After MSU: Ph.D. student in music theory, The Ohio State University
In the music theory Master's program at MSU: 2019 to 2021
Before MSU: B.M. and M.M. in Music Performance (Flute), University of Redlands; A.A. in Music, Pasadena City College
Conference Presentations:
“Behind the Machines: Transformations in Gottfried Huppertz’s Metropolis, Op. 29 (1927)”
"How Fast Should This Rhythm Go: Rhythmic Cues for Tempo Determination," Leigh VanHandel PI, Zachary Lookenbill and Gerardo Lopez co-investigators
"Ambiguity and Meter in Copland's Duo for Flute and Piano"
“Hearing, Seeing, and Liking: The Effects of Audio-Visual Listening Conditions on Perceptual Ratings"
Publications:
Lopez, Gerardo and Leigh VanHandel. 2021. “Hearing, Seeing, Liking: The Effects of Audio-Visual Listening Conditions on Perceptual Ratings”. Virtual paper presented at Future Directions of Music Cognition Virtual Conference, March 6–7. https://doi.org/10.18061/FDMC.2021.0019.
Lopez, G. 2018. "Moving Toward Synthesis: The Incorporation of Technology in Music Through a Case Study of the Flute." Electronic poster presented at the 11th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus18), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Workshop Participation:
"Twentieth-Century Music in Analysis and Performance: Contexts and Experiments," with Daphne Leong, Society for Music Theory National Conference (Columbus, OH, 2019)
“Theorizing Categorically: Film Music and Beyond,” with Scott Murphy, Society for Music Theory Graduate Student Workshop, (virtual, 2020).