Matthew Santa

Matthew Santa is Associate Professor and chair of the Music Theory and Composition Division at the Texas Tech University School of Music. Dr. Santa has taught music theory at Queens College and Hunter College and holds degrees from Louisiana State University and The City University of New York. He has presented papers on diatonic set theory, post-tonal analysis, parsimonious voice leading, and popular music throughout the United States as well as in Canada and England, participating in the annual meetings of the Society for Music Theory, the College Music Society, the Music Theory Society of New York State, the New England Conference of Music Theorists, Music Theory Midwest, the Texas Society for Music Theory, the South Central Society for Music Theory, and the Goldsmith 20th-Century Music Conference; his 1998 paper "Chordal Tone Centers in Stravinsky's Neoclassical Music" earned him the Music Theory Society of New York State’s "Young Scholar Award." Dr. Santa’s articles have been published in the journals Theory and Practice, Music Theory Spectrum, and Music Analysis, and he has an article forthcoming in The Annual Review of Jazz Studies, as well as a book forthcoming from Mel Bay Publications, Flute/Theory Workout, co-written with Dr. Lisa Garner Santa and Dr. Thomas Hughes. His works as a composer are published by Conners Publications and his song cycle, From Noon to Starry Night, was recently recorded by Lisa Garner Santa and Lora Deahl (available online at www.cdbaby.com and www.amazon.com).

To contact Dr. Matthew Santa, email matthew.santa@ttu.edu

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