Conference Presentations

  • Cringe TV: Using Music to Enhance the Awkwardness in Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, 20 min talk, Music and the Moving Image Conference XX (New York University, New York, NY), May 25, 2024.  
  • Ludomusicology: Researching Sound and Music in Video Games, member of four-person panel, presented virtually, VGM CON (Plymouth, MN), April 20, 2024.
  • (Chip)songs Without Words: Hearing Four-Part Rock Form in 8-bit NES Chiptunes, 20 min talk with Richard Anatone, The 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO), November 10, 2023.
  • Increasing Student Involvement and Recruitment in Music Programs with Video Game Music, member of four-person panel, 2023 CMS National Conference (Miami Marriott Dadeland, Miami, FL), October 27, 2023.
  • The Unexpected, the Unusual, and the Unknown: Using Unconventional Timbres to Build Extra-Terrestrial Worlds (revised), 20 min presentation, GameSoundCon (Burbank Convention Center, Burbank, CA), October 17, 2023. 
  • The Unexpected, the Unusual, and the Unknown: Using Unconventional Timbres to Build Extra-Terrestrial Worlds, 20 min presentation, Music and the Moving Image Conference XIX (New York University, New York, NY), May 27, 2023. 
  • Console to Stage: Arranging Video Game Arias for Live Performance, 25 min lecture recital with Madison Drace, 2023 CMS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference (Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD), March 26, 2023.
  • The Multimedia Composer: Realizing Scores with a Virtual Ensemble, 50 min workshop, 2023 CMS Northeast Regional Conference (Southern Connecticut University, New Haven, CT), March 11, 2023. 
    • Panel chair for two presentations 
  • (Chip)songs Without Words: Hearing Four-Part Rock Form in 8-bit NES Chiptunes, 20 min talk with Richard Anatone, North American Conference on Video Game Music (Stetson University, DeLand, FL), February 5, 2023.
  • Mandatory Metal Moments: The Ubiquity of Heavy Metal Culture in Video Games, 10 min virtual lightning talk, North American Conference on Video Game Music (Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA), April 3, 2022.
  • RPG Town Themes: Evoking Place and Cultural Identity Through Music, 20 min talk, GameSoundCon (Biltmore, Los Angeles, CA), October 9, 2018.