music Theory Teaching
December 20, 2021