Supplemental Information: Episode 4
Counterpoint Expanded: Integrating Music by Women and Composers of Color in the 18th-Century Counterpoint Classroom
Melissa Hoag (Oakland University)
Release Date: Thursday, February 16, 2023
Production Credits
Team Lead: Jennifer Weaver
Production Lead: Katrina Roush
Peer Reviewer: Cara Stroud
Interviewed Students: Olivia Friedenstab, Corrin Kliewer, Iyla Miller, Mahki Murray, Kaleigh Schott
Music Credits
SMT-Pod Theme Music: Zhangcheng Lu
Closing Music: David Voss
Other Original Compositions: Jonathan Bailey, Marion Bauer, Nadia Boulanger, Shande Ding, Nina Simone, and Ulysses Kay
Bio: Melissa Hoag is associate professor of music theory at Oakland University. Her writings on theory pedagogy and Brahms analysis have appeared in Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy (ed. VanHandel); Bach; Music Theory Online; Engaging Students; Dutch Journal of Music Theory; Gamut; Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and College Music Symposium. She is also the editor of Expanding the Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom (Routledge, 2023). She has been involved with the Advanced Placement Exam in Music Theory since 2007, and chairs the Professional Development Committee for SMT. Currently, she is Reviews Editor for the Journal of Music Theory.
Keywords: Counterpoint, pedagogy, diversity, canon, analysis