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Idiomatic Improvisation
Music Education
Harriet Tubman
Thea Musgrave
Music Theory
Melodically Ascending Octave
Johann Sebastian Bach
Afrofuturism
Johanna Beyer
Renaissance First Species Canons
Faux Bourdon
Cantus Firmus
Gender In Contemporary Opera
Cecil Taylor
Schulich School Of Music
Gregorian Chant
Metoo Movement
Improvisation
Music Of the Spheres
Mary, Queen Of Scots

Check out our website: www.smt-pod.org SMT-Pod is a creative venue for timely conversations about music, with episodes chosen through an open, collaborative peer review process. Audio-only podcasts offer a unique—though non-traditional—way of engaging with music, analysis, and contemporary issues in the field. This new publication medium affords our society both the ability to face outwards, by en... more

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In this week’s episode, Hang Ki Choi explores how the silences in Arvo Pärt’s "Ludus" play with our sense of musical beginnings and endings.

This episode was produced by Jason Jedlicka along with Team Lead Orit Hilewicz. Special thanks to peer revie... more

In this week’s episode, Luis Matos-Tovar gives us a look into Judith Weir’s The Black Spider, a children's opera that challenges gendered expectations of women dying and men surviving that is common in many traditional operas. Weir does this in a man... more

In this week’s episode, Brandon Scribner analyzes Laura Kaminsky’s opera, As One, which uses music (specifically texture and timbre) to trace the experience of Hannah’s gender transition.

This episode was produced by Zach Lloyd along with Team Lead ... more

In this week's episode, Zachary Simonds uses tools developed by Robert Hatten to analyze Mary, Queen of Scots by Thea Musgrave, focusing on the melodically ascending octave and its use as a complex narrative device throughout the opera.

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Recent Guests

Aaron DeZorilla
Masters in Music Theory student at FSU at the time of writing
Florida State University
Episode: SMT-Pod Student Seminar Series: Gender and Contemporary Opera (Introduction)
Isabel Milborn
PhD student in music theory at FSU
Florida State University
Episode: SMT-Pod Student Seminar Series: Gender and Contemporary Opera (Introduction)
Zachary Simons
Master's student in music theory at FSU, PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center
FSU, CUNY Graduate Center
Episode: SMT-Pod Student Seminar Series: Gender and Contemporary Opera (Introduction)
Brandon Scribner
PhD student in music theory at FSU
Florida State University
Episode: SMT-Pod Student Seminar Series: Gender and Contemporary Opera (Introduction)
Luis Matos Tovar
PhD student in music theory at FSU
Florida State University
Episode: SMT-Pod Student Seminar Series: Gender and Contemporary Opera (Introduction)
Alice Reneau
Second-year student at the Schulich School of Music, early music voice soprano
Schulich School of Music
Episode: Episode 5 - Idiomatic Improvisation: Where Theory Meets Aural Skills - Alexandrea Jonker and Peter Schubert
Emily Popolo
Rising U2 (soprano) at McGill, from the United States
McGill University
Episode: Episode 5 - Idiomatic Improvisation: Where Theory Meets Aural Skills - Alexandrea Jonker and Peter Schubert
Grant Kane
Student participant in the exercise, cello performance major
Schulich School of Music
Episode: Episode 4 - Idiomatic Improvisation: Where Theory Meets Aural Skills - Alexandrea Jonker and Peter Schubert
Hubert Paris
Voice/Lyrical Voice major, student improviser
Medill (neighboring institution)
Episode: Episode 2 - Idiomatic Improvisation: Where Theory Meets Aural Skills - Alexandrea Jonker and Peter Schubert

Hosts

Luis Matos-Tovar
Host of SMT-Pod with a focus on music analysis and scholarly discussion.
Alex Jonker
Host and co-host introducing episodes; central voice in pedagogy-focused discussions.

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This show centers on music analysis, pedagogy, and contemporary issues in musicology, often through scholarly interviews, in-depth music theoretical discussions, and classroom-focused improvisation activities. Episodes frequently explore operatic narratives, gender and identity in music, idiomatic improvisation, and historical-aesthetic questions, with a strong emphasis on teaching methods, texture and timbre, and the relationship between theory and performance. A notable strength is the blend of rigorous scholarly analysis with practical demonstrations and classroom-based pedagogy,making it useful for music educators, theorists, and performers interested in how analytical frameworks translate into teaching and performance. The format often... more

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