The Graduate Association of Musicologists und Theorists (GAMuT) and the College of Music at the University of North Texas are pleased to announce our 12th annual graduate student conference to be held on Saturday, February 1st, 2025 at the University of North Texas.

Registration is free and in person on the day of the event. Please arrive at the UNT Senate Chambers (Room 332) of the Student Union to register for and attend the conference. Map of the student union. 

Conference Schedule

8:55 am: Opening Remarks
Dr. April L. Prince, Principal Lecturer in Music History, GAMuT Faculty Advisor
Brian Sanders, GAMuT President

9:00 am: Session I
Cultural Studies 
Session Chair: Johnathan Rhodes

  • “Ma der, Ma der! The Cultural Intersectionality of Lao Women in the Lao-Pop Music Scene”
    Zechary Phouthavong (University of Arkansas)
  • “Henrique Alves de Mesquita: a case study on race and music in nineteenth-century Brazil” 
    Miranda Bartira Tagliari Sousa (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Memento Musica, 1897: Music, Death, and the Secret Concert in the Paris Catacombs  
    Hunter Hancock (University of North Texas)  

10:30 am: Short Break

10:45 am: Session II
Sound and Sensory Studies  
Session Chair: TBD

  • “Sounds of Solitude: Tomasz Sikorski and the materiality of magnetic tape”  
    Devin Kaveler (Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University)
  • “Scent and Sound: From Claude Debussy to Ye Xiaogang”  
    Anqi Wang (Rutgers University) 

10:45 am: Lunch

1:00 pm: Keynote Address

"Pitch, Repetition, and Language in the Pitch-Corrected  Speech Sounds of Two Video Game Characters"  
Dr. Elizabeth Medina-Gray (Ithaca College)

2:10 pm: Session III
Film/Multimedia Studies  
Session Chair: TBD

  • “Is It Just a Repetition? The “Danger” Leitmotif in James Horner’s Troy” 
    Xiao Yun (University of North Texas)
  • “Understanding Race and Music in Blazing Saddles”  
    Drew Brady (Southern Methodist University)

3:10 pm: Short Break

3:20 pm: Session IV
Classical Theory Studies  
Session Chair: Alison Parker

  • “The Transition That Grows: Expanding Romantic Frameworks with the Anticipatory Transition”  
    Luis Matos (Florida State University)  
  • “Thematic Subversions and Tritone Substitutions: Sonata Form-Based Analysis of  Nikolai Kapustin Sonata No. 18, Mvmt 1"  
    Joshua McKinnis (Baylor University)
  • “Flexing the Spine: Schubert’s “Der Doppelgänger,” the Untraditional Urlinie, and Poetic Parallelism”  
    Austin Wilson (Michigan State University) 

4:50 pm: Closing Remarks & Presentation of the Paper Award 
Dr. David Heetderks, Chair of the Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology  
Brian Sanders, GAMuT President 

Conference Location

University Union (red square on map)
1155 Union Cir, Denton, TX 76203

The University Union has multiple food options on Saturday’s, including:

  • Burger King
  • Chick-Fil-A
  • Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
  • Starbucks

Parking Information

UNT requires a parking permit 24/7, 365 days a year, including visitor parking. The three options for visitor parking are:

  1. One-day visitor parking permit = $5 [visitor passes will park in Eagle Lots shown in orange on the map] [must be mailed or printed off] 
    https://transportation.unt.edu/parking-permits.html
    Click on the link above – go to PERMIT TYPES & VISITOR PARKING – click on “purchase a day use” permit – follow the directions
  2. ParkMobile = about $18-$20 for 8 hours of parking [shown in purple on the map] [must use through the ParkMobile app] 
  3. Union Circle Parking Garage = $18 for one day parking [shown in black across from the Student Union] 
    “Visitors may also park in the Highland Street Garage for $2.25 per hour, max rate of $18 per day.”

parking map

For more information, please contact President of GAMuT Brian Sanders – briansanders@my.unt.edu