John S. Cotner. Bachelor of Music in Theory & Composition; Instrument: Classical Guitar University of Arizona

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1 John S. Cotner EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory; Minor in Composition University of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Music in Theory; Minor in Composition University of Arizona Bachelor of Music in Theory & Composition; Instrument: Classical Guitar University of Arizona ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Visiting Professor in Music Theory Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Assistant Professor of Music Theory; Director for Music Theory and Aural Skills Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia Lecturer in Music Theory Baylor University, Waco, Texas Lecturer, Curriculum Design Madison Area Technical College (MATC), Madison, Wisconsin ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Music Director St. Paul s Lutheran Church, Hampton, Virginia Forensic Musicologist Duncan G, Byers P.C., Norfolk, Virginia Minister of Music Lutheran Campus Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 1

2 On-Air Talent and Broadcast Technician Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, Wisconsin PROFESSIONAL SERVICE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY Departmental Director, Music Theory and Aural Skills Area Supervisor, Music Theory/Aural Skills Graduate Assistants Member, Degree Recital Committees Member, Masters Comprehensive Examination Committees Director, Undergraduate Research Conference Honors Project Advisor, Graduate Students (music theory majors) Director, Master s Thesis Member, Curriculum Committee Liaison to Library Coordinator, Music Studies Area (Theory, History, Sound Recording, Composition) Member, Cole Competition (Student Performance Scholarship Competition) Chair, Music Theory Adjunct Search Committee Member, Music Theory Adjunct Search Committee Member, Advisory/Standards Committee Member, Technology Committee College and University Co-Director, Undergraduate Research Conference Executive Committee College of Fine Arts Representative, Undergraduate Research Conference Member, Library and AARC Committee CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY Department Coordinator, Music Theory & Composition Area Seminar Lecturer, Life Long Learning Society MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Curriculum Development & Design ACADEMIC SOCIETIES Texas Society for Music Theory (TSMT) Chairperson, Expression/Efficacy/Idioms Session, 35 th Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, University of North Texas. 2

3 Nominee, TSMT Executive Board, 34 th Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, Texas Christian University. Member, Program Committee, 32 nd Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, Baylor University. Chairperson, Popular Music Session, 31 st Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory. College Music Society/Association for Technology in Music Instruction (CMS/ATMI) Member, Program Committee, College Music Society/Association for Technology in Music Instruction Annual Conference, Richmond, Virginia. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Board Member (2010-present), Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Editorial Review Board, Steven G. Laitz, Editor. Review submissions to journal; submit recommendations for publication. Independent Editor (2013), Assisted Steven G. Laitz with editing of The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, 3 rd ed. (2012, OUP). HONORS & AWARDS Spotlight Speaker (representing CFA faculty), Bright Ideas Faculty Research Conference, Stephen F. Austin State University GRANTS Principle, Federal Grant Proposal, Funding for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE); subcontractors were Gordon Sly (Michigan State University), Susan Piagentini (Northwestern University), Jennifer Snodgrass (Appalachian State University); project was not funded. CERTIFICATION Certified Online Instructor, Office of Instructional Technology, Stephen F. Austin State University. PUBLICATIONS Teaching Video and Article (in review): A Three-Stage Video Tutorial on Figured Bass Realization and Basic Multilevel Analysis, Music Theory Pedagogy Online/Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Center for Music Theory Pedagogy (2013). Article-Review. The Condition of Graduate Theory Review: Multilevel Analysis and the Pedagogy of Chord and Line. In Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Vol. 25 (2011). Book Review. Analyzing Popular Music. Edited by Allan F. Moore (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). In Journal of the Society for American Music, Vol. 2, No. 1 (February 2008) (Cambridge University Press). 3

4 Book Review. What to Listen for in Rock. Ken Stephenson (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002). In American Music, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer 2006) (University of Illinois Press). Article Translation. Il ritmo testurale in Careful with that axe, Eugene. In Analisi della popular music. Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale, Vol. 7, No. 2. Edited by Roberto Agostini and Luca Marconi (2003, Libreria Musicale Italiana). This publication is a translation by the academic association Gruppo Analisi e Teoria Musicale (GATM), University of Bologna, Italy, of a chapter I contributed in the book Progressive Rock Reconsidered (see below). Chapter Contribution. Pink Floyd s Careful with that axe, Eugene : Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Rock Recording. In Progressive Rock Reconsidered. Edited by Kevin Holm-Hudson. (Routledge Publishing Company, 2002). Chapter Contribution. Music Theory and Progressive Rock Style Analysis: On the Threshold of Art and Amplification, Reflections on American Music. Edited by James Heintze and Michael Saffle. (Pendragon Press, 2000). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Modeling Essential Competencies in Tonal Analysis for Introductory Graduate Music Theory: A Video Lesson Featuring the Sarabande from J. S. Bach s French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, Meet the Pedagogue, Music Theory Pedagogy Online, College Music Society Fifty-Sixth National Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (November 2013). Retrogressions, Rogues, and Recent Theories of Rock Harmony. 33 rd Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (February 2011). Teaching Master s-level Online Graduate Music Theory: Problems and Solutions College Music Society/Association for Technology in Music Instruction National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 2010). Teaching Online Graduate Music Theory: Special Problems and New Solutions. Spotlight Speaker, Bright Ideas Conference, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (April 2010). Classicism Meets Camtasia: Teaching Online Graduate-Level Music Theory & Analysis. Texas Blackboard User Group Annual Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas (October 2009). Our Disagreement is a subtle one of Methodology : Music Theory and the Clash of Ideologies in Discourse on Popular Music. Paper presented at the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), Montreal, Canada (July 2003). Pink Floyd s Careful with that axe, Eugene (ca. 1968): A Study in Genre, Medium, Texture, and Structure. Paper presented at the pop-analysis session, Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory, Atlanta, Georgia (November 1999). Improvisation in the Electric Church: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Paper presented at Music Theory Midwest Ninth Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky (May 1998). 4

5 Improvisation in the Electric Church: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Paper presented at the UW-Madison/University of Chicago Graduate Student Music Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin (April 1998). The Style Continuum of Progressive Rock, ca Paper presented at the Twenty Fourth Annual Conference of the (Sonneck) Society for American Music, Kansas City, Kansas (February 1998). TECHNOLOGY Technology skills include but are not limited to the following: Standard learning management systems (Blackboard and Desire 2 Learn), Camtasia, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Acrobat Pro. Music instructional programs: MacGamut, Auralia/Musitian. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society for Music Theory (SMT) College Music Society (CMS) Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) Texas Society for Music Theory (TSMT) Pi Kappa Lambda (Delta Iota Chapter) Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 5