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Ethan's resume

2010: Bachelor's in Music Theory (Honors), University of British Columbia.
2014-present: PhD student in Music Theory, Eastman School of Music. Fully funded tuition scholarship, and research and teaching stipend.
2014-2019: Recipient of the Sproull Fellowship from the Eastman School of Music.
2015-2019: Recipient of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship from the government of Canada for my research.

Years of experience as an audio engineer, producer, songwriter, and DJ.

Publications:
2020 - “All about that bass: Audio filters on basslines determine groove and liking in electronic dance music” (Published in the journal, Psychology of Music)
2019 - “Anticipatory syncopation in rock: A corpus study” (Published in the journal, Music Perception)

As a teaching assistant at the Eastman School of Music, I taught:

2017-18 Model Composition & Tonal Analysis III/IV
• Sophomore written theory. Taught two classes, twice a week. Chromatic harmony;
composition of fugue, sonata expositions, art song; popular music harmony and form.

2016-17 Aural Musicianship III/IV
• Sophomore aural skills. Taught two classes, twice a week. Chromatic dictation and
singing; sight-singing; keyboard skills; tenor and soprano clef; performing complex rhythms; hearing sonata form.

2015-16 Model Composition & Tonal Analysis I/II
• Freshman written theory. Taught two classes, once a week. Harmonic counterpoint;
keyboard skills; diatonic harmony; sequences; binary and ternary form; composition of minuets.

2014-15 Aural Musicianship I/II
• Freshman aural skills. Taught two classes, thrice a week. Dictation of diatonic melody
and harmony; scale-degree skills; sight-singing; alto clef.