Stefanie Bilidas

Stefanie Bilidas

In the music theory Master's program at MSU: 2017 to 2019

Before MSU: B.M. in Music Education, Michigan State University

Now: in the Ph.D. program in music theory at the University of Texas–Austin

Conference Presentations:

“Tap Dance Choreographers as Composer-Analysts: Formal Interactions between Tap Dance and Post-Millennial Pop Music”

  • Music Theory Southeast/South Central Society for Music Theory Joint Conference, Nashville, TN (March 15-16, 2024).
  • Music Theory Midwest 35th Annual Conference, Muncie, IN (May 10-11, 2024).

“Movement in the Music Theory Classroom”

  • Pedagogy Into Practice, Norman, OK (May 30-June 1, 2024).

“Timbre and Generic Conventions in Cover Songs from Tribute Albums” 

  • Texas Society for Music Theory 45th Annual Conference, Kingsville, TX (March 3-4, 2023).
  • SCSMT 2023 Annual Meeting, Long Beach, MS (March 24-25, 2023).
  • Music Theory Midwest 34th Annual Conference, Winnipeg, MB (May 5-6, 2023).

“Accounting for the Body in Oral Traditions: What History of Theory Can Learn from Rhythm Tap Dance” (co-authored with Rachel Gain)

  • Joint Interest Group Meeting of History of Music Theory and Analysis of World Music, Panel Presentation Lightning Talk at the Joint Meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory, Denver, CO (November 9-12, 2023).

"Crafting the Consonance: An Investigation of Metrical Dissonance in Tap Dance Improvisation."

  • Society for Music Theory National Conference (Columbus, OH, 2019)
  • Texas Society for Music Theory (San Marcos, 2019)
  • Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore, 2019)
  • Music Theory Society of Neew York State (Albany, 2019)
  • Yale Graduate Music Symposium (New Haven, 2018)
  • University of Toronto Graduate Music Conference (Toronto, 2018)
  • University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Biennial Student Conference (Cincinnati, 2018)
  • University of Arizona Graduate Student Music Conference (Tucson, 2019)

"From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments within the Music Theory Classroom."

  • Pedagogy Into Practice National Conference (Santa Barbara, 2019)
  • McGill Music Graduate Student Symposium (Montreal, 2019)
  • CUNY Graduate Students in Music Conference (New York, 2019)

Publications:

Bilidas, Stefanie. “The Impact of Timbre on Perceptions of Genre in Recorded Popular Music,” (co-authored with Grace Gollmar) SMT-Pod: The Society for Music Theory Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11.

Bilidas, Stefanie, and Zachary Lloyd. 2019. "From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments in the Music Theory Classroom." Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.

Workshop Participation:

“Analysis of Music and the Musicalized Moving Image.” Led by Anna Gawboy, Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting (Online, 2020).

"Bridges to Free Composition," with Kofi Agawu, CUNY Graduate Students in Music Conference (New York, 2019)

"Issues in Popular Music Analysis," with Nicole Biamonte, Society for Music Theory National Conference (Arlington, VA, 2018)

"TRANS," with Patrick McCreless, Yale Graduate Music Symposium (New Haven, 2018)

Awards:

Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper - “Timbre and Generic Conventions in Cover Songs from Tribute Albums” at  SCSMT 2023 Annual Meeting

Winner, Colvin Award for Best Student Presentation, Texas Society for Music Theory (San Marcos, 2019)

Co-winner, Best Student Paper Award, Pedagogy Into Practice National Conference (Santa Barbara, 2019)

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