Scott Murphy
Associate Professor of Music Theory
Scott Murphy has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in music
theory and film music history at the University of Kansas since 2001. He
holds a PhD in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music of the University
of Rochester, where he also taught courses in music theory and film music
composition, and MM degrees in both Musicology and Music Composition and
BM degrees in Music Theory and Music Composition from the University of
Kansas. He has won two teaching awards from the University of Rochester
and three
teaching
awards from KU, including the 2009 Byron Shutz Award for Excellence in
Teaching.
His research concentrates on film music analysis and new conceptions of
meter (particularly with respect to Brahms), but also include studies on
music by Penderecki, Ives, and Bartók. At recent conferences, he has made
analytical forays into some phrase rhythms of Haydn and some twelve-tone
music of Bernstein. His current and forthcoming articles appear in the
journals Journal of Music Theory, Music Analysis, Perspectives of New Music,
twentieth-century music, Music Theory Online, and the books Terror Tracks:
Music, Sound and Horror Cinema and Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music
and Sonicity. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Music Theory
Online and Intégral.
His previous professional pursuits include serving as organist and director
of music at churches in Lawrence and Rochester, performing background
piano music in local restaurants, and writing music for local film and
television productions. He is married to Joy Kimball Murphy, MD, and has
two young children Ian and Claire.
Contact Information:
220 Murphy Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-2229 (w)
smurphy@ku.edu
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