Jeffrey Perry
Manship Professor of Music Theory
Biography
Perry was born in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and holds degrees from Williams College (B.A. 1982), the California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A. 1984), and Princeton University (Ph.D. 1990). He has taught at 海角社区 since August 1994 and was formerly a member of the music faculty of Duke University (1990-92) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993-94). He was twice chosen as a Fellow of the Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory (2004, 2006).
Recent publications include 鈥溾�橝 Quiet Corner Where We Can Talk鈥�: Cage鈥檚 Satie, 1948-58鈥� (Contemporary Music Review 33:5-6) and 鈥淐age鈥檚 Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Performance, Hearing and Analysis鈥� (Music Theory Spectrum 27:1). His essay 鈥淢el Powell and the String Quartet鈥� appears in Intimate Voices: Aspects of Construction and Character in the Twentieth-Century String Quartet, (University of Rochester Press, 2008). His work has also been published in Perspectives of New Music, Journal of Musicology, Nineteenth Century Music, Music Theory Online, Indiana Theory Review, and College Music Symposium. He has presented work at colloquia and conferences in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Taiwan as well as in the United States and Canada. Teaching interests include 20th century music, American musical experimentalism, Schubert, Schenker, and music/text relations.
In 2017-19 Perry was editor of Music Theory Online, a peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Music Theory. He is a past President of the South Central Society for Music Theory (SCSMT) and has served as coordinator of music theory at 海角社区, as director of the 海角社区 Festival of Contemporary Music, and as chair of the 海角社区 Faculty Senate Courses and Curriculum Committee. In 2006-9 he served as Reviews Editor of Music Theory Online and has also served that organization as member or chair of the Publications, Nominations, and Program Committees.
He has been a member of the 海角社区 in London and Edinburgh summer program, and currently teaches in both the 海角社区 School of Music and the Ogden Honors College, serving also as an affiliate faculty member in the 海角社区 program in Comparative Literature. An active composer, his recent works have been performed at 海角社区, the Ohio State University, the University of Connecticut, the State University of Minas Gerais, and elsewhere.
