Texas Tech University

Hannah Percival

I am a doctoral student in Fine Arts: Music Theory at Texas Tech University, where I teach freshman and sophomore music theory. My graduate degrees in counseling and piano pedagogy (in progress) provide practical foundations to theoretical research in music cognition. My research in musical bonding has been presented at international and regional conferences. During study breaks in PeARL,I am usually playing with fidget cubes while pondering puns. 

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Awards, selected

2017. Graduate Student Research Support Award. Texas Tech University.

2016-2017. TEACH fellow. Texas Tech University.

2016. Runner-Up in poster competition subcategory. Fifteenth Annual Graduate School Poster Competition. Texas Tech University.

2015. Best in conference award. Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference at Texas Tech University.

2015. J.T. and Margaret Talkington graduate fellowship. Texas Tech University.

2015. National Research University Fund Fellowship for Visual and Performing Arts. Texas Tech University.

2012. Music Theory/Composition area award. University of Texas at Arlington.

Presentations

Percival, H. (2018, July, forthcoming). “Healing Trauma through Musical Bonding.” Poster at International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Montreal, QC.

Hess, L., Martens, P., Percival, H., & Sears, D.R.W. (2018, July, forthcoming). “Can you feel me now? Recongizing facial emotion during share music listening experiences.” Paper presentation  at International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Montreal, QC.

Hess, L., Martens, P., Wills, E., Percival, H. & Sears, D.R.W. (2018, April). “Shared Music Listening Experiences as an Aid to Facial Emotion Recognition.” Poster presented Texas Tech University: Honors College, Lubbock, TX.

Percival, H. (2018, February)."Streams of Sound: Bregman's auditory stream theory as applied to Ives' 'The Housatonic at Stockbridge' from Three Places in New England.” Paper presentation at Texas Society for Music Theory, Dallas, TX.

_____. (2018, February). “Music Bonding Theory.” Pop-up presentation at Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, Baton Rouge, LA.

_____. (2017, August). “TEACH Friday Series: The Secrets to Our Success: Getting the Most from the TEACH Program.” Panelist at Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Martens, P., Nakatsukasa, K., Percival, H. (2016, July) Music Training Correlates with Visual but not Phonological Foreign Language Learning Skills. In Zanto, T., (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. (pp. 352-354). San Francisco, CA: ICMPC14.

Percival, H. (2016, April). “Empirical Research on Musically-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Poster at Fifteenth Annual Graduate Research Poster Competition. Lubbock, TX.

_____. (2016, January). “Interconnectedness and interdisciplinarity: a feminist perspective on academic trends.” Paper presentation at Taking the Reins: Perseverance, Determination, Grit. West Texas Regional Meeting of Texas Women in Higher Education, Lubbock, TX.

_____. (2015, November). “Musical Bonding: Harnessing the Group Identity Facilitated by EDM in a Classical Concert.” Paper presentation at Royal Music Association Study Day: Listening to the Listener: Contemporary Perceptions of Classical Music, Sheffield, England.

_____. (2015, October) “Musical Bonding: An Interdisciplinary Theory.” Paper presentation at Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.

_____. (2015, September) Paper presentation. “Musical Bonding.” Graduate Association of Musicologists und Theorists (GAMuT) 2015 Conference at University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

_____. (2015, March). “Music Cognition Perspectives on Music, Memory, and Dementia.” Panelist at Alive Inside: Music and Memory Panel. School of Social Work at University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.

Courses Taught

2015-present. Graduate Part Time Instructor for the School of Music. Texas Tech University.

Instructor on record for following courses:

            Spring 2017. Intermediate Theory 2. (Sophomore lecture). 2 sections.

            Fall 2017. Intermediate Theory 1. (Sophomore lecture). 1 section.

            Spring 2017. Elementary Theory 2 (Freshman lecture). 2 sections.

            Fall 2016. Elementary Theory 1 (Freshman lecture). 1 section.

            Spring 2016. Intermediate Theory 2 (Sophomore lecture). 1 section.

            Fall 2015. Elementary Aural Skills 1 (Freshman lab). 1 section.

Education

In progress: PhD in Fine Arts: Music Theory. Texas Tech University (August 2015-present).

In progress: Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy (January 2017-present)

M.A. in Counseling, summa cum laude. 2015. Criswell College.   

B.M. in Music Theory, magna cum laude. 2012. University of Texas at Arlington.

A.A. with a Field of Study in Music. 2009. Richland College.