Sam Reenan
@sam-reenan.bsky.social
Music theorist researching form and genre mixture in early 20c music. he/him/his. Author, Symphonic Spectacles (OUP 2025). All views my own
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Sam Reenan
@sam-reenan.bsky.social
· May 23
It’s publication day!
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
NYU Theory Resources
This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.
sites.google.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
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A little classical music history for the holidays. Remarkable performance of Bristow's "Niagara" Symphony (the first since its premiere in 1898) coming up next month!
It Wasn’t Easy Being a Founding Father of the American Symphony
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A little classical music history for the holidays. Remarkable performance of Bristow's "Niagara" Symphony (the first since its premiere in 1898) coming up next month!
Come work with me! Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2026.
I'm not on the committee but I'm happy to answer whatever questions I can!
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
I'm not on the committee but I'm happy to answer whatever questions I can!
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor, Musicology/Ethnomusicology UC College-Conservatory of Music
Assistant Professor, Musicology/Ethnomusicology UC College-Conservatory of Music
jobs.uc.edu
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Come work with me! Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2026.
I'm not on the committee but I'm happy to answer whatever questions I can!
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
I'm not on the committee but I'm happy to answer whatever questions I can!
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
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Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Today!
This Wednesday, I’ll be joining the Society for Music Analysis for their Zoom Colloquium series.
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
SMA Zoom Colloquium
Please always check back here for the zoom link as we update before each event. 2025 Autumn The Society for Music Analysis is delighted to announce the continuation of its Zoom Colloquium series in…
www.sma.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today!
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An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
There's a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok
Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the noise.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
This Wednesday, I’ll be joining the Society for Music Analysis for their Zoom Colloquium series.
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
SMA Zoom Colloquium
Please always check back here for the zoom link as we update before each event. 2025 Autumn The Society for Music Analysis is delighted to announce the continuation of its Zoom Colloquium series in…
www.sma.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This Wednesday, I’ll be joining the Society for Music Analysis for their Zoom Colloquium series.
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
We'll discuss my book, Symphonic Spectacles: Form, Identity, and Hybridity in the Early Twentieth Century. I hope you can join!
Details: 11/19, 1pm EST/6pm GMT
Zoom info: www.sma.ac.uk/sma-zoom-col...
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I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AMS Petition 2025
Petition to Restore Transparent Governance and Accountability in the American Musicological Society To add your signature to the petition, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/Sign_AMS_2...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Update: still cute, this is now a kitten account
September 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Update: still cute, this is now a kitten account
Check out this must-read article by @garrt.bsky.social on the 150th birthday of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor!
(And, as always, support NPR and public media!)
(And, as always, support NPR and public media!)
I'm so excited to share my new piece for @npr.org about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the intricacies of his legacy - today is his actual 150th birthday!
I'm so grateful to my interview subjects: Samantha Ege, Curtis Stewart, Leah Broad, Michael Repper, and Sam Reenan
www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...
I'm so grateful to my interview subjects: Samantha Ege, Curtis Stewart, Leah Broad, Michael Repper, and Sam Reenan
www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...
150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music
The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even during his lifetime.
www.npr.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Check out this must-read article by @garrt.bsky.social on the 150th birthday of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor!
(And, as always, support NPR and public media!)
(And, as always, support NPR and public media!)
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Really happy to see this video article published. Thanks to @theorymeg.bsky.social for her incredible feedback and encouragement throughout!
This is public-facing scholarship but I still wanted to raise some serious questions about the way jazz theory is done. I hope you enjoy it!
This is public-facing scholarship but I still wanted to raise some serious questions about the way jazz theory is done. I hope you enjoy it!
Don't miss the newest SMT-V by @bengeyer.bsky.social — it's a fabulous exploration of what it means to improvise and how that impacts harmony and the ontology of jazz tunes. I was so grateful to be a part of shepherding this video from conception to completion.
vimeo.com/1039031010
vimeo.com/1039031010
SMT-V 11.4 "Improvising the Changes in a Miles Davis Rhythm Section," by Ben Geyer
Individual musicians can make different chord choices in each pass through a tune’s form. This variability sometimes results in harmonic disagreement between…
vimeo.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really happy to see this video article published. Thanks to @theorymeg.bsky.social for her incredible feedback and encouragement throughout!
This is public-facing scholarship but I still wanted to raise some serious questions about the way jazz theory is done. I hope you enjoy it!
This is public-facing scholarship but I still wanted to raise some serious questions about the way jazz theory is done. I hope you enjoy it!
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Since the Duke UP faculty board approved the final MS for Good Vibes Only for publication earlier this week, here’s the final(?) version of the book’s intro
Tl;dr - new form of biopower: no meat, just vibes
www.its-her-factory.com/2025/07/good...
Tl;dr - new form of biopower: no meat, just vibes
www.its-her-factory.com/2025/07/good...
Good Vibes Only – Latest Introduction
www.its-her-factory.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Since the Duke UP faculty board approved the final MS for Good Vibes Only for publication earlier this week, here’s the final(?) version of the book’s intro
Tl;dr - new form of biopower: no meat, just vibes
www.its-her-factory.com/2025/07/good...
