Courses taught at Loyola Marymount University:
Music Theory & Form I
Music Theory & Form II
Music Theory & Form III
Music Theory & Form IV
First Year Seminar: The Blues, Rock, and Authenticity
Analytic Techniques
Vernacular Harmony and Forms
Music Technology and Production
As part of an LMU online open house, I taught a sample class on Zoom in Fall 2020 for prospective students on form in popular music from the 1960s to today. It was entitled: Head & Heart: Form in Popular Music from 1960 to Today.
In the summer of 2013, I developed and taught a course for non-majors at Northwestern University, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The course adopted a comparative approach to the two bands, looking at both musical details and larger historical context: melodies, chord progressions, instrumentation, lyrics, styles of singing and playing, live performances, production, and marketing. I taught the class again in the summers of 2014 and 2016.
Syllabus (2013)
Course readings (2013)
Course Facebook page
Additional courses taught at Northwestern University:
Freshman Music Theory (2016-2017, 2019-2020)
Sophomore Music Theory (2011-2013; 2017-2018)
Sophomore Aural Skills (2008-2011; 2013-2014; 2016-2019)
Freshman Aural Skills (2006-2008; 2013, 2018-2020)
Orchestration (as a substitute for Lee Hyla for seven weeks; Winter and Spring 2014)
Composition (individual lessons as a substitute for Lee Hyla for seven weeks; Winter and Spring 2014)
Courses taught at North Park University:
Music Theory I
Music Theory II
Fundamentals of Music I
Fundamentals of Music II
Aural Skills I
Aural Skills II
Applied Composition
Orchestration
Medieval & Renaissance Music
Independent Study in Advanced Analysis and Renaissance Counterpoint
Applied Theory/Sight-Singing Tutorial (for master’s students)
Courses taught at DePaul College Prep:
Music Theory
Courses taught at the Music Institute of Chicago:
Introduction to Musicianship
Musicianship I
Musicianship II
Musicianship III
Adult Musicianship
Private teaching:
Composition, orchestration, music theory, aural skills, beginning piano