Joshua Rosner

Department: 
Music Research
Area(s): 
Music Theory
Contact Information
Email address: 
joshua.rosner [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Group: 
Doctoral Student
Current research: 

My research is primarily concerned with how people structure sound over time and the role that attention plays in grouping and segmentation. More specifically, my doctoral research as a music theorist focuses on how listeners hear form in contemporary chamber music that focuses on non-default instrumental playing techniques. A major motivation behind my research is to expand the repertoire covered in music theory classes to include and highlight marginalized musical traditions and in turn develop curricula which help create musicians who are not bound by genre. My work draws from gestalt psychology, embodied cognition, and phenomenology, as well as my experiences as a composer and performer.

Program: 

Ph.D. Music Theory

Graduate supervision: 

Supervisor(s): Bob Hasegawa / Stephen McAdams

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