BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.arts.uci.edu//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.41.56// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:34366238-3731-4164-a231-366664613938 X-WR-RELCALID:node-11077-field_dates X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-CALNAME:West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis - 34th Annu al Meeting BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles TZUNTIL:20280312T100000 BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20261101T020000 RDATE:20271107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:61313634-6336-4836-b062-623838343162 DTSTAMP:20260906T191954Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260508T175315Z DESCRIPTION:

Please join us for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis\, hosted May 16th by the Universi ty of California\, Irvine. The conference will be held at the Contemporary Arts Center at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UCI starting at 8: 30am.

The full program and details can be downl oaded here. For more information about WCCMTA\, please visit our websi te: www.wccmta.com.

Schedule< /h2>

All sessions will take place in the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Colloquium Room

8:30 a.m. 

Registration and coffee
CAC 3rd floor 3001A\; all sessions CAC Colloquium Room

9–10:30 a.m.

Session 1: 
Theorizing phrasing a nd hypermeter
Stephen Hudson\, chair\, Occidental College

Metric Reinterpretation in the Music of DOMi & JD BECK
Anna Peloso\, Indiana University Bloomington

A Formal Grammar of Raga: Weighted Directed G raphs\, Ornamental Subgraphs\, and Melodic Conditioning in Yaman 
Arka Ashis Gupta\, Independent Researcher

Pentatonicism in Jazz: An Analy sis of Anhemitonic Pentatonicism’s Affordances for Dissonance throughout J azz Styles
Collin Felter\, University of California\, Irvine

10: 30–10:45 a.m

Coffee break
CAC 3100A

10:4 5 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Session 2: 
Gesture as a Tool for Analysis of New Music
Jack Boss\, chair\, University of Oregon

Serial Displacement in George Walker’s Spatials 
Aiden Brych\, Unive rsity of Oregon

Constructing Destruction: An Anamorphic Analysis of Simon Steen-Anderson’s Piano Concerto 
Nolan Miranda\, University of Ca lifornia\, Irvine

Monoculture and Myth: Simon Steen-Anderson’s TRIO and the Role of Institution in New Music
Brandon Woo Snyder\, Universit y of California\, Irvine

12:15–1:45 p.m.

Lunch break  

1:45–2 p.m.

Business meeting  

2–4 p.m.

Session 3: 
Meaning and Narrativ e
Stephen Rodgers\, chair\, University of Oregon

Fanny Hensel’s T extual Interventions: Reimaging Heine in Lied
Deirdre Toh \, University of California\, Irvine

Losing Perspective in Song 
Caleb Hermann \, University of Chicago

Hyperverses 
Michael Dekovich\, Loyola M arymount University

Creative Process as Metanarrative: 
Diegetic Layering in “Whisper of the Heart” (1995)
Bailey LaBrie\, University of Oregon

4–4:15 p.m.

Coffee break
CAC 310 0A

4:15–5:15 p.m.

Session 4: 
Beyond the Twelve-tone Equal-tempered scale
Andrew Aziz\, chair\, San Diego State University

Piano Keyboard (Mod-14) Voice-Leading Spaces
Alexande r Shannon \, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Messiaen\, mo d 24
Lee Cannon-Brown\, University of British Columbia

5:30 p.m.  

Reception
Music and Media Building (MM) 302

6:30 p.m. 

Conference dinner 
Eureka\, Un iversity Center

8 p.m.

ICIT Showcase Concert
Original works by Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition\, Improvis ation and Technology (ICIT) showcase innovative approaches to contemporary music-making. 
xMPL Experimental Media Performance Lab\, CAC first flo or

8 p.m. 

Joanna Baird\, M.F.A Capstone recital in Collaborative Piano
Winifred Smith Hall

DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T165734Z SUMMARY:West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis - 34th Annual Me eting TRANSP:OPAQUE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:

Please join us for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis\, hosted May 16t h by the University of California\, Irvine. The conference will be held at the Contemporary Arts Center at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at U CI starting at 8:30am.

The full program and details can be downloaded here. For more information about WCCMTA\, pleas e visit our website: www.wccmta.com.

Schedule

All sessions will take place in the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Colloquium Room

8:30 a.m. \;

Registration and coffee
CAC 3rd floor 3001A\; all sessions CAC Colloquium Room

9–10:30 a.m.

Session 1: \;
Theorizing phrasing and hypermeter
Stephen Hudson\, chair\, Occ idental College

Metric Reinterpretation in the Music of DOMi &\; JD BECK
Anna Peloso\, Indiana University Bloomington

A Formal Gr ammar of Raga: Weighted Directed Graphs\, Ornamental Subgraphs\, and Melod ic Conditioning in Yaman \;
Arka Ashis Gupta\, Independent Research er

Pentatonicism in Jazz: An Analysis of Anhemitonic Pentatonicism’s Affordances for Dissonance throughout Jazz Styles
Collin Felter\, Univ ersity of California\, Irvine

10:30–10:45 a.m

Coffee break
CAC 3100A

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

S ession 2: \;
Gesture as a Tool for Analysis of New MusicJack Boss\, chair\, University of Oregon

Serial Displacement in Ge orge Walker’s Spatials \;
Aiden Brych\, University of Oregon

Constructing Destruction: An Anamorphic Analysis of Simon Steen-Anderson’s Piano Concerto \;
Nolan Miranda\, University of California\, Irvin e

Monoculture and Myth: Simon Steen-Anderson’s TRIO and the Role of Institution in New Music
Brandon Woo Snyder\, University of California\ , Irvine

12:15–1:45 p.m.

Lunch break \;

1:45–2 p.m.

Business meeting  \;

2–4 p.m.

Session 3: \;
Meaning and Narrat ive
Stephen Rodgers\, chair\, University of Oregon

Fanny Hensel’s Textual Interventions: Reimaging Heine in Lied
Deirdre Toh \, Universi ty of California\, Irvine

Losing Perspective in Song \;
Caleb Hermann\, University of Chicago

Hyperverses \;
Michael Dekov ich\, Loyola Marymount University

Creative Process as Metanarrative:  \;
Diegetic Layering in “Whisper of the Heart” (1995)
Bailey La Brie\, University of Oregon

4–4:15 p.m.

Coffee break
CAC 3100A

4:15–5:15 p.m.

Session 4:&nbs p\;
Beyond the Twelve-tone Equal-tempered scale
Andrew Aziz \, chair\, San Diego State University

Piano Keyboard (Mod-14) Voice- Leading Spaces
Alexander Shannon \, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Messiaen\, mod 24
Lee Cannon-Brown\, University of British Columbia

5:30 p.m. \;

Reception
Mus ic and Media Building (MM) 302

6:30 p.m. \;

Conf erence dinner \;
Eureka\, University Center

8 p.m.< /h4>

ICIT Showcase Concert
Original works by Ph.D. s tudents in Integrated Composition\, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT) sh owcase innovative approaches to contemporary music-making. \;
xMPL Experimental Media Performance Lab\, CAC first floor

8 p.m. \;< /h4>

Joanna Baird\, M.F.A Capstone recital in Collaborative Pian o
Winifred Smith Hall

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