ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Note Doctors is a podcast all about music theory and music theory pedagogy. Each episode features an interview with an innovative music theory instructor. The podcast is hosted by three university theory instructors: Paul Thomas, Jenn Weaver, and Ben Graf.
Update frequency:
every 40 days
Average audio length:
51 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
90 episodes
since Sept. 9, 2020
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Paul, Jenn, and Ben share some of our favorite quotes from the seminal text "Teaching Approaches in Music Theory" by Michael R. Rogers. A legendary pedagogue, Dr. Rogers (1942-2025) was one of the founders of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy and his text is as inspirational and applicable today…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Paul, Jenn, and Ben talk with Dr. Stephen Rodgers, Edmund A. Cykler Chair in Music and Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship at the University of Oregon, about the keynote address he presented at this year's Texas Society for Music Theory's Annual Conference. In this illuminating conversion, D…
We are so excited to have four past guests on the podcast to revisit a panel discussion they gave at the 2024 Pedagogy Into Practice Conference titled "Unexpected Pivots: How a Mid-Career Job Change Can Rejuvenate Pedagogical Practice." This conversation dives into the challenges of mid-career acad…
Paul, Jenn (she's back!), and Ben talk with Dr. Anna Gawboy, associate professor of music theory at The Ohio State University, about her work mentoring graduate theory students in the classroom and on their research.
Ben and Paul (Jenn unfortunately had technical problems getting on the call) welcome onto the show Dr. Philip Ewell, professor of music theory at Hunter College of the City University of New York and author of "On Music Theory." We have a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with Phil on Russi…
Paul, Jenn, and Ben are back after a wee bit of a hiatus. They discuss the evolving challenges they face in academia and the expanded responsibilities that have come with their growing roles at their respective universities, while still finding joy in their work—and yes, they're still teaching musi…
We are thrilled to kick off our fifth season by interviewing Dr. Frank Lehman, Associate Professor of Music at Tufts University. One of the premiere theorists in the area of film music, Frank shares with us about his latest book "Film Music Analysis", how he uses this genre in the theory classroom,…
Paul, Jenn, and Ben finish our summer-long bookclub by discussing the last two chapters of Ken Bain's "What the Best College Teachers Do."
Paul, Jenn, and Ben continue our summer-long bookclub by discussing chapters 5 and 6 of Ken Bain's "What the Best College Teachers Do." We discuss how the best teachers conduct class and treat their students and Jenn also drops a couple highly quotable quotes.
Paul, Jenn, and Ben continue our summer-long bookclub by discussing chapters 3 and 4 of Ken Bain's "What the Best College Teachers Do" and how the best teachers prepare to teach and what they expect of their students.
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