Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
Students
Isaac Otto is a third-year student
pursuing majors in psychology, music and philosophy. He is
interested primarily in the psychology of improvisatory music, both in
the algorithmic process by which an improvised line is produced, and in
the functional brain states involved in improvisation. He is
also interested in the mental dichotomy between the performance of
written and improvised music.
Cecelia Taher is a graduate student in flute performance at the
University of Arkansas. She is interested in a range of topics in music
theory, cognition, and aesthetics. In particular, she is interested in
the conceptual integration of analytical and perceptual aspects of
music, especially in the domains of rhythm and meter. She is
also
concerned with the role of culture and music education in these
processes.
Emese Maroti is a Fulbright student from Hungary pursuing an MM in
Music Theory with an emphasis on Music Cognition. She is interested in
musical structure and perception, music and emotion, and
cultural cognition.
Lab Alumni
- David Sears graduated summa
cum laude from the University of
Arkansas in 2008 with degrees in English and music. While at Arkansas,
he did work on expectation in music. He's currently pursuing a Ph.D. in
music as a Tomlinson Fellow at McGill University in
Montreal.
- Nastassja Riley graduated
from the University of Arkansas in 2008
with a BM and MM in flute performance. She is pursuing her interests in
music theory and cognition as a graduate student at Florida State
University.
- Lance Owen graduated from
the University of Arkansas in
2006 with a BA in music. He continued his studies at Cambridge
University as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. His projects include studies
on film music, periodization in music history, and Gustav
Holst. He is currently Assistant Director of Post-Graduate
Fellowships at the University of Arkansas.
- Alexander Hunt graduated
summa cum laude from the
University of Arkansas in 2006 with a BA in French and European Studies
and a BM in piano performance. He traveled extensively on a NSEP David
L. Boren Scholarship and a Fulbright Study Abroad Award, and is fluent
in French, Italian, and Russian.
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