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53rd Annual Meeting at Fordham University The 53rd Annual Meeting of MTSNYS will take place April 56 at Fordham University in New York City featuring a keynote given by Clifton Boyd New York University and workshop led by Kristi Hardman University of North Carolina at Charlotte. You can view the preliminary program and register below. Visit the MTSNYS 2025 page to learn more about local arrangements for the conference. Preliminary Program SATURDAY APRIL 5 800900 am Registration coffee9001030 am Omar Special Session Andrew Pau Oberlin College Conservatory Here We Have Our Place The Musical Construction of Omars African Identity Sylvie Tran Oberlin College Conservatory Musical Representations of Assimilation and the Antebellum South in Omar 2022 Christa Cole Oberlin College Conservatory The Role of the Chorus in Omar 9001000am Chappell Roan and Joni Mitchell Ash Mach Eastman School of Music A Contextual Queering of Chappell Roans Pink Pony Club Rebecca Moranis CUNY Graduate Center An Analysis of Joni Mitchells Vocal Evolution 10451115 am Poster session Richard Ashley Northwestern University Cognitive Processes in Music Analysis An Investigation through Protocol Analysis and Eye Tracking Sarah Case Mannes School of Music Leitmotif and Structure in the Prelude to Act III of Wagners Siegfried Jonathan Lindhorst Schulich School of Music McGill University ToneClock Theorys Expansion An Analysis of Jenny McLeods Tone Clock Piece VIII Bai Xue CUNY Graduate Center Form and Structure in Ewe Music 1115 am1215 pm Musicals Hunter Hoyle Northwestern University Theorizing the Broadway Overture A Formal and Cognitive Investigation John Lawrence University of Chicago A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Form Sondheims Early Deviations from the SentencePeriod Paradigm 1215145 pm Lunch Break 145315 pm AAWM Stephen Guerra University at Buffalo SUNY Harmonic Speciation in Brazil Lina Tabak Indiana University Rhythmic Venom or Comfortable Groove.