Jeffrey Swinkin holds a bachelor’s with high distinction in piano performance from The Eastman School, a master’s in piano from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in music theory also from Michigan. As a pianist, he has performed across North America, has freelanced in New York City, working with singers from Broadway, and has collaborated with members of the Ying Quartet. As a theorist, Dr. Swinkin has published on topics ranging from Adorno, Beethoven, and performance practice to form theory, chromaticism, performance and analysis, and musical emotion—in such journals as Music Analysis, The Journal of Musicology, and the International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music. He has published five books, as either author or editor, including the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Musical Variation. Dr. Swinkin has given talks at numerous universities, including Stanford, Stony Brook, Michigan State, McGill, and Mannes, where he was a finalist for the Edward Aldwell chair. He is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Oklahoma.
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