AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:44

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Saturday October 23, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, I
Auditorium, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Judith Baxter, University of Illinois at Chicago baxter@uic.edu
Richard Cohn, University of Chicago r-cohn@uchicago.edu
Robert Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Musical Properties of Quasi-Periodic Sequences.
  Norman A Carey*, Eastman School of Music
  David L Clampitt, Yale University
  (1001-11-178)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Some remarks about well-formedness.
  Domenico Vicinanza*, Musica Inaudita - DMI - University of Salerno
  Vittorio Cafagna, Musica Inaudita - DMI - University of Salerno
  (1001-20-206)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Rubber Band Geometry: navigating within and between microtonal universes.
  Stephen G. Soderberg*, Library of Congress
  (1001-51-355)

Saturday October 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, II
Auditorium, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Judith Baxter, University of Illinois at Chicago baxter@uic.edu
Richard Cohn, University of Chicago r-cohn@uchicago.edu
Robert Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Wreath Products, n-Cubes, and Musical Voice-Leading.
  Jack M Douthett*, TVI Commubity College
  Richard Hermann, University of New Mexico
  (1001-20-212)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The Algebra of Minimal Voice Leading among Triads of All Species.
  Ian Quinn*, Department of Music, Yale University
  (1001-00-409)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Minimal Voice-leading.
  Dmitri Tymoczko*, Princeton University
  (1001-05-156)

Sunday October 24, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, III
Auditorium, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Judith Baxter, University of Illinois at Chicago baxter@uic.edu
Richard Cohn, University of Chicago r-cohn@uchicago.edu
Robert Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Discussion
- 9:30 a.m.
  From Rhythmic Canons to Fuglede's conjecture.
  Emmanuel Amiot*, Perpignan, France
  (1001-12-114)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Measuring Musical Dissimilarity: First and Second Order Center of Effect (CE) Differences Inside the Spiral Array.
  Elaine Chew*, University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Epstein Dep of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  (1001-15-416)

Sunday October 24, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, IV
Auditorium, Technological Institute
Organizers:
Judith Baxter, University of Illinois at Chicago baxter@uic.edu
Richard Cohn, University of Chicago r-cohn@uchicago.edu
Robert Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Towards a Meta-Physics of the Musical Mind: Canonical Formulation of Weber/Fechner's Law in Application to Tonal Music.
  Thomas Noll*, Technical University of Berlin
  (1001-22-359)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Toward a General Theory of Key Signatures and Enharmonic Equivalence.
  Julian Hook*, Indiana University
  (1001-00-84)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Piano technique and permutation groups.
  Lucian B. Zidaru*, Louisiana State University
  Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State University
  (1001-20-413)

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