ANSWERS

1. Watch fireflies synchronize with LED lights.
2. Professor Keith Waters and Brian Levy present an analysis of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s improvisation in “Ko Ko.”
3. As a collaborative project, Professor Yonatan Malin has helped build a database of modes in Klezmer music.
4. See an example of a George Crumb score.
5. Read about Professor Philip Chang’s thoughts on hypermeter and the post-bridge chorus in pop music.
6. Graduate theory certificate Isaac Johnson’s research finesses Olivier Messiaen’s mode 2 from the octatonic collection. (Alan Silvestri has composed music for Back to the Future, Lilo & Stitch, Captain America and many other films.)
7. Professor Leah Frederick discusses hexatonic triad cubes and geometric music theory.
8. Undergraduate theory certificate student Eli Pouliot examines the diesis that results when string performers employ just intonation.