Jan Miyake

Jan Miyake
Associate Professor of Music Theory, Oberlin College & Conservatory
President-Elect, Society for Music Theory

Jan Miyake (Ph.D., Music Theory, City University of New York; B.A./B.M., Mathematics and Viola Performance, Oberlin College & Conservatory) is Associate Professor of Music Theory at Oberlin College & Conservatory, where she chairs the music theory division and leads the curriculum & pedagogy subcommittee of Oberlin’s presidential initiative on racial equity and diversity. Miyake’s research interests include multiple approaches to linear analysis, corpus studies, form, and inclusive pedagogy. Her current research project uses data science to re-envision how Haydn’s instrumental forms could be categorized. Her work has appeared in the Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, Empirical Musicology Review, Music Theory Online, Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy, Theory and Practice, Essays from the Fourth International Schenker Symposium, and Brahms and the Shaping of Time. Miyake’s current service to the field includes President-Elect of the Society for Music Theory (SMT), President of Music Theory Midwest, and editorial board member of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. She has previously served SMT as chair of the Committee on the Status of Women, Treasurer, Music Theory Online editorial board member, Program Committee member, and Professional Development Committee member.

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