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In the music theory Master’s program at MSU: 2017 to 2019
Before MSU: B.M. in Music Education, Michigan State University
Now: in the Ph.D. program in music theory at the University of Texas–Austin
“Tap Dance Choreographers as Composer-Analysts: Formal Interactions between Tap Dance and Post-Millennial Pop Music”
“Movement in the Music Theory Classroom”
“Timbre and Generic Conventions in Cover Songs from Tribute Albums”
“Accounting for the Body in Oral Traditions: What History of Theory Can Learn from Rhythm Tap Dance” (co-authored with Rachel Gain)
“Crafting the Consonance: An Investigation of Metrical Dissonance in Tap Dance Improvisation.”
“From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments within the Music Theory Classroom.”
Bilidas, Stefanie. “The Impact of Timbre on Perceptions of Genre in Recorded Popular Music,” (co-authored with Grace Gollmar) SMT-Pod: The Society for Music Theory Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11.
Bilidas, Stefanie, and Zachary Lloyd. 2019. “From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments in the Music Theory Classroom.” Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
“Analysis of Music and the Musicalized Moving Image.” Led by Anna Gawboy, Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting (Online, 2020).
“Bridges to Free Composition,” with Kofi Agawu, CUNY Graduate Students in Music Conference (New York, 2019)
“Issues in Popular Music Analysis,” with Nicole Biamonte, Society for Music Theory National Conference (Arlington, VA, 2018)
“TRANS,” with Patrick McCreless, Yale Graduate Music Symposium (New Haven, 2018)
Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper – “Timbre and Generic Conventions in Cover Songs from Tribute Albums” at SCSMT 2023 Annual Meeting
Winner, Colvin Award for Best Student Presentation, Texas Society for Music Theory (San Marcos, 2019)
Co-winner, Best Student Paper Award, Pedagogy Into Practice National Conference (Santa Barbara, 2019)