Michael Ebie
After MSU: PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at Xavier University (Cincinnati)
In the music theory Master’s program at MSU: 2019-2021
Before MSU: BM in Brass Performance (tuba), University of Akron (2018), MM in Tuba Performance at Michigan State University (started 2018, finished concurrently with MM in Theory)
Conference Presentations
MTMS Conference, March 2024 — “Parallel Tritone Progressions in Film: Affect and Voice-Leading”
Music and the Moving Image Conference, May 2024 — “Parallel Tritone Progressions in Film: Affect and Voice-Leading”
Midwest Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, May 27, 2022 — “An Analytical Guide to Performance: J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites”
GAMuT Conference, February 5, 2022 — “Text-Music Relationships and Contrapuntal Analysis in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: King George’s Monologue Songs”
Workshop Participation
“Theorizing Categorically: Film Music and Beyond” with Scott Murphy, SMT national conference (virtual 2020)
Awards
Graduate Assistantship, University of Cincinnati (2021)
Music Theory Scholarship, University of Cincinnati (2021)
Paul Harder Fellowship, Michigan State University (2020)