Curriculum Vitae
Scott Brandon Murphy
Contact Information
220 Murphy Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-2229
smurphy@ku.edu
Education
Ph.D. Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, Music Theory, Spring 2004
• Dissertation: "Relations Among Boundaries, Expectations, and Closure in Music"
M.M. University of Kansas, Music History, with honors, Spring 1998
• Thesis: "Korngold and Kings Row: A Semiotic Interpretation of Film Music"
M.M. University of Kansas, Music Composition, Spring 1997
• Thesis: "ODACS: Omni-Divisional Algorithmic Composition System"
B.A. University of Kansas, Music Theory/Music Composition, summa cum laude, Spring 1994
Professional Academic Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 2001-
Instructor, Eastman School of Music, 2000-2001
Teaching Assistant, Eastman School of Music, 1997-2000
Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, 1994-1997
Professional Church Experience
Director of Music and Service Organist, Trinity Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Rochester, NY, 1998-2000
Director of Music and Interim Organist, Central United Methodist Church, Lawrence, KS, 1993-1997
Other Professional Experience
Co-Editor, Intégral, vol. 13 (1999), 2000
Visiting Lecturer on Film Music, Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House, 1998
Awards and Recognitions
2004 Department of Music and Dance Honoree at the Celebration of Teaching Reception
• Selected by the department's undergraduate students
1999 University of Rochester Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Student
• Awarded for instruction in film music techniques, 1998-1999
1998 Eastman School of Music Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence in Teaching
• Awarded for instruction in undergraduate tonal theory, 1997-1998
1994 University of Kansas Anthony B. Cius Music Composition Award
Translations
Grabòcz, Marta. "The Application of A.J. Greimas's Structural Semantics to Sonata Form." Translated by Evan Jones and Scott Murphy. Intégral 12 (1998): 1-23.
• From French
International Conference Papers
"Gestures Within the Boundaries of 'The Cage'," Conference on Music and Gesture; August 2003; Norwich, England
"Aesthetic Idiolects and Greimasian Structuralism in Film Music Analysis," 7th World Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies; October 1999; Dresden, Germany
"Semiotic Theories of Meaning and Evolution of Meaning in Film Music," Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies Symposium; March 1999; Vienna, Austria
National Conference Papers
"On Harmony and Meter in the Rondo of Brahms's Op. 25 Piano Quartet," Society for Music Theory National Conference; November 2004; Seattle, WA
"Re-Solving One Kind of Metrical Dissonance," Society for Music Theory National Conference, Special Session on Popular Music; November 2002; Columbus, OH
"Wayward Faith: Divergence and Reconciliation of Harmonic Cycle and Melodic Sequence in Some Measures from the Prelude to Wagner's Parsifal," Society for Music Theory National Conference; November 2001; Philadelphia, PA
"Ernst Kurth at the Movies: Syntax and Semantics of Absolute Progressions in Recent American Film Music," Society for Music Theory National Conference; November 2000; Toronto, ON
"Generalized Cyclical Motions in Wagnerian Triadic Progressions," Society for Music Theory National Conference; November 1999; Atlanta, GA
"ODACS: Omni-Divisional Algorithmic-Composition System," Association for Technology in Music Instruction Conference Poster Session; November 1997; Cleveland, OH
"Defining Popular Music," International Association for the Study of Popular Music—US Chapter Conference; October 1996; Denver, CO
Regional Conference Papers
"On Harmony and Meter in the Rondo of Brahms's Op. 25 Piano Quartet," Music Theory Midwest Conference; May 2004; Kansas City, MO
"Western Rhythms and Wild Western Rhythms," Conference on Popular Music and American Culture; November 2002; Austin, TX
"Re-Solving One Kind of Metrical Dissonance," Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory Regional Conference; April 2002; Boulder, CO
"Wayward Faith: Divergence and Reconciliation of Harmonic Cycle and Melodic Sequence in Some Measures from the Prelude to Wagner's Parsifal," University of Western Ontario Graduate Student Conference; June 2000; London, ON
"Chromatic Neighbor-Note Motions, Absolute Progressions, and an Assessment of One Dialect from the Polyglot of Recent American Film Music," Music Theory Society of New York State; April 2000; New York City, NY
"Toward a Semiotic Model of Film Music," Music Theory Society of New York State; April 1998; New York City, NY
"'Where's the Rest of Me?': Methods of Meaning in the Main Theme of Kings Row," Music Theory Midwest Conference; May 1997; Northfield, MN
"Timbral Hierarchy and Recursion in the Symphonies of Johannes Brahms," Pacific Northwest Music Graduate Students' Conference; September 1996; Vancouver, BC
Invited Papers
"Diabolus in Stellae: Tracking a Code in Recent Science Fiction Film Scores," University of South Dakota Visiting Scholar Series, September 2003
"Evaluating Neo-Riemannian Networks and Other Music-Theoretic Constructs," Third Conference on Neo-Riemannian Theory, State University of New York at Buffalo, July 2001
"Alchemy, Pharmacy, and the Music of John Williams," Gibbs Street Connection Pre-Concert Lecture Series, Rochester, NY, April 2001
"Before and After: The Music for Stanley Kubrick's 2001," Humanities Department, Eastman School of Music, October 1999
Publications of Original Music
"Peace I Leave With You." Galesburg, IL: Moon of Hope Publishing, 1996.
"Drop, Drop Slow Tears." Galesburg, IL: Moon of Hope Publishing, 1996.
"O, Sacred Head, Now Wounded." St. Louis: MorningStar, 1995.
Professional Memberships
Society for Music Theory
College Music Society
Music Theory Midwest
Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory