Kaylee Bernard

After MSU: PhD student in Music Theory, Eastman School of Music

Years in the MSU theory Master’s program: 2020-2023

Before MSU: B.M.E, Central Michigan University

Conference Presentations:

“Authentic Applications of Post-Tonal Techniques in Student-Driven Repertoire”

  • Pedagogy Into Practice (Norman, OK, 2024)

“Teaching the EMS Core with Ben Johnson’s Rational Melody XV” 

  • Lightning talk presented with Dr. James Sullivan and Ryan Galik, SMT Math in Music Interest Group Meeting at the Joint Meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory (Denver, CO, 2023)

“Incorporating Popular Music and Student Repertoire: Pragmatic Applications of Music Theory”

  •  Western University Graduate Symposium on Music (virtual, 2023)
  • University of Toronto Graduate Music Conference (Toronto, ON, 2023)

“Poets in Disguise: Navigating Gender and Persona in Art Song” 

  • Midwest Graduate Music Consortium at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 2023)

“Examining Narrative, Musical Agents, and Gender Roles in Alexis Bacon’s ‘Cradle’ for Saxophone and Electronics” 

  • University of Connecticut Graduate Music Conference (virtual, 2022)

Workshop Participation:

“Feminist Analysis.” Led by Rachel Lumsden, Joint Meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory (Denver, CO, 2023).

“Workshops in Music Theory Pedagogy.” University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, 2023).

“Curricular Reform in Music Theory: Steps and Strategies.” Led by Robin Attas, Music Theory Midwest (Lawrence, KS, 2022)