Alyssa Barna

she/her

Music

100 Ferguson Hall

2106 4th St S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Assistant Professor Theory,

Educational Background

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Music Theory, Eastman School of Music, 2019
MM: Music Theory, Indiana University, 2014
BM: Music Performance, Music Education, Music Theory, Ithaca College, 2012

Publications

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Publications

Barna, Alyssa. "The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music." SMT-V 6 (2020).
Barna, Alyssa, Sam Reenan. "Graduate Instructor Peer Observation in Music Theory Pedagogy." Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 34 (2020).
Barna, Alyssa. "Music Theory and Mainstream Digital Journalism." The Oxford Handbook of Public Music Theory, ed. by J. Daniel Jenkins (2022).

Awards

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Awards

Society for Music Theory, Public-Facing Scholarship Award, "The Public-Facing Scholarship Award is given to publications in all professional and popular media that advance the public’s knowledge and appreciation of music theory." Awarded for “The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music” , SMT-V 6, no. 4 (2020).

Courses

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Courses

MUS1501: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music 1
MUS1511: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 1
MUS5333: Music After 1945
MUS4572: Theory and Analysis of Popular Music
MUS5531: Theory and Analysis of Rock and Popular Music
MUS5950: Contrast in Music
MUS8560: Theory and Analysis of Popular Music