Research Area: Music Theory

Michael Weinstein-Reiman is a historian of music theory. His work seeks to elucidate music theory’s role in the history of ideas over the longue durée. His related research interests include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European philosophy, music pedagogy, literature, gender and sexuality, and disability studies. In 2021, he received the Ph.D. in Music Theory from Columbia …

Ruka Shironishi’s research focuses on the modal harmony that emerged from the plainchant revival in nineteenth-century France, a subject she has presented on at national and regional conferences, including the Society for Music Theory (SMT) and the Music Theory Society of New York State (MTSNYS). She also serves on the board of MTSNYS and on the …

Edward Klorman’s research examines the intersections of music analysis, historical musicology, and music performance. He is the author of Mozart’s Music of Friends: Social Interplay in the Chamber Works (Cambridge, 2016), which won major awards from ASCAP, the Mozart Society of America, and the Society for Music Theory. His second book, Bach: The Cello Suites (Cambridge, 2025) examines how the …