J. Kent Williams - Publications and Conference Presentations

Books

SetTools User's Guide

Form, Process, and Texture in Tonal Music, 2001.

QuickTime musical examples.

Theories and Analyses of Twentieth-Century Music, Thomson-Wadsworth, 1997.

information from Schirmer-Cengage Learning

reviewed by Larry Barnes in Music Theory Online 3.4

reviewed by Richard Bass, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 11 (1997): 107-117.

List of errata

Exploring Atonal Theory with Music Logo, By the author, 1986

Themes Composed by Jazz Musicians of the Bebop Era: A Study of Harmony, Rhythm, and Melody.
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1983. [#8308888]

Journal Articles

Review of Deborah Stein, Engaging Music. Music Theory Spectrurm 29/2 (Fall 2007): 263-75.

Review of Paul F. Berliner, Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9 (1997-1998): 367-390.

"The Art of Paraphrase: Oscar Peterson's 1965 Recording of 'Stella by Starlight'," Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9 (1997-1998): 25-43.

Review of Paul F. Berliner, Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9 (11997-1998): 367-390.

Review of Carol L. Krumhansl, Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch, Indiana Theory Review 13.1 (Spring 1991): 135-180

"Logo as a Medium for Exploring Atonal Theory,"Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 5.1 (Spring 1991): 47-78.

"Talking Music Theory with a Computer and a Human Being,"Journal of Computer-Based Instruction 16.2 (1989): 71-79.

Rebuttal to Review of "Themes Composed by Jazz Musicians of the Bebop Era: A Study of Harmony, Rhythm, and Melody," Council for Research in Music Education,, Bulletin no. 95, Winter, 1988.

"Archetypal Schemata in Jazz Themes of the Bebop Era,"Annual Review of Jazz Studies 4 (1988): 49-74

"Computer-Aided Analysis of Jazz Melody,"Annual Review of Jazz Studies 3 (1985): 41-70.

Review of Andrew Jaffe, Jazz Theory. In Theory Only 7 (May 1984): 59-76.

"A Survey of Writings on Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion,"Percussionist 17 (Fall 1979): 3-22.

"Rhythmic Structure in Selected Works of Binchois and Dufay," Indiana Theory Review 3.1 (Spring 1978): 31-48.
 

Recent Conference Papers and Presentations

"Depicting the Harmony of Modern Jazz in Two- and Three-Dimensional Pitch Spaces"

Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Atlanta, GA (September 27, 2008)

"The Plagal Sigh: A Neglected Gesture in American Popular Songs of the Golden Era,"

College Music Society, Atlanta, GA (September 25, 2008)

Music Theory Southeast, Greensboro, NC (March 1, 2008)

Symposium on Music and the Written Word, Indiana University-Bloomington (February 24, 2007)

"An Interactive, Multimedia Introduction to Tonal Pitch Space,"

International Conference on Interactive Computer-Aided Learning, Villach, Austria (September 26-28, 2008)

"Interactive Models of Tonal Pitch Space,"

UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC (March 22, 2007)

"A Multimedia Environment for Exploring Tonal Pitch Space,"

Society for Music Theory, Boston/Cambridge, MA (November 10, 2005)

"Modeling Pitch Space in Two, Three, and Four Dimensions,"

Syllabus 2005 Conference, Los Angeles,CA (July 27, 2005)

Association for Technology in Music Instrution, San Francisco, CA (November 6, 2004)

"Teaching Music Theory with QuickTime and Flash,"

Digital Content Consortium, UNC-Pembroke (April 2, 2005)

"Hands-On Basic Flash Animation,"

Digital Content Consortium, UNC-Pembroke (April 2, 2005)

"Using QuickTime and Flash Movies to Teach Basic Aspects of Musical Form,"

UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Charlotte, NC (March 18, 2004)

Published Compositions

African Sketches (percussion quartet). Cleveland: Ludwig Music Publishing Co., 1968.