Alejandro Benavides
Zoom Room Link: mcgill.zoom.us/j/85656863755?pwd=TExSaTNrbFoyUkVZMmQzTEdETUN5UT09
Email:
[email protected]
Institutional Affiliation: McGill University
Areas of specialty: Tonal music, Four-voice Harmony, Tonal Counterpoint, Composition and analysis; musicianship in tonal contexts.
Primary textbooks: Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Burstein/Straus; Counterpoint: Based on Eighteenth-Century Practice, Kennan; Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McNamee; A New Approach to Sight Singing, Berkowitz; Studying Rhythm, Hall/Urban
Year: Masters- Second Year
Availability: Tuesdays, 4–6pm EST, or by appointment
Alejandro is a Master's degree student in Music Theory at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. In addition, he holds a Master in Music from Xaverian University and an Undergraduate in Music Pedagogy from the National Pedagogical University in Bogotá, Colombia.
As an instructor, Alejandro has taught since 2009 in several areas like music theory, analysis, ear training, and sight reading (solfége). He has also been an accompanist-pianist and piano instructor. These pedagogical activities have been complemented with research on methodologies in teaching counterpoint and chromaticism in Bach's Chorales, Inventions, and Fugues.
Alejandro's current research interests revolve around Music Theory Pedagogy, Chromaticism in tonal music, and the role of popular music in formal music education.
Email:
[email protected]
Institutional Affiliation: McGill University
Areas of specialty: Tonal music, Four-voice Harmony, Tonal Counterpoint, Composition and analysis; musicianship in tonal contexts.
Primary textbooks: Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Burstein/Straus; Counterpoint: Based on Eighteenth-Century Practice, Kennan; Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music, McNamee; A New Approach to Sight Singing, Berkowitz; Studying Rhythm, Hall/Urban
Year: Masters- Second Year
Availability: Tuesdays, 4–6pm EST, or by appointment
Alejandro is a Master's degree student in Music Theory at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. In addition, he holds a Master in Music from Xaverian University and an Undergraduate in Music Pedagogy from the National Pedagogical University in Bogotá, Colombia.
As an instructor, Alejandro has taught since 2009 in several areas like music theory, analysis, ear training, and sight reading (solfége). He has also been an accompanist-pianist and piano instructor. These pedagogical activities have been complemented with research on methodologies in teaching counterpoint and chromaticism in Bach's Chorales, Inventions, and Fugues.
Alejandro's current research interests revolve around Music Theory Pedagogy, Chromaticism in tonal music, and the role of popular music in formal music education.
Ethan Lustig
Meetings on Zoom, contact for info at the following Email: [email protected]
Institutional Affiliation: Eastman School of Music
Areas of specialty: Sight-singing, dictation, keyboard skills, analysis and composition of tonal music (from fundamentals through chromatic harmony), jazz, rock, electronic dance music production
Primary textbooks: The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis (Clendinning/ Marvin), The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills (Phillips/ Marvin/ Clendinning), The Complete Musician (Laitz), Music for Sight Singing (Rogers/ Ottman), Melodia (Cole), Modern Reading Text in 4/4 (Breines / Bellson).
Year: Doctoral- beyond second year
Availability: Wednesdays, 8–10pm EST
Institutional Affiliation: Eastman School of Music
Areas of specialty: Sight-singing, dictation, keyboard skills, analysis and composition of tonal music (from fundamentals through chromatic harmony), jazz, rock, electronic dance music production
Primary textbooks: The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis (Clendinning/ Marvin), The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills (Phillips/ Marvin/ Clendinning), The Complete Musician (Laitz), Music for Sight Singing (Rogers/ Ottman), Melodia (Cole), Modern Reading Text in 4/4 (Breines / Bellson).
Year: Doctoral- beyond second year
Availability: Wednesdays, 8–10pm EST
Ryan Galik
Zoom Room Link: msu.zoom.us/my/galikr
Email: [email protected]
Institutional Affiliation: Michigan State University
Areas of specialty: Teaching undergraduate music theory fundamentals, both written and aural; keyboard skills; jazz harmony; tonal analysis (form and harmony); research skills and academic writing
Primary textbooks: The Musician's Guide series, Clendinning and Marvin; Music for Sight Singing, Ottman/Rogers; Tonal Harmony, Kostka/Payne/Almén; Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Burstein/Straus; Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, Gauldin; The Complete Musician, Laitz
Year: Masters- Second Year
Availability: Mondays 11am–1pm, or by appointment
Ryan Galik is a second-year master’s student working toward degrees in music theory and music composition at Michigan State University. He holds a BA in Music Education from The College of New Jersey, where he graduated in 2018. Ryan was a full-time music educator working in public schools in central New Jersey from 2018–2021, and continues to participate in national and online conferences that host discussions on best teaching practices. As a teaching assistant at MSU, Ryan has taught multiple classes in both the written theory and aural skills sequence, as well as private tutoring and lessons to students in various classes and on various instruments. As a theorist, Ryan’s research interests include studies in narrative and film, extended temperament systems, 21st century musical analysis, and cognition-informed pedagogy. Ryan is an avid distance-cyclist, amateur chess player, and is slowly but surely learning to speak German.
Email: [email protected]
Institutional Affiliation: Michigan State University
Areas of specialty: Teaching undergraduate music theory fundamentals, both written and aural; keyboard skills; jazz harmony; tonal analysis (form and harmony); research skills and academic writing
Primary textbooks: The Musician's Guide series, Clendinning and Marvin; Music for Sight Singing, Ottman/Rogers; Tonal Harmony, Kostka/Payne/Almén; Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, Burstein/Straus; Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, Gauldin; The Complete Musician, Laitz
Year: Masters- Second Year
Availability: Mondays 11am–1pm, or by appointment
Ryan Galik is a second-year master’s student working toward degrees in music theory and music composition at Michigan State University. He holds a BA in Music Education from The College of New Jersey, where he graduated in 2018. Ryan was a full-time music educator working in public schools in central New Jersey from 2018–2021, and continues to participate in national and online conferences that host discussions on best teaching practices. As a teaching assistant at MSU, Ryan has taught multiple classes in both the written theory and aural skills sequence, as well as private tutoring and lessons to students in various classes and on various instruments. As a theorist, Ryan’s research interests include studies in narrative and film, extended temperament systems, 21st century musical analysis, and cognition-informed pedagogy. Ryan is an avid distance-cyclist, amateur chess player, and is slowly but surely learning to speak German.
