Season 3 (Spring 2024)

Supplemental Materials (PDF)

Production Credits
Team Lead: Thomas B. Yee
Production Lead: Jose Garza
Peer Reviewer: Eron Smith

Music Credits
SMT-Pod Theme Music: Zhangcheng Lu
Closing Music: David Voss

Bio: Stefanie Bilidas is a Ph.D. candidate in music theory and assistant instructor in music theory at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research focuses on the intersection of timbre and genre in popular music. She also researches rhythm tap dance choreography and improvisation, examining how movement informs perspectives of rhythm, meter, and form. She has presented her research on popular music and dance across the United States and Canada. In her free time, she is a tap dancer, Scottish Highland Dancer, and dog mom to two corgis.

Bio: Grace Gollmar is a Ph.D. student and assistant instructor in music theory at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests include studies of timbre and recording technology and issues of genre crossover. Grace has recently presented research on textural schemata in Massive Attack’s discography and timbral relationships between choirs and soloists in contemporary opera. An active composer and vocalist, she has toured nationally as a choral singer and been commissioned by sacred and secular choral ensembles.

Keywords: Timbre, genre, schema, trip-hop, cover songs