Tl;dr - new form of biopower: no meat, just vibes
www.its-her-factory.com/2025/07/good...
Heading to Manchester, UK tomorrow for the Manchester Music Analysis conference hosted by the Society for Music Analysis.
If you'll be there, I invite you to check out my paper on Monday morning, titled "Chamber Music Ecosystems."
View the program and register here: www.sma.ac.uk/mcrmac2025/
If you'll be there, I invite you to check out my paper on Monday morning, titled "Chamber Music Ecosystems."
View the program and register here: www.sma.ac.uk/mcrmac2025/
July 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Heading to Manchester, UK tomorrow for the Manchester Music Analysis conference hosted by the Society for Music Analysis.
If you'll be there, I invite you to check out my paper on Monday morning, titled "Chamber Music Ecosystems."
View the program and register here: www.sma.ac.uk/mcrmac2025/
If you'll be there, I invite you to check out my paper on Monday morning, titled "Chamber Music Ecosystems."
View the program and register here: www.sma.ac.uk/mcrmac2025/
Can’t wait for this!!
Cover art for my book is in! Excited to see this coming together, with Tarsila do Amaral's "Sol Poente" on the front. Available for pre-order now, shipping from Oxford University Press in September! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
June 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Can’t wait for this!!
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Who are the musicologists recently/currently working on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?
June 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Who are the musicologists recently/currently working on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?
Interested in trying Symphonic Spectacles before you buy?
You can read Chapter 1, "Structure, Spectacle, Symphony," for FREE on Oxford Academic now until July 21.
Follow this link: academic.oup.com/book/59824/c...
And remember that you can purchase your own discounted copy with code
AUFLY30
You can read Chapter 1, "Structure, Spectacle, Symphony," for FREE on Oxford Academic now until July 21.
Follow this link: academic.oup.com/book/59824/c...
And remember that you can purchase your own discounted copy with code
AUFLY30
June 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interested in trying Symphonic Spectacles before you buy?
You can read Chapter 1, "Structure, Spectacle, Symphony," for FREE on Oxford Academic now until July 21.
Follow this link: academic.oup.com/book/59824/c...
And remember that you can purchase your own discounted copy with code
AUFLY30
You can read Chapter 1, "Structure, Spectacle, Symphony," for FREE on Oxford Academic now until July 21.
Follow this link: academic.oup.com/book/59824/c...
And remember that you can purchase your own discounted copy with code
AUFLY30
Life update! 📣
This fall I will begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the vibrant community of faculty and students at CCM over the past few months. Excited for this next opportunity!
This fall I will begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the vibrant community of faculty and students at CCM over the past few months. Excited for this next opportunity!
June 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Life update! 📣
This fall I will begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the vibrant community of faculty and students at CCM over the past few months. Excited for this next opportunity!
This fall I will begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the vibrant community of faculty and students at CCM over the past few months. Excited for this next opportunity!
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May 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
HACK! Replace 15 minutes of doom scrolling with 15 minutes of reading a book from a university press 📖
If you’re interested in Symphonic Spectacles, you can now use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off global.oup.com/academic!
You can also read the book online if your institution provides access to Oxford Academic:
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You can also read the book online if your institution provides access to Oxford Academic:
academic.oup.com/book/59824
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you’re interested in Symphonic Spectacles, you can now use the discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off global.oup.com/academic!
You can also read the book online if your institution provides access to Oxford Academic:
academic.oup.com/book/59824
You can also read the book online if your institution provides access to Oxford Academic:
academic.oup.com/book/59824
Thanks for promoting!
Theorists can look for a new framework for thinking about hybridity in musical form.
The book also presents complete analytical studies of several large symphonic works, which should be of interest to performers, ensembles, conductors, and musicologists in symphonic spaces
Theorists can look for a new framework for thinking about hybridity in musical form.
The book also presents complete analytical studies of several large symphonic works, which should be of interest to performers, ensembles, conductors, and musicologists in symphonic spaces
More new books in the wild 🥳 Thank you for sharing @sam-reenan.bsky.social!
Do you have any behind the scenes info that our #musictheory audience should know about before they dive in?
Do you have any behind the scenes info that our #musictheory audience should know about before they dive in?
It’s publication day!
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thanks for promoting!
Theorists can look for a new framework for thinking about hybridity in musical form.
The book also presents complete analytical studies of several large symphonic works, which should be of interest to performers, ensembles, conductors, and musicologists in symphonic spaces
Theorists can look for a new framework for thinking about hybridity in musical form.
The book also presents complete analytical studies of several large symphonic works, which should be of interest to performers, ensembles, conductors, and musicologists in symphonic spaces
Symphonic Spectacles integrates large-scale formal mixture and histories of identity and reception in case studies of six symphonic works of the early twentieth century.
Table of contents below!
Table of contents below!
May 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Symphonic Spectacles integrates large-scale formal mixture and histories of identity and reception in case studies of six symphonic works of the early twentieth century.
Table of contents below!
Table of contents below!
It’s publication day!
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s publication day!
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Symphonic Spectacles is officially out today with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
I couldn’t be more thrilled with how the book came out! You can find it for purchase at the link below, or read online with Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